01/11/2023
EMEKA AYAOKU LECTURE: GOV ENO HARPS ON ACCOUNTABILITY AS PIVOT IN HIS ADMINISTRATION
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has said that his administration is founded on the precept of accountability as it holds governance in trust for the governed.
Governor Eno was addressing participants, Tuesday, at the Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance held on the theme "Imperatives of Good Governance In Nigeria" at IIbom Hall, Uyo.
The Governor who was the guest speaker at the event identified accountability as a template for good governance, noting that he was committed to the delivery of democratic dividends to the people through the A.R.I.S.E. Agenda blueprint of his administration.
He informed participants that he has mandated Commissioners and Heads of Agencies to brief the public on activities of their department to keep the 7.9 Million residents of the State abreast with activities of their offices.
"We don't just want to keep paying money and pay bills. I really want to see where these funds are going, what it seeks to achieve.
"I told him and said you know what, everyday I wake up, I know that I am accountable to the people and I told him and said, I want my Commissioners to begin to step out and say the things they are doing in their ministries. Let the people hear. Let them talk about the ministry that they are in charge.
"These are ways to try to be accountable, to let the people know that we are not in office for ourselves.
“We have about 7.9 Million people in this State, and it is a sacred responsibility.
“We need to each day show to the people that we are here to serve them", he stated.
Governor Eno described the A.R.I.S.E. Agenda as the compass to navigate the programmes of his administration and announced plans to flag-off the One-Per- Local Government Project which he described as a development catalyst in the grassroots, assuring that the project would make available signature projects in every local government area
