100 Days of Udom Emmanuel

Governor Udom Emmanuel's media aide on Local media, Mr Uko Umoh has published an attractive piece of work to capture the governor's strides in Akwa Ibom since he took the leadership baton 100 days ago. Watch out for a mass distribution of this publication.

Meantime, a quick stream of his key projects reveals commitment to fulfillment of vows. Public opinion holds that Udom Emmanuel is, arguably, the first governor in Nigeria since May 29, 2015, to 'hit the ground running' - a refrain of APC while campaigning for presidency, which they have failed at, at national level.

Excerpts;

ü  20 MW more power secured by The Governor for the State.

ü  18 to 20 hours of power supply recorded in areas that have been connected.

ü  All remaining villages are to be connected with urgency, The Governor has directed.

ü  Water extensions and recirculation in the city of Uyo has commenced as the Governor wants to ensure people enjoy public water.

ü  Peacock paint revived and is re-commissioned at 100days of the Governor’s administration.

ü  Technical Committees Inaugurated

-         Committee for actualization of Ibom deep Seaport

-         Committee for Foreign direct Investment

-         Committee for Agriculture & Food Sufficiency

ü  Salaries of primary school teachers cleared.

ü  National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) crises resolved by the Governor.

ü  The Governor has paid gratuities owed to pensioners for up to 10 years.

ü  Groundbreaking;

-          Automobile assembling plant at Itu

-          Led factory

-          Shoprite

-          DAAR communications

ü  The 2^nd runway is being constructed at the Akwa Ibom International Airport.

ü  Redesigning is on-going for a new terminal building at the airport.

ü  Child and mother care program at the health ministry is going on.

ü  Manpower Skill and Capacity development Programmes

-          1000 youths have registered into the ORACLE DATABASE ADMINISTRATION training (in batches).

-          Over 200 youths have been to Israel for Advanced Agriculture Technology training.

-          329 have been approved for Film production training.

-          200 youths are signed up for Power Sector training.

ü  Erosion control is on-going at Calabar-Itu road

ü  Erosion control is on-going at School of Nursing, Anua.

ü  Flood victims have been compensated with reliefs to over 2000 families

ü  Road construction projects flagged off

-          Urban renewal programme in Eket

-          Ndon Eyo - Etinan road

-          3.5km Ikot Udom Road with bridge, Ibiono

-          5km Ikot Usop – Ikot Edeghe – Ikot Ekpuk road with bridges, Mkpat Enin

-          1km road in Awa Iman, Onna

-          Ikot Ebekpo – Ikot Ebidang road, Onna

-          Dualization of Etinan – Onna road with 2 bridges

-          Construction/dualization Ikot Oku Ikono – Etinan road with Flyover

-          The Oron urban interventions: The Governor physically assessed parts of Oron plagued by flooding to get a first hand view of the conditions and went ahead to direct work to commence on 5 roads.

ü  Anua hospital buildings are being given a facelift

ü  SME interest free loans of over 2bn Naira have been extended to several thousands of Akwa Ibom people on Friday 28^th.

  20 MW more power secured by The Governor for the State.

  18 to 20 hours of power supply recorded in areas that have been connected.

  All remaining villages are to be connected with urgency, The Governor has directed.

 Water extensions and 're-circulation' in the city of Uyo has commenced as the Governor wants to ensure people enjoy public water.

 Peacock paint revived and is re-commissioned at 100days of the Governor’s administration.

 Technical Committees Inaugurated

-         Committee for actualization of Ibom deep Seaport

-         Committee for Foreign direct Investment

-         Committee for Agriculture & Food Sufficiency

  Salaries of primary school teachers cleared.

  National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) crises resolved by the Governor.

  The Governor has paid gratuities owed to pensioners for up to 10 years.

  Groundbreaking;

-          Automobile assembling plant at Itu

-          Led factory

-          Shoprite

-          DAAR communications

  The 2^nd runway is being constructed at the Akwa Ibom International Airport.

  Redesigning is on-going for a new terminal building at the airport.

  Child and mother care program at the health ministry is going on.

  Manpower Skill and Capacity development Programmes

-          1000 youths have registered into the ORACLE DATABASE ADMINISTRATION training (in batches).

-          Over 200 youths have been to Israel for Advanced Agriculture Technology training.

-          329 have been approved for Film production training.

-          200 youths are signed up for Power Sector training.

ü  Erosion control is on-going at Calabar-Itu road

ü  Erosion control is on-going at School of Nursing, Anua.

ü  Flood victims have been compensated with reliefs to over 2000 families

ü  Road construction projects flagged off

-          Urban renewal programme in Eket

-          Ndon Eyo - Etinan road

-          3.5km Ikot Udom Road with bridge, Ibiono

-          5km Ikot Usop – Ikot Edeghe – Ikot Ekpuk road with bridges, Mkpat Enin

-          1km road in Awa Iman, Onna

-          Ikot Ebekpo – Ikot Ebidang road, Onna

-          Dualization of Etinan – Onna road with 2 bridges

-          Construction/dualization Ikot Oku Ikono – Etinan road with Flyover

-          The Oron urban interventions: The Governor physically assessed parts of Oron plagued by flooding to get a first hand view of the conditions and went ahead to direct work to commence on 5 roads.

Anua hospital buildings are being given a facelift

SME interest free loans of over 2bn Naira have been extended to several thousands of Akwa Ibom people on Friday 28^th.

 
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DSS Invasion of Akwa Ibom Govt House: Press Release

SSS did not find ammunition or foreign currency in Government House, Uyo

The attention of the Akwa Ibom State Government has been drawn to reports in a section of the media to the effect that during the illegal invasion by the agents of the State Security Service to the Guest wing of the Governor’s Lodge two days ago, that caches of ammunition and undisclosed amount of foreign currency were found.

This story is nothing but a lie concocted by people who wish to form a narrative that bears no reality to what is on ground in the peaceful and serene state of Akwa Ibom.

The illegal invasion of the Governor’s Lodge Guest Wing has already been condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians and it sad that people could throw rationality and decency to the winds by publishing such a blatant lie.

Let me state here that Governor Udom Emmanuel will not be distracted by the machinations of the opposition or its agents. His 100 days have been packed by superlative performance and the good people of Akwa Ibom State who voted for him massively last April 11, are solidly behind him.

Signed:
Ekerete Udoh
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Udom Emmanuel

Meanwhile,

Governor Udom dismisses the rumours of DSS Invasion of Akwa Ibom State Government House with discovery of ammunition and Stockpile of Dollars as propaganda during the re-Commissioning of Peacock Paints today, September 5th. No arms were found in Government House nor U.S Dollars  carted away, He re-emphasized.

Governor Udom Emmanuel in Photo-Cast of 100 Days in Office

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Visit to General Hospital Anua

Akwa Ibom youths registering for skill training at Israel

Governor Udom with chairman of newly inaugurated Tech C'ttee on Agric

Groundbreaking for Shoprite

 Reinventing "...our known culture of cleanliness ..."

With the inaugurated Tech C'ttee on Foreign direct investment

Incorporating the diaspora in his governance agenda

 

Akwa Ibom Car Assembly plant on the way

Reviving Peacock Paints

Groundbreaking for the Led factory in Itu

Assessing gully erosion sites for immediate intervention

Flag off of Eket Urban renewal

Flagging off Polio immunization

Icon of Good governance

Dedicating the State to God

Foundation Laying for DAAR Communications Studios

With Chief Raymond Dokpesi Jr and The deputy Governor Mr Moses Ekpo during DAAR Communications foundation stone laying

100 days: APC Promised Change, Won, Change Promise

Never before in Nigeria has an opposition party beat an incumbent government in an election. And never before has a party made as much bogus promises as APC did in the 2015 presidential elections. They promised everything they could possibly disgorge and we swallowed up everything with deliberate naivete. It is true we were desperate for change. APC promised change. The problem is that they won the elections on their promise of change, but now, they have reasons to be denying promises credited to them.

On Monday, September 31, the National Publicity Secretary for the APC, Lai Mohammed, contributed his own dose of denials. Speaking in an interview with Channels TV, the man said President Buhari and the party had nothing to do with any other campaign materials apart from the APC manifesto and constitution.

“Buhari never promised to do anything in 100 days, that’s the honest truth,” said Mr. Mohammed. “You see, when you are running a campaign, all kinds of literature will emerge from all sorts of groups but there are only two documents that you can judge a party with: That is the constitution of the party and the manifesto of the party.”

Denying the document at the threshold of being in government for 100 days only draws suspicion. In the first place, the APC website had published the document. How come they are dissociating themselves from it now?

 

 This is not to mention the sign off by their Presidential candidate in the 16 page document:

 “This covenant is to outline my agenda for Nigeria and provide a bird’s eye view of how we intend to bring about the change that our country needs and deserves. The covenant is derived from the manifesto of my party, the All Progressives Congress. It however represents my pledge to you all when I become your president.”

This about-face imitates fraud in high places. It now appears APC promised; won the elections and, realizing their errors, have summoned courage to deny the promises. Bad news is the fact that New Media, which they utilized so effectively to launch blackmail against Goodluck Jonathan, is available to Nigerians, who can easily access archives of their campaign promises.

RE- UDOM EMMANUEL'S WILL - OLUKOREDE YISHAU'S FUTILE WISH

It is really appalling that one so often gets to read some gibberish in newspapers, all in the name of commentaries or opinion.
In this latest, my attention was drawn to a piece, titled, Emmanuel's Will, written by Olukorede Yishau, published in The Nation newspaper edition of Friday, August 28, 2015. In his column, Above Whispers, Yishau made lame attempts to portray the Akwa Ibom State Governor, His Excellency, Mr Udom Emmanuel and his predecessor , Senator Godswill Akpabio in bad light whilst inventing false scenarios in order to drive home his jaundiced viewpoint.

It is unfortunate that those who ought to know better, sometimes condescend to mislead the public with personal bias and prejudices, dressed as public affairs analysis. So, what is the kernel of Yishau's musing against the Akwa Ibom Governor? I will make haste at this beginning to lay bare, how the writer unwittingly invalidated his entire 'hypothesis' with his own inking.

Lifted from the last paragraph of his essay, Yishau submitted, "My final take: what is Emmanuel really afraid of? A fight with Akpabio? Or is he just postponing the fight? Or he does not want to open Akpabio's yansh in the public? Or is the oracle still in charge and capable of pulling the rug off Emmanuel's feet? Whatever it is, it is the people and accountability that is being taken for granted."

Before I proceed with the arguments and interrogation of Yishau's real intention, another poignant conclusion of his is pertinent to refer here: "...THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN TAKING LOANS ONCE THEY ARE JUSTIFIED" One therefore wonders, why Yishau embarked on the whole academic exercise of blowing hot air on the issue of Akwa Ibom State's debt profile, if he knows, as he confesses that there is nothing wrong with taking loans once they are justified? What does he want to achieve in this twisted castigation of Governor Udom Emmanuel over the disclosure or not of the debt profile of his state.
If Yishau is fair and objective minded, he would agree, that playing to the gallery is not the norm of serious governance and politicking. Will the so-called disclosure of loans taken by the State Government write-off the debt? Is the disclosure an instrument of debt rescheduling? What are the benefits of amplifying the indebtedness of Akwa Ibom state, or indeed any other State on the pages of newspapers to the disclosing authority?

Yishau should well know that, before the State Government takes up any loan facility, local or foreign, there are constitutionally prescribed procedures by which such loans are approved and accessed. One of such is that, it must be tabled before the State Legislature, where the people's representatives evaluate the necessity of such loans as justified by the Executive. As such, the undertaking of trying to personalize issues surrounding the loan portrays mischief.

More worrisome is the fact that, in canvassing reasons to energise his opinion, Yishau thinks aloud. His dark wish of seeing a political street brawl between Governor Emmanuel and his predecessor, Chief Godswill Akpabio is carelessly leaked. Hear him:"... what is Emmanuel really afraid of? A fight with Akpabio? Or is he just postponing the fight?" Haba Yishau! Even you, an otherwise respected opinion moulder?

Yishau should do well to answer these questions: what will be the value- added of any political fight between predecessor and successor? How does such a brawl advance the course of the much needed good governance and attainment of development in the state? Who stands to benefit from the stoking or outbreak of acrimony between leaders of a state, who enjoy a robust relationship? Until Yishau comes clear on all these questions and justifies his call for that big fight he so anticipates, I will hold this as his biggest folly ever.
Of course! Yishau is not infallible, so we can excuse him this goof. My counsel is simple: those who have the rare and sacred privilege of wielding a platform as credible as a commentarial slot in a national medium of the stature of The Nation must not abuse it by employing its advantage to foul the air of reasoning. Honestly viewed, that is what Yishau's subtle pressure on Governor Emmanuel to embark on a dog-fight with his illustrious predecessor amounts to. The public I dare posit, have absolutely nothing to derive from such event.

I have followed Yishau for quite some time on his beat, which he presents as a weekly intervention restricted to South-South people and matters. One sore point stands out however. His interventions on Akwa Ibom issues are consistently garnished with slander and spite for Governor Emmanuel and his predecessor. This trait has spiced his reportage on the Governorship Primaries of the PDP via which Governor Emmanuel triumphed, the coalition of the other PDP aspirants who didn't make it then known as the G-22 and post election events in Akwa Ibom. Yishau is decidedly anti-Akpabio and has blacked-out the internationally acknowledged sterling performance of his administration, which gave him the acronym The Uncommon Transformer.

Our brother has also declined to see that Governor Udom Emmanuel is already off to a flying start and is focused on delivering on his Five-point agenda of Wealth Creation; Economic and Political Inclusion; Poverty Alleviation; Infrastructural Consolidation and Expansion; and Job Creation.

I will not allay Yishau's fear about the strong camaraderie existing between the duo of Their Excellencies, Governor Emmanuel and former Governor Akpabio. They are not going to fight anytime soon or later as you wish. Indeed, for those who are waiting to be entertained with a fight by both leaders, they should prepare for a long wait. The fact as it stands now is summarized as follows:

(I) Governor Emmanuel is focused on the onerous responsibility of delivering on his campaign promises to the people who overwhelmingly elected him and will not be distracted.

(Ii) Former Governor Akpabio has since moved on. After selflessly serving his people for eight fruitful years, he is now the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District in the National Assembly and is currently the Minority Leader of the Senate. That enormous responsibility is soaking up his time and there is no room to bicker.

(iii) The vast majority of Akwa Ibom people are grateful to Senator Akpabio, CON, for his stewardship and are equally satisfied at the pace his successor, Governor Emmanuel has started implementing his promise to industrialize the state, crest wealth and develop skills amongst Akwa Ibom people. Nothing else matters to them, least of all a needless fight between their illustrious sons.

By Aniekan Umanah
Commissioner for Information & Communications
 Akwa Ibom State