Bill Text: GA SR1167 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Akpabio, Princess Pat; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-19 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1167 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1167-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1167
By:
Senator James of the 35th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Princess Pat Akpabio; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Princess Pat Akpabio is an Atlanta based Nigerian gospel singer and the only
African American inducted into the Grammy's Recording Academy as a voting
member; and
WHEREAS,
Princess Akpabio is a trained financial analyst who earned a bachelor's degree
in finance from Georgia State University; and
WHEREAS,
her album, I've Got
Feelings, was released in April of 2011
and resonates a message of faith, encouragement, and triumph through Christ;
and
WHEREAS,
Princess Akpabio has received numerous honors and recognitions, including being
the first Nigerian gospel artist to receive the National Excellence Award and
the first to have a Hall of Fame named in her honor in Liberia, and she was
nominated as the Nigerian Gospel Musician of the Year in 2010; and
WHEREAS,
she is an ambassador to the United Nations Peace Initiative and the founder and
CEO of the Pat Akpabio Foundation for HIV/AIDS and Breast Cancer Research, a
foundation dedicated to research, awareness, prevention, and empowerment of
persons affected, infected, and impacted by these diseases; and
WHEREAS,
a woman of deep and abiding faith, she is an ordained evangelist and a lady in
the Order of John Wesley; and
WHEREAS,
she is united in love and marriage to Ibanga I. Akpabio, and together they have
been blessed with three remarkable children, Princess Rachel, Prince Othniel,
and Prince Daniel Akpabio; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the impressive career of this
distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Princess Pat Akpabio for her many accomplishments in the music industry and her
dedicated public service to others and extend to her their sincere best wishes
for future success.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Princess Pat Akpabio.
