Akwa Ibom State is on the march again towards the 2015 Governorship election that will usher in the new leadership and like every other election year, political actors have resurfaced to play their various parts in the emergence of the next Governor of the state. Since governance is continuous, traditionally the incumbent will want to ensure that he elects to support someone who will sustain his visions, dreams, and aspirations.
In doing that, the incumbent will certainly not run away from the obvious fact of doing trial and error in the process of settling for a credible successor since all that glitters are not gold. As part of the trial and error test, the incumbent will basically place certain individuals into positions of authority and examine their leadership prowess and skills. Ability to manage resources and human development amongst others.
To determine who to choose, the incumbent will certainly step on some sore toes that will feel dangerously affected because of political interest, hence a gang-up for revenge and stumbling blocks to ensure a rough political road to transition of power by the incumbent to whoever in his wisdom and political calculations will sustain his tempo of development.
That is the case in Akwa Ibom State with Governor Godswill Akpabio. The present administration has for some time now been engulfed in so much political crisis that has forced out some influential appointees of government and supposed successors of Godwill Akpabio. Their exit from the state executive council was as a result of political interest which did not go down well with the Governor.
There is no doubt that Akwa Ibom State is a one party state, which is the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and all these people who are coming out to contest the number one position of the state are members of the ruling PDP. In a bid to streamline the process and ensure fairness, equity, and justice for all sections of the state which the party stands for, the party had earlier zoned the Governorship seat of the state to Eket Senatorial District. This action did not go down well with some persons and they have since mobilized against the system and funny enough the same system that propped them up.
But my questions are; did Godswill Akpabio commit any crime by appointing these men into positions of authority? Does it mean that as a Governor, he will just fold his arms and allow whoever to come and rubbish his efforts in the last 7 years? Is it that the public money they made while in government has caused them to be richer than the state? There are more issues and questions to answer.
Leadership is all about sacrifice, genuine leadership is selfless, and cannot be by force; why fighting to become a Governor? Good leadership has never been by struggle, it comes naturally from God, and God gives it to whoever he pleases. From the Bible time to this present time, nobody has ever taken up leadership by force using blackmail and character assassinations that ends well.
Let me ask; who were these people making noise before 2006? Is it not this same Godswill Akpabio they are fighting today because he has seen beyond politics, the exceptional leadership qualities of Udom Emmanuel to move this state in the direction of progress and prosperity that made them who they are today? Because they have acquired abundance, they cannot discipline themselves and respect the man who gave them the opportunity to become who they are today. Permit me to state very clearly that Udom Emmanuel is a self-made person; his attainment in life today is purely hard-work and diligence in serving God and humanity.
Leadership without personal interest has never been by force, it is because of their hidden agenda that make them desperate on their suicide mission to blackmail and use all kinds of falsehood against the good man that has been favoured both by God and man (Udom Emmanuel) to score cheap selfish political points. They want Godswill Akpabio to hand over power to them because they have suffered and worked for Akpabio. My questions to them are; is there any of them that have not been rewarded by the Governor either by appointment or any other means? Must they be compensated with Governorship before we have peace in this state? All of them have benefited enough from this government so they should keep quiet, enough of this I suffered for Akpabio ranting!
Funny enough, most of the people crying wolves are those that have enjoyed this state in the last 7 years without complaining. Do they even care to find out what other people invested in Godswill Akpabio? All they know is I suffered this, I suffered that. Even those who would have remained Boy Boy to Politicians but not for Akpabio have also joined in attacking this same Governor. OH AKPABIO, what is happening to you?
They should remember what happened to Absalom and the prodigal son who struggled leadership and took it by force from the father, and many others who forcefully clinch into power, they are either disgraced out or they died in power.
They should not forget that it has never been the most laboured that receives the highest, it is by God’s divine ordination and arrangement that even the one who have not laboured can attend the highest. But the case of Udom Emmanuel is clearly God’s doing to confound the wise men of this state, he was prepared by God to come at this time and lead his people. It has always been the tradition of men to reject a perfect gift from God, but that has never stopped the will of God from manifesting so that his purposes may be accomplished. The detractors of Udom Emmanuel can only allege but the people will know better
Udom Emmanuel, in all his attainment and achievements in life has never blackmailed or pulled down anybody or even discredit anyone to get favour. This is a man the whole world holds at a very high esteem because of his honesty, discipline, and integrity. The world is looking for people like Udom who have been in the private sector for years with good reputations and integrity to take up governance.
Having been born by Godly parents, Udom Emmanuel grew up in an environment where moral discipline was never compromised for any reason, with strict adherence to the words of God. The parents were devout Christians who don’t just hear the words of God but strive to live it. This moral discipline they instilled in them has been the guiding principles and working documents of Udom Emmanuel.
According to the village head of Awa Iman, Chief Clement Johnny Udo,”Udom Emmanuel as a young boy in the village was so good that people used the way he lived to train their children. Both parents were school teachers, they were very good example to others in terms of good moral behaviour. They were always first when it comes to church activities, that is why Udom have spent so much to sponsor church programmes, build churches, and support the work of the ministry. As an active and financial member of Awa Community in Lagos, his village has benefited a magnificent town hall they have built here in Awa Iman”.
Recently some desperate politicians sponsored faceless individuals to blackmail Udom Emmanuel, it started with a none existing ONNA DEMOCRATIC NETWORK who in their false imagination thought that because Udom was not stationed in Akwa Ibom, so his membership in the ruling PDP may not be possible, but they could not investigate well to know that Udom Emmanuel has been a member of the party long before now. I dare to say that Udom Emmanuel is one man who will never forge, encourage anybody to manipulate or forge any record in his favour no matter what is involved. He is a man of honour at any time and cannot mortgage his integrity for any reason.
Thank God the ward chairman of the PDP in Awa Ward l which Udom is a member, Apostle Charles Ekwere have came out openly to silent the detractors and false accusers, the debate over party membership has been put to rest. Udom Emmanuel is not just a member of the PDP but a financial member of the party who have contributed immensely to the growth and sustainability of the party at Ward, Chapter, State, and National levels.
And therefore for me, Udom Emmanuel is a man whose path to success and attainment in life has been very upright without any element of dubiousness or dishonesty in him. I make bold to challenge anybody to come out with any fact incriminating to Udom throughout his stay in the private sector. But all these people that claim to be on-ground politicians have incriminating records which nobody cares to talk about
They said Udom Emmanuel cannot reap from where he did not sow, permit me to say very loud that if there is any human being who have sacrificed for the progress and sustainability of this state apart from Godswill Akpabio, is Udom Emmanuel. He has sacrificed both financially and intellectually for the smooth running of this administration. He was the unseen hands in the much celebrated uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom state which most people did not know. I still repeat again that those who are clamouring suffering for Governor Akpabio have been adequately compensated, they should go and enjoy their abundance of wealth according to UwemItaEtuk, and stop using the public fund they diverted to their personal accounts to overheat the polity.
We are witnesses in this state where contractors had to pay millions to some individuals in government to get contracts, people were subjected to all kinds of fraud in the name of having one thing or the other to do with government, but thank God today Udom Emmanuel have come to stop all those forms of abuse of power. Today our contractors are no more being subjected to any kind of sorting before getting contracts. We cannot go back to the past; it will be forward ever and backward never.
People should not mistake the political marriage of convenience that Akpabio had with the so-called on-ground politicians, it was a way of maintaining the administration without acrimony and allow for a smooth running of government. Governor Akpabio was merely going through the motions and waited for a more appealing suitor to emerge (Udom Emmanuel).Some of them had already appeared to be more influential than the state Chief Executive, so he used his executive powers to cut them to size.
That is not all, there are other enemies within which the SSG must watch out for, some are in government while others are in support groups. They are there for their selfish interest of propagating their political ambitions. They send out most of the blackmailed information to those opposing the system.
The rising tempo of blackmails and pull-him-down syndrome in our state is so alarming; everything has been politicized for 2015. It is sad but I know that Godswill Akpabio knows and love good things. He has taken Akwa Ibom above that level of chop-chop and cannot condescend to it again for any reason. Udom Emmanuel is good and is the best for Akwa Ibom state; he is Gods will for this state, the light of the world which cannot be hidden. It is therefore incumbent on Governor Akpabio, stakeholders and support groups of project Udom Emmanuel 2015 to shun all forms of selfishness and hypocrisy in their support for this God sent leader, otherwise posterity will hold them responsible for whatever calamity and mediocrity in governance that shall befall this state. Akwa Ibom will always think right, we can’t think stupid.
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