By; PATRICK TITUS, Uyo
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has that his administration would be operating a new template where laziness and non-performance in service delivery will not be tolerated from members of his State’s Executive Council.
Eno stated this at Akwa Ibom Dialogue, a formal launching of his administration’s blueprint tagged: ARISE Agenda on Monday in Uyo, the state capital.
The governor, who is due to constitute the members of his cabinet within days, having sent the list of nominees to the state legislature last Thursday for ratification, urged them to key into it, but warned that excuses would not be tolerated and anyone who fails to perform would be removed from office.
Governor Eno, who explained that he was bringing back all the Commissioners in the last administration to help in the realisation of the ARISE Agenda, however warned them not to be lazy.
“I would like to inform the incoming Commissioners that you are coming into a new season. You maybe old on the job but there is a new template. I have fulfilled my part of the bargain with you to ensure that as colleagues, we come back together and run the government because you laboured during the elections.
“We worked together, I didn’t just have the heart to throw you away but truth is, there is work to be done. The truth is, we will not take excuses, we will take results. We still need your wisdom, we still need your ideas, that is why there is a continuity in this government, so we can sit together and finish. But how far you will travel will depend on you. If you don’t deliver, you will hear the announcement on the news,” he stated.
While speaking on his ARISE Agenda, the Governor said tge agenda would be focused on Agriculture, Rural Development, Infrastructure, Security, and Education, adding that it was time Akwa Ibom people took ownership of the dream and articulate its realisation together.
He explained that the ARISE agenda is further broken down into 17 focal sectors targeted for short, medium and long term implementation, urged the people, irrespective of their political leanings to eschew hatred and join hands together to build the state.
Speaking as the special guest of honour at the event, immediate past governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel called on the people to cooperate with Governor Umo Eno to actualize his ARISE agenda, saying Akwa Ibom has the human resources to realise the goal.
Emmanuel said execution, planning and acceptance of the agenda would drive its actualisation and warned the people against distracting the governor with negative comments.
Also speaking, former Governor, Obong Victor Attah said the ARISE was the restoration of the dream he had for the state that was beginning to fade and urged that the policies realized from the dialogue and the blueprint of the agenda should be implemented for the state to make progress.
