A’Ibom Gov. Mr Udom Emmanuel concludes a commanding Interview Session.

It's a wrap as the Governor of the state, Mr Udom Emmanuel concludes a commanding interview session.

If you missed it, follow this thread for the major highlights

*I don't get perturbed by blackmail. If you are on a mission and you get distracted, you have lost focus... I'm here on a mission.

*If we had gone for bail-out, perhaps, we wouldn't be able to pay salaries today...

*I wouldn't have been a Governor at a better time than now... God knew there will come a time like this when the state will be collecting a little more than 2 billion when the wage bill of primary schools is 2.5 billion Naira...!

No matter the dwindling economy, FREE EDUCATION must continue in Akwa Ibom. We MUST continue to provide basic medical care.

 

WHY DID YOU REJECT FG's BAILOUT FUND?
If I went to get the bail out, I am not sure I would have an opportunity to put what I learnt in school into practice. The world is run by ideas! If I went into it, I would have mortgaged Akwa Ibom's future.

It takes ingenuity to manage the finances of this state at a time we're receiving fa less than it used to be in immediate past.

Wage budget for workers alone can terrify a man who isn't prepared for such financial situation. It takes financial ingenuity to sustain the system.

But God foresaw these times and prepared me ahead.

 

"P.D.P is like a religion in Akwa Ibom and any aspiring Local Government Chairman should see themselves as a Chief Executive Officer to deliver POWER TO THE PEOPLE"

"I want to be remembered as a Governor that will lay a solid economic foundation for Akwa Ibom people decades after I leave office"

"The problem with ALSCON at Ikot Abasi is purely a federal government legal issue, as for the State Government we are ready with gas supply to create wealth and jobs from it

The relationship between the three arms of Government in Akwa Ibom State is balance and cordial... We are a Government that is focus and determined.

by Aniekeme Finbarr