Flood control: We’re committed to touching lives – Eno

Ini Billie, Uyo

Governor Umo Eno has said his administration is committed to touching the lives of Akwa Ibom people.

Eno stated this during the commissioning of 1.3 kilometres underground concrete flood control tunnel, a reconstructed section of Atiku Abubakar Way with a walkway, drainage, solar street lights and adjourning 1 kilometre Afaha Ube road by Former President, Goodluck Jonathan.

The governor said he would use the commonwealth of Akwa Ibom to put smiles on the faces of the people through life-touching projects and programmes that will ameliorate their sufferings.

“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 demands 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.

Eno stated that the Atiku Abubakar road and drainage interventions were a product of faith and circumstance, saying the project was one of the interventions of his administration to the citizens’ outcry.

He commended the contractor, Hensek Integrated Services, for satisfactorily interpreting the Government’s vision in the project execution, and urged all residents to join hands in ensuring development in line with the Arise Agenda.

“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 governor does not just run the state. 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 stated.

The governor cautioned against the vandalization of the facilities and charged them to protect the infrastructure within their domains as a communal responsibility.

“We cannot be destroying facilities that the government spends so much money to fix. It is not my money; it is your money. It is our collective money. So, if you see someone destroying Government property, know that it is part of your money being destroyed. You can step forward and caution the person,” he advised.