RURAL DEVELOPMENT: GOV ENO DIRECTS CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD IN IKONO-UYO

...mourns demise of Obong Ekiko

Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has directed the State Ministry of Works to award a contract for the construction of a 5 kilometre road in Ikono Clan, Uyo Local Government Area.

The Governor announced this while addressing sympathisers at the funeral service in honour of late elderstatesman, Obong Cyril Mathew Ekiko, at Primary School grounds, Nung Asang.

Governor Eno explained that the road construction, besides aligning with the rural development thrust of his administration, was to keep faith with the understanding he had with the deceased during his political campaign.

"I didn't know Uyo extends to this area. I would have thought it is Etinan Local Government Area. Be that as it may, I have asked the Ministry of Works to work with you to open up another road here. We are doing two already, but we will try and add one more in honour of your Dad."

He recalled consulting late Obong Cyril Ekiko, a former Member of the Cross River State House of Assembly in the second republic, to canvass support for his election as governor and the elder statesman drew his attention to the non inclusion of indigenes of Ikono Uyo in the State Executive Council since the creation of the State. He informed the people that the area has been fully represented in the new State Exco billed for inauguration on Monday February 24, 2025.

"During our campaign, I remember vividly that I visited the late Obong Ekiko, and one of the things he told me was not to forget Ikono Uyo when I become Governor, that they have not had any member in the State EXCO, either as a Commissioner or Spacial Adviser.

"But I am happy today that even though he wasn't around, we have kept our faith, we have kept the promise. Today, Ikono Uyo has, for the first time, a member in the State Executive Council that will be sworn in on Monday.

He acknowledged that the deceased stood firm in support of truth and condoled the family on the demise of the patriarch, saying that the passing of a loved one evokes painful and emotional feelings and that he, and by extension the people of the State, shared in the sadness and feeling of loss experienced by the family.

Governor Eno urged the family to take solace in the fact that the deceased had laid a solid foundation of growth predicated on excellent pursuit and intellectual curiosity whose candle the survivors should hold admirably to, in order to immortalised him, and prayed for the repose of his soul.

Chief mourner and son of the deceased, Engr. Mbong Ekiko expressed appreciation to the Governor for leading the State delegation to bid farewell to his late father, a gesture which he said culminated to his community benefitting in the rural development drive of the present administration.

Media Unit
Govt. House, Uyo
23/2/25

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FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 – BANQUET HALL, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, UYO

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1. Let me, on behalf of the Government and people of Akwa Ibom State, congratulate the newly sworn-in Commissioners/Special Advisers, who are now members of the State Executive Council.

Again, let me send my special thanks and appreciation to the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Udeme Otong, and the Honourable members for the speedy screening and clearance of the then nominees, who are now our brand-new Honourable Commissioners.

2. Permit me to also use this opportunity to express our profound gratitude once again to the members of the immediate past Executive Council for their service to the State.

You came, you did your part, and we will remain eternally grateful for your contributions to the development of our State.

3. To the newly sworn-in Commissioners, you have been privileged to be selected out of the 7.9 million people of this blessed State to provide service to your State.

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4. This EXCO can be rightly referred to as: THE EXCO OF CONSOLIDATION AND EXPANSION – a Joseph’s Team. Like Joseph, you have been handed a vision as contained in our Arise Agenda.

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5. In 2 Kings 4:38–41, the power of working together and looking out for the mistakes of others, so the common good and fidelity to causes higher than ours can be achieved, is again illustrated.

A near-fatal error by way of accidental poisoning of the meal prepared for collective consumption by one of the sons of the prophet was discovered.

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