The allegation of marginalisation against Governor Udom Emmanuel by the Oro Think Tank is unfair and has no basis in objectivity, the Akwa Ibom State branch of the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has declared.
In a release signed by its Chairman, Otuekong Franklyn Isong, the CLO said the statement signed by a former Commissioner for Information, Prince Chris Abasi Eyo, on behalf of the socio-cultural organisation, where they took up issues with the recent board appointments and accused Mr Udom Emmanuel, Governor of Akwa Ibom State of marginalising Oron Federal Constituency in the composition of the boards is not justified.
“We share and completely agree with the fact that one of the cardinal responsibilities of a socio-political group is to agitate and advocate for the interest of the entity they speak for. However, while we are not holding brief for the government, we wish to disagree with the Oro Think Tank on the above issue”, CLO stated.
The CLO noted with delight that Governor Udom Emmanuel, since his election in 2015 and re-election in 2019, has been fair in the distribution of appointments across the three senatorial districts and across the main ethnic groups that make up the State.
“As an international civil society organisation, which is a watchdog of the society, we would have long taken the governor to task if we had discovered any tinge of marginalisation but, the governor has been fair and balanced in the manner he has distributed political offices in the State”.
“For instance, apart from the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, an accomplished Oro Nation professional whose office is the engine room of government, Oron federal constituency also has the Commissioners for Culture and Tourism, Mr Orman Esin and his Transport counterpart, Hon. Uno Etim Uno as key members of the Udom Emmanuel’s cabinet”, Otuekong Isong noted.
He argued that in fairness to the Governor, among the board members from Oron federal constituency are: Barrister Ekpenyong Ntekim, Chairman of the Board of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic; Professor Peter Esuh, Chairman of the Land Use and Allocation Committee; Mr George Henshaw who was Chairman, Technical School Board between 2016-2020, among several other apartments, advocating that a board appointment is the sole prerogative of the Governor and is a continuous exercise. We are sure the Governor is not done yet with such appointments.
The Governor of Sokoto State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors' Forum, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has urged Nigerian leaders to emulate the peaceful disposition of Governor Udom Emmanuel, saying it is an asset to both the party and Nigeria as a nation.
Dignitaries from all walks of life converged on Ikot Nya, Nsit Ibom, Akwa Ibom State to pay their last respect to the first indigenous Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, Rtd, as his remains were laid to rest.
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In his avowed determination to ensure the rapid infrastructural development of the state in line with his completion Agenda aimed at boosting his administration's industrialization policy, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has vowed to complete all major infrastructural projects in the state before leaving office
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