Gov. Umo Eno's Two Years of Massive Infrastructure Development In Akwa Ibom State. By Bisi Ezekiel
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His Excellency, Pastor Umo Uno |
"The administration of Governor Eno has done greatly in reuniting the ethnic, social and political fragments of the state which has brought an end to the era of political kidnappings and killings." Governor Umo Uno.
Within two years in office, Pastor Umo Eno has achieved unprecedented feats in the development of Akwa Ibom State without borrowing either internally or externally.
Akwa Ibom State, under the governance of Gov. Eno has been one of the most peaceful states in the country. Even politically, the governor has been the rallying point as there is cohesion among all the political parties present in the state most especially between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.
The administration of Governor Eno has done greatly in reuniting the ethnic, social and political fragments of the state which has brought an end to the era of political kidnappings and killings.
At a recent outing, the Governor attributed the unprecedented peace and unity to God's grace, love and the cooperation of the people of the State and charged Akwa Ibom people to continue to work in peace, love, unity and respect for one another, saying that political parties should be seen as platforms for election, after which comes governance.
"Whatever we have been able to achieve is because of the grace and faithfulness of God, and it is because of the cooperation of our people.
"For me, the greatest achievement is not in all those things you saw in the documentary, the greatest achievement is the peace that God has brought into this State, that is my greatest achievement.
"Like His Excellency, Otuekong Don Etiebet said, we know how this State used to be. It would be difficult for all of us to gather in this room because of political affiliations.
"Someone would die in a family and you cannot attend the burial openly so that they don't think you are doing anti-party.
"We were made to think that wisdom resides in one political party. I want you all to understand that wisdom resides in all of us as Akwa Ibom people not political party.
"I thank God today that we can stay in one roof, we can discuss together, we can all contribute to governance, we can reach out to our brother and see political party only as a vehicle for election. And whoever God brings, he becomes the Governor for all, and bring people together.
"Let's continue to push, we must live for each other, learn to extend hands of fellowship to people. That is the truth, we cannot continue to do winner takes it all. We need to bring people and learn how to work with the people.
He is an amiable politician who appreciated foundations laid by his predecessors in office and their respective contributions to the development of the State.
No wonder why an elder statesman, Otuekong Don Etiebet described Governor Eno as a phenomenon, a spiritually-filled and an enigmatic leader, sent by God to serve Akwa Ibom in a critical time such as this.
The Eno administration has touched virtually every aspect of the state life particularly healthcare delivery.
As an attestation to this, the governor was presented with the National Health Ambassador Award by the National President of Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors, Dr Ozundara Tope-Zenith.
To do more in this regard, the governor said he has a vision towards creating more medical tourism infrastructures to boost tourism development in the State and expressed his readiness to sign the international hospital agreement for the state-of- the-art international hospital project to be handled by a Turkiye-based construction company.
A development oriented Governor, Eno said he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to align the state with the progressive family and working resolutely for the success of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 general elections.
The Governor said this was responsible for his endorsement of President Tinubu as the party’s sole presidential candidate for 2027 and the granting of automatic return tickets to the four incumbent APC governors in the region.
Governor emphasized that his administration is committed to inclusive governance philosophy, known as the Akwa Ibom United policy, which emphasizes development beyond political boundaries and promotes unity in service to the people.
Bisi Ezekiel, is a public Affairs Analyst, and writes from Lagos State.
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