Gov Eno Tasks Delivery Advisors, Contractors On Specifications And Projects Completion
Delivery advisors overseeing projects and the contractors have been charged to renew their commitment, keep to approved specifications and ensure that timelines for the completion of the projects are met.
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, gave the charge in his remarks at day two of his administration’s project delivery meeting held at Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo, stating that some of the projects have been pencilled down for commissioning in September 2026.
He said the delivery meeting was very critical for examining the progress of the different projects across the State, stressing that “An unexamined life is not worth living.”
The Governor emphasised that he was committed to a transparent administration, hence the involvement of critical stakeholders like the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Civil Liberty Organisation, elder statesmen, and others in the review meeting.
He said the sessions provide an opportunity to critically assess progress, identify implementation challenges, and ensure that government projects are executed in line with specifications and timelines.
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The meeting received comprehensive presentations on the progress, implementation status, and key milestones of strategic projects across various sectors of the state’s development programme.
Following a presentation on agricultural projects, he said it was necessary to energise the Agric Business Unit, and requested the Vice Chancellor of the State-owned University, Prof Otoabasi Akpan, to deploy a competent hand from the Department of Agriculture to join the team, and Prof. Edna Akpan was nominated accordingly.
He said the distribution of Oil Palm Seedlings and other agric inputs of the State Government should not be done in the dark, but given adequate publicity and in collaboration with Paramount Rulers and Local Government Chairmen.
The Governor, who sat for long hours through the meeting, appreciated all ministries, departments, agencies, contractors, and stakeholders for taking part in the delivery meeting and for their commitment to delivering impactful projects.
Earlier before the meeting, the Governor had paid an unscheduled visit to ARISE Palm Resort to assess the situation firsthand, saying, “I have just come out of the resort to verify what they told us at yesterday’s meeting. That is how we work,” he said.
In their separate remarks, the President-General of Akwa Ibom State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers, Ntenyin Solomon Etuk, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Udeme Otong, Chief Assam Assam, SAN, and Senator Effiong Bob appreciated the Governor for his commitment to transparency and for making them part of the meeting.
They expressed delight at the development strides of the Governor, saying they were proud to identify with his administration.
Some of the projects reviewed included: Ibom Model Farm, Agric Equipment Leasing Company, Distribution of Oil Palm Seedlings, Dakkada Global Oil Palm, AKADEP, International Market, Ikot Ekpene, Oron Maritime infrastructure, Ibom International Hospital, General Hospital, Ukanafun, General Hospital, Ibiono Ibom, General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene, General Hospital, Iquita, Oron, General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene Udo, State of Emergency Projects, Ministry of Internal Security and Waterways.
Others were: Correctional Centre, Counter Terrorism Unit Base, Doctors’ Residence, Executive and Legislative Quarters, Uyo Village Road Estate, Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort, Chairman’s Lodge, Youth Development Centres, One project per LGA (Phase 2), Judiciary Village, House of Assembly Complex, ARISE Shopping City, ARISE Park Beach Villas, AKBC Project, Model Secondary School Senior Citizens Centre, and Nigeria for Women Project.
