Gov. Umo Eno may dissolve State Exco and Boards soon
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has expressed his readiness to dissolve the State Executive Council any time soon.
He dropped the hint at a Media parley with journalists in Uyo on Saturday as part of activities of the 37 anniversary of the State coming up tomorrow (Monday).
The dissolution would be imminent and shall involve the State Executive Council, statutory and non-statutory boards of the state, reecalling that, he inherited all the commissioners except, Commissioner for Internal Security and Waterways and other aides from past administrations, with some of them working with more than three administrations.
He however said that, such dissolution would not come as as a surprise to the commissioners who had given their time and energy to the development of the state, stressing that, though there was need to regig the system but it would not be a surprise.
Governor Eno stated, he was looking for the appropriate time to have a validatory session to appreciate them and board members for their immense contributions to development of the state.
According to him, “both the Exco and board, statutory and non-statutory boards are due for dissolution. There is no doubt about that, but it will not come as a surprise. I know that we will dissolve the board and we will also dissolve the Exco.
“Sixteen months into a new administration, you need to regig the system and members of the Executive Council knowing that, we must regig the system, but I want to promise them that we will not do it as a surprise.
” Some of them have been there from three administrations; some were my colleagues in the last administration. So, you don’t just wake up in the morning and say that the Exco is dissolved but, we will do them the honour of having a validatory session and then dissolve the Exco and change the system, but we have to make sure we look for the right and appropriate time”.
On the benefits accruing to the state from the federal government, Eno said such cannot be qualified in terms of security and support to execute some projects being undertaken by the state government.
“We believed that, part of the benefits we will derive from our robust relationship that we are building with the Federal Government is to get them to be able to support some of the projects we are doing in the state.
” We need to have that synergy with the Federal Government, and to even have the peace we are enjoying today, that synergy is very important”.
