...WINS SUPPORT FROM IKOT EKPENE STAKEHOLDERS

by Mfonobong Ukpong

The leadership of the PDP caucus in Ikot Ekpene local government area, led by the political leader of Ikot Ekpene, Senator (Dr) Emmanuel Ibok Essien, has endorsed the 2023 Governorship aspiration of the Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno.

This is even as Pastor Eno has assured that he came to bridge the gap the the rich and poor in the State.

The endorsement was announced, Wednesday when Pastor Umo Eno consulted the former Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, and Chairman, Pan-Niger-Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Emmanuel Ibok-Essien at his residence in Ikot Ekpene.

Receiving Umo Eno and the consultation train, Senator Essien who took time to narrate the history of the Peoples Democratic Party in the country and the role he and others played in bringing the party to Akwa Ibom, described Pastor Umo Eno as the right man for the job.

Senator Ibok-Essien, a politician, businessman, CEO of Ritman Group and Proprietor of Ritman University, assured Pastor Eno of his readiness to mobilize support within and outside the local government area for his electoral victory.

He advised him not to abandon his supporters and members of his campaign team, when he eventually becomes the Governor.

"I knew Umo far back in 1998 when the then Governorship candidate of our party, Obong Victor Attah penciled down my name as his running mate, and i said I wasn't interested in being the Deputy Governor, and requested instead that Chris Ekpenyong should be made the Deputy Governor, as my interest then was the Senate seat.

"The party Chairman then, Joe Ating came to my house and drove me to Umo Eno's hotel, Royalty Hotel in Eket where the meeting took place. I slept that night in his hotel".


"I want to assure you that you are our next Governor. I've endorsed you as our next Governor. We support you, I support you. From now henceforth I'll join your campaign train, and I'll enlist die hard supporters from here in your campaign team"

"Don't forget those who stood by you, and weathered the storm to ensure you emerge victorious. Don't abandon them. Don't forget any of these people that have accompanied you here.

"I know you will consult Ikot Ekpene as a whole in due time"


Addressing Engr. Ibok-Essien and members of the PDP caucus at his residence, the Governorship hopeful, Pastor Umo Eno who thanked the Senator for the warm reception accorded him and his team, said he was at his residence to consult him on his Governorship aspiration and to seek his blessing.

He said he was in the race to sustain the development efforts already initiated by the current and past administrations in the State. The Commissioner listed rural development, seaport development, the Maintenance Repair Overhaul, MRO facility, enterprise development, job creation, human capital investment, among others as key areas that he would focus on.

"I have come to visit my senior brothers in Ikot Ekpene, because when a man is from Ikot Ekpene udo and he has his senior brothers from Ikot-Ekpene, that means he has come to visit his people. That's why I'm here to meet my brothers. We've come today to ask for your blessing".

"Governor Udom Emmanuel is not my Godfather, rather he is my mentor and I'm his mentee. He teaches and encourages you to do your best, that's why I call him my mentor.

"He has established small, medium entrepreneurs and we want to build on that. The gap between the poor and rich is very wide, I have come to bridge the gap''.

"We will focus on Rural development
So that the generality of Akwa Ibom youths, men and women would have what to do. I know how to build from bottom up, I've done that before as a businessman".

"It is not a man who brings money and throw up here that loves you, it is a man who teaches you how to create wealth. A man who gives you job.

"I started small, today i can tell you clearly that God has been faithful".

"The Ikot Ekpene people are good traders. We are close to Aba. By the grace of God when I'm Governor we will make Ikot Ekpene a business hub. I came to tell you there is a guaranteed future for our youths".

Presenting Umo Eno to Senator Ibok Essien and other members of the Ikot Ekpene caucus, the DG of the Campaigns, Chief Assam Assam, SAN, National Chairman of Maintain Peace Movement, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, Proprietor Fortune Polytechnic, Senator Aloysius Etok, Senator Effiong Bob and the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Sir. Monday Uko, described Umo Eno as God's answer to prayers for the sustenance of peace and prosperity of Akwa Ibom beyond 2023.

Don't waste your money

You are a collection of your own thoughts. What thoughts you generate these are accumulated and formed your own destiny.
If you richly think, you become rich, if you poorly think poor, you become poor. Therefore, your thought is the master of your own life.

All this na Politics e

Political talk.

Gov. Udom does not have the moral right to appoint a successor becuse he has defaulted in many areas that should endeared his people around him.
He issue of Primary school teachers' gratuity continue to be a problem that many grassroots supporters might use as a yardstick for not supporting his successor. There are so many uncompleted projects scattered throughout the state with no hope of completion before his tenure expires.

The person that brought you did not bridge any gap, we doubt you

We will bring a radical man in the person of OBA