The Former President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has commissioned road projects in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital as part of activities to mark the 60th birthday of Governor Umo Eno in the state.
Some of the projects include the 1.3-kilometre underground concrete flood control tunnel, the reconstruction of a section of Atiku Abubakar Way, with a walkway, drainage, solar street lights and the reconstruction of adjourning 1 km Afaha Ube Road.
Speaking at the commissioning, the former President commended Eno for his leadership strides having prioritized the needs of his people to demonstrate his ingenuity and completing such major life-touching projects within his first year in office.
Jonathan referred to a recent flood alert by Nigerian Meteorological Agency and described Eno as a proactive leader adding that Eno is worthy of commendation and charged Akwa Ibom people to be vigilant against anti social elements who are bent on vandalization of public infrastructure.
In his remark, Pastor Umo Eno, expressed gratitude to the former President, his predecessor, Governor Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom people and well-wishers on his birthday.
He restated the resolve of his administration to use the common wealth of Akwa Ibom people to put smiles on their faces through life-touching projects and programmes that will ameliorate their sufferings.
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“We are committed to touching lives, we are committed to improving the standard of living of our people. We are committed to rural development, and we are committed to providing those soft and hard infrastructures, but the time we are in now demand soft infrastructure.
“The time demands that we feed our people, it demands that we help them go back to the farm, it demands that our people take advantage of all of the contracts that are providing so many jobs for our young people and it demands that we keep being in peace to continue to attract investment to our state to be able to continue to provide jobs to our people,” he stated.
He said Atiku Abubakar road and drainage interventions is a product of faith and circumstance as the project was one of the interventions of his administration in response to citizen’s outcry.
He commended the contractor, Hensek Integrated Services, for satisfactorily interpreting the Government’s vision in the project execution and called on all in the State to join hands to developthevstare in line with the A-R-I-S-E Agenda policy.
“I do not know the young man that sent me that photograph on this road, but we are here courtesy of that young man. So if you notice anything in your environment, you can send it to us. We will look at it, prioritize it, handle it and try to see how we can come to your aid.
“What this shows is that all of us can collectively run this state. The state is not just run by the Governor. We try to run an open government. We try to run a government across party lines because knowledge is not only based on one person or one party.
” We can work together as a people. We accept and appreciate the constructive criticism, but not those that are born out of malice and mischief. Together all of us can be in Government, whether you are given an appointment or not,” he said.
