BREAKING: Akwa Ibom Stakeholders Endorse Gov Udom Lands Commissioner, Pastor Umo Eno As His Successor
Akwa Ibom stakeholders on Sunday evening adopted Pastor Umo Eno, the state’s Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources as their preferred successor to Governor Udom Emmanuel in 2023, WazobiaReporters has learnt.
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Credible sources disclosed to our reporter that former Governor, Obong Victor Attah, supported by the Chairman of Akwa Ibom council of Chiefs, Dr. Solomon Etuk, presented Eno as a man with the capacity to consolidate on the gains recorded by the present administration of Mr. Udom Emmanuel.
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One of the sources said; “At a well-attended PDP Stakeholders’ Meeting, which took place this evening at the Governor’s Lodge, in Uyo, Governor Udom Emmanuel, after months of seeking the face of God, finally announced his Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno, as his preferred choice to succeed him come 2023.
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“Former Governor, Obong (Arc) Victor Attah, thereafter made the formal presentation of Pastor Eno to the Stakeholders which comprises major and leading political chieftains from the three Senatorial Districts, who all applauded the choice and pledged to work towards his emergence as the Governor of the State come 2023.
“Pastor Eno spoke passionately and emotionally about how he grew up in the Police barracks and how dreary and challenging those days were, but he summoned hope to overcome those difficulties. He said he was grateful to God and to Governor Emmanuel for finding him worthy of the onerous task to lead the people of the State and continue his people-focused and developmental strides of Governor Udom Emmanuel.”
Bishop Uma Ukpai and the Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Mbang were said to have prayed for his success, with the Oku Ibom Ibibio, His Highness, Nteyin Solomon Etuk re-echoeing same sentiment.
Among those who attended the meeting were the Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo,Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon Aniekan Bassey, Senators Akon Eyakenyi, Effiong Bob, Ibok Essien, Aloysius Etuk, former Deputy Governor, Etim Okpoyo, Member, representing Etinan Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Onofiok Luke, PDP Party Chairman, Elder Aniekan Akpan, Barrister Emmanuel Enoidem, the National Coordinator of the Maintain Peace Movement, (MPM), Hon Pat Ifon, Member representing Eket Federal Constituency at the National Assembly and Member, PDP BOT, Chief Nduesso Essien, a former Minister of Housing, Ambassador Assam Assam, SAN, Nigerian former Ambassador to Russia, Fathers in Faith, and other leading members of the state political class.
