A former minister, Chief Ndueso Essien, has called on the people of Akwa Ibom State, to give the incoming governor, Pastor Umo Eno, the necessary support to serve the state better.
Chief Essien said that the kind of distraction faced by the incumbent governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, at the inception of his administration in 2015 should be avoided at all cost.
The senior citizen made the appeal in an exclusive interaction with THEWILL in his county home, Eket, noted that governor Emmanuel would have done better during his eight years administration, if not for excessive distractions arising from: Court cases and other attention diverting issues he went through.
He said that despite the myriads of challenges facing the governor, Udom Emmanuel was able to accomplish a lot more than was expected of him.
“In the last tenure, when the distraction had died, he has been able to do a lot of projects, particularly in the area of infrastructure. Hev has built many standard and good quality roads.
“I don’t think there is any state in the country that has the quality and length of roads or the roads network that we have in Akwa Ibom. I give him kudos for that.
“What of the development of the airport? On Friday, the MRO, the new smart administrative building among other completed facilities will be commissioned at the airport, I cannot count but I can say that governor Udom Emmanuel has done well in his eight years administration”, the PDP stakeholder stated.
He added, “I want to urge that when the next administration comes, let us try and reduce the level of distractions because Udom Emmanuel could not achieve much on industrialisation because of excessive distraction.”
