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Gov Eno promises additional 4,000 aides, after appointing 368 PAs

By Ogenyi Ogenyi,Uyo

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has promised additional 4,000 appointments to members of the the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who were unable to make the list of appointees in the just released 368 One-Per-Ward Personal Assistant appointments.

He has equally urged them to remain calm and committed to the party, assuring that more opportunities are available for deserving members to contribute their quota towards the realization of the A.R.I.S.E. Agenda blueprint and overall success of the administration.

Eno who was addressing political stakeholders and a cross section of the people of the state during the October edition of the Monthly Covenant Service in Uyo on Monday hinted that the 368 appointments was the first in the series of his determined efforts at ensuring an all embracing government.

The Governor said the 4,000 appointments across all units for the Neighborhood City Watch Programme as well as the 40 appointments for the Songhai Model Farm Programme we’re pending opportunities to accommodate indigenes of the State.

He noted that the appointees were as qualified and deserving as those who couldn’t make it, adding that issues raised by those who couldn’t make the list were genuine and solicited the understanding of the importuned.

In furtherance of his administration’s inclusiveness, Eno announced his readiness to meet with stakeholders from the 31 Local Government Areas of the state, to share ideas on modalities to best implement the proposed one project Per Local Government Initiative.

“On Monday we’ll be holding our stakeholders meeting in the evening by 4pm with each local government bringing 20 persons and I trust that the leaders will not go and take people from one household and call them stakeholders. Please I expect at least one ward leader to be in that list, plus critical people. Everybody, again, cannot be on that list.

“Why are we doing this? It’s just to be able to share what we plan to do in each Local Government Area in three months. So we want to throw it open for you to go back home, think and within the week tell us the real need to enable us look at them be it school, hospital, water or a market project but it must be a rural development project.” He said.

The governor announced that the stakeholders meeting would be followed by an all-women meeting, then a meeting with the male and female youths separately with him to further enhance grassroots involvement in his government.

He congratulated Akwa Ibom people on the 63rd Independence anniversary of Nigeria and prayed wisdom upon the leaders to make Nigeria better.

“Nigeria is 63 years since independence and I trust God that the older we grow the better we’ll get and the days ahead will be good for us. The bible enjoins us to pray for those in authority.

“Let’s pray for the President, let’s pray for our State and the governor, for wisdom because wisdom is needed to navigate a lot of things and it is the principal thing. I want to thank all of you for coming and wish you a happy Independence celebration.” He stated.

Earlier, State Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Bishop Christian Nyong, in an homily tagged exposited that life remained a journey while at various points of the journey storms arise in forms of troubles, disturbances, agitations and invasion of our peaceful atmosphere.

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