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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has visited Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, popularly known as Hilda Baci, after breaking the Guinness World Record for longest cooking hours.
Akpabio disclosed this via his official Twitter account on Monday.
The Senate Presidency aspirant cheered the chef and promised to reward the 27-year-old Akwa Ibom citizen.
“I was this morning accompanied by my colleagues Senators-elect, on a solidarity visit to an Akwa Ibom child, Hilda Baci, who is set to break the Guinness Book of record as the Chef with the longest cooking duration in the world.
”I pray for her success and I promise to reward her at the end of the event. I thank her for exhibiting the Can Do Spirit of the Akwa Ibom child. Forward ever, backward never,” he wrote.
Hilda broke the record which was previously held by Indian chef, Lata Tondon, around 7:45am on Monday.