Govt Udom Emmanuel Set To Continue With Akpabio’s Legacies

The new governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has pledged to consolidate the

transformation of the state initiated by the immediate past administration in the course of

his government.

Gov. Emmanuel, in his inaugural address

after he was sworn in with his deputy,

Mr Moses Ekpo, by the acting Chief Judge

of the state, Justice

Stephen Okon, assured the people of his

commitment to bringing to fulfilment all

the promises he made during his

campaigns.

“I stand before you today not as a

master, but as a servant and not as a

boss, but as a co-labourer. I accept, with

great humility and sense of

responsibility, the mandate you have

freely given to me to hold power in trust

for you as your governor. You have kept

your part of the covenant and I intend to

keep my part by executing the

programmes I enunciated to you during

my official declaration to run for the

office of the governor,” he said.

The governor mentioned the areas he

intends to intervene to include;

security, transformation of the economy,

upholding the tenets of democracy,

promotion of unity amongst the people,

empowerment of the women and youths,

ensuring rural development, promotion

of trade, commerce and tourism between

the state and other parts of the country,

among others.

While expressing his gratitude to those

who stood by him in his pursuit to the

hilltop mansion, Emmanuel called on

others who contested and lost the

governorship of the state to lay aside

their grievances and join hands to build

the state. “I urge them and their

supporters to let partisan feelings yield

to patriotism. We hold out our hands to

them. It is the planting season in the

Akwa Ibom family and they are invited

to come and plant with us. We do not

have to see eye to eye in order to work

hand in hand,” the governor urged.

The immediate past governor of the

state, Chief Godswill Akpabio, while

giving his valedictory addressed,

admitted that he did not deserve the

encomiums poured on him by the people

as he was not the one behind the

transformation of the state, but “God

Almighty,” urging the people to give

praises to God.