NGO drums support for Gov Udom Emmanuel

A coalition of Human Rights and civil societies, Akwa Ibom state Chapter has called on Akwa Ibom people to throw their weights behind Governor Udom Emmanuel to enable him pick a successor that will continue to maintain the peace that is prevalent in all nukes and crannies of the state.

And also a successor that will maintain the tempo of infrastructural reminiscence of development that is ongoing in the state or even surpass.

The state chairman, Dr. Hilkiah Eliathah stated this while interacting with a select journalist in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom state.

Flanked by other members of the non-governmental organization, including Hon. John Ekanem, the state secretary and Dr. Emmanuel Akpan, Vice Principal, Government Technical College, Ewet housing, Uyo, Rev. Dr.. Eliathah was however silent on who is most fitted for the job among the many aspirants.

Scoring Governor Udom Emmanuel high in all areas of development such as Education, road network, industrialization and airline to mention but a few, the chairman said Governor Udom Emmanuel is running the government as if he is in America, impacting on everybody without making noise.

“The peace that is being felt in the rural areas of the state enables everyone wherever, to sleep with his or her two eyes closed at night and walk freely in the day time without incidences of kidnappings or cult clashes that claim lives.”

“For the industries, whether they are sited in one local government area or not, provided they’re not cited in Dubai, China or Barbados, is a welcome development for the middle class citizens while Ibom Air provides timely service to the elites who can fly,” he said.

However before he was asked what must have motivated him to go all out in support of Governor Emmanuel. His answer was something Nigerians should emulate because this is a country that before you hear of people supporting our leaders they must have lined their pockets with wads of Naira notes in exchange.

“It may surprise you to know that I have not collected a dime from Governor Udom Emmanuel nor any contract.  But two  things he has done that have touched me are that I can now drive straight to my house in my village courtesy of the good road by him,  secondly his government has made Uruan oil producing. I can go on the road naked in solidarity with him if necessary,” he vowed.

On his part Dr. Emmanuel Akpan said Udom has done well in education sub sector by paying teacher salaries as at when due, adding that all promotion arrears have been paid.

Also teachers have been trained and retrained and subvention paid

without delay. On the issue of payment of West African School Certificate Examination fees, he said the Governor had already made it known that the government was no longer going to accommodate non indigenes after paying for their tuition fees, saying that the N4,000 charged indigenes is for documentation purposes.