Promise Kept: Gov Eno Flags Off 1.1km Spring Road Construction In Ikot Ekpene

Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has flagged off the construction of a 1.1km Spring Road, being the dilapidated access route to Goretti Secondary  School, with 0.875km Outfall Drain, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area in fulfilment of his election promise towards the people in the area.

Flagging off the project at the General Hospital Junction, Ikot Ekpene, Governor Eno tasked youths across the state to sharpen their skills and showcase their expertise for government patronage, pledging the readiness of his administration to support youths to rise to their greatness in their endeavours.

“We want to thank God for the privilege he has given to us to come back to Ikot Ekpene to redeem the promise we made to them concerning this road. I also want to thank Ikot Ekpene for the overwhelming support they gave to us during the campaign and ensuring that they cast their votes for us. By the grace of God, we will not disappoint you. We will do the best we can to bring to you the dividends of democracy.

“I want to thank all members of other political parties that have come out to join us here. Development is no not based on sentiment or any political party platform. Development has to do with whoever is there and  wants to embark on  development. Political Party is only a platform to contest election, and when you finish, you go back to the people and develop the places.

“I may not be able to reach everybody one by one but I know that if we do the things that we said we will do, we will touch the majority of the people. That is what development is all about. I commend the Honourable Commissioner for Works that actually brought this project to fore.

“When we select projects, we don’t do it because we know anybody. We just look for the places that are affected and where it can touch the lives of the  people. So we thank God that we are here today,” Gov Eno said of the road construction project in Ikot Ekpene.

On the project execution, Commissioner for Works and Fire Service, Professor Eno Ibanga, said the quick intervention of government on the Gorretti School road was driven by Governor Eno’s determination to salvage the worst road conditions and ameliorate the sufferings of the people.

He regretted the collapse of culverts on the Spring road which predisposed the area to erosion, saying that the intervention will divert the water from Control post, Abak road to a low point passing through the outfall drain of 0.875km and thanked the Governor for approving the project execution .

The Political leader, Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, recalled how  political jobbers used the sorry state of the Spring road to score cheap political points to mobilise support for their parties and thanked Governor Eno for the initiative of commencing work on the road within his first hundred days in office, expressing  hope that the glory of Ikot Ekpene as the first experimental Council area in Nigeria will be restored in Governor Umo Eno’s era.

On her part, the Principal of Goretti Girls school, Dr  Mrs.  Eno Ekere, pointed out that the  construction of the road has brought succour to the school community which has been through untold hardship over time due the poor state of the road,  describing the governor as a caring father, promise keeper and extended the gratitude of the school to the governor.

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