Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has urged his main opponent in the April 11 governorship election, Umana Okon Umana and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to cooperate and support his administration to build a solid economy for the state.
His appeal is coming at the same time Umana is demanding for public announcement of the debt profile of the state.
Emmanuel made this call on Thursday in a statement issued in Uyo, the state capital, by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Ekerete Udoh, while reacting to APC’s call for assets declaration.
According to the statement, “Governor Udom Emmanuel, in accordance with the law and the requirement by the Code of Conduct Bureau has already declared his assets and the forms duly retuned.”
It explained that the governor’s total dedication to his main campaign promise of rapid industrialisation in the state had prompted him to set up a committee on Ibom Deep Seaport, adding that, the committee has three years to actualize the vision of a deep seaport in Akwa Ibom.
The governor’s CPS noted that Emmanuel had also visited the moribund Peacock Paint factory in Etinan local government area with a view to reactivating it.
“Technical committees on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and Agriculture and Food Sufficiency will soon be constituted.
“Also, electricity supply has become more stable since the Governor had direct interaction with the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company.
“In two weeks, an additional 20 wattage would be added to the system, which would further stabilise power supply,” the statement noted.
The Governor insisted that he had been busy deploying his vast contacts and language of communications within the financial world to draw investors to the state, urging that, “I hope the APC can now join hands to build our State and support the people-centric programmes of the Udom Emmanuel administration”.
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