Exposing Ekerette Udoh, CPS to Governor Udom Emmanuel
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. - Bill Cosby
In explaining the above assertion Bill Cosby simplified his claims thus. According to him, “One of the weaknesses of many of today’s leaders is our compulsion to take surveys. It happens in politics, and it happens in churches.
A leader must go beyond being a people-pleaser to being a God-pleaser. If our need for the people’s affirmation exceeds our need for God’s affirmation, we’re in trouble. Leadership sometimes means doing what’s unpopular”.
Cosby’s theory of what a leader should and should not be or do is the everyday experiences in our society today. An example is Governor Udom Emmanuel who came on board not being loquacious. He carefully avoided seeking to please everybody, but he was focused doing his work adroitly. He has been pummelled front and back and he will not budge. He kept on working despite daunting challenges.
Lately, he would not even mention his projects until they are hatched like the proverbial eggs. Today, Governor Udom Emmanuel is cruising home with over fourteen workable PPP industries donning the economic space of Akwa Ibom State. Roads infrastructure are spreading like wild fire of the Harmarttan season across the senatorial districts of the Akwa Ibom. Ibom Air is flying and making the mark. All the sectors of the Akwa Ibom economy are kicking and yet the traducers of Governor Udom Emmanuel, even as glaring as the facts are, would not rest.
It is however true that a society most times is the reflection of its leader. It could be adopted too that followers most times are likely to keenly observe and follow the footsteps of their leaders. Ekerete Udoh, a former columnist in NewsDay Newspaper and Vice Chairman of News of the World Newspaper, Lagos, and currently the Chief Press Secretary/Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Media, is cast in this mould.
