Akwa Ibom’s peace, unity my greatest achievement in 2 years- Eno
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has said that the inherent peace and unity experienced in the State has been his greatest achievement in the last two years of his administration.
Eno was addressing guests during his 2nd Year Anniversary State Banquet held at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo.
The governor attributed the peace and unity to God’s grace, love, and the cooperation of the people of the State charging Akwa Ibom people to continue to work in peace, love, unity, and respect for one another.
He added “Whatever we have been able to achieve is because of the grace and faithfulness of God, and it is because of the cooperation of our people. For me, the greatest achievement is not in all those things you saw in the documentary. The greatest achievement is the peace that God has brought into this State. That is my greatest achievement. Like His Excellency, Otuekong Don Etiebet, said, we know how this State used to be. It would be difficult for all of us to gather in this room because of political affiliations.
“Someone would die in a family and you could not attend the burial openly so that they don’t think you are doing anti-party. We were made to think that wisdom resides in one political party. I want you all to understand that wisdom resides in all of us as Akwa Ibom people, not in any political party. I thank God today that we can stay under one roof, we can discuss together, we can all contribute to governance, we can reach out to our brothers and see political party only as a vehicle for election. And whoever God brings becomes the Governor for all, and brings people together. Let’s continue to push. We must live for each other, learn to extend hands of fellowship to people. That is the truth. We cannot continue to do winner-takes-it-all. We need to bring people in and learn how to work with the people”.
Speaking further, he expressed appreciation to his political godfather and predecessor, His Excellency, Deacon Udom Emmanuel, for his vision, pursuit, resilience, and support that brought him to power.
On his part, elder statesman, Otuekong Don Etiebet, described Governor Eno as a phenomenon, a spiritually-filled and enigmatic leader sent by God to serve Akwa Ibom in a critical time such as this.
