A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Rt Hon Samuel Ikon, Ph.D, says the large turn out of members to nominate Governor Umo Eno as the APC flag bearer for the 2027 general election is as a result of the numerous people oriented projects and programmes executed by his administration.
In a brief press interview shortly before the commencement of the nomination exercise at Mbioto Town School, Mbioto, the former speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly listed those projects to include building of compassionate homes for widows, providing food for vulnerable households under the bulk purchasing agency and empowerment of people
“In this crowd is someone the governor has built a house, we have people here who have benefitted from the free food of the bulk purchasing agency and the numerous empowerment both to farmers and traders either in cash or vocational equipment. In this nomination exercise, Governor Umo Eno does not need to mobilize anyone, it is a crowd made up of people who have benefitted from his administration”
The former Federal House of Representatives member described the governor’s performance as awesome stressing that, governor Umo Eno has through his programmes, projects and policies justified the resources accrued to the state in the past three years.
” You know as a lawmaker our interest is always what comes in as revenue and how well it has been uterlized.But I can tell you that under Governor Umo Eno, resources have been properly channeled to the benefit of the people.
A party member who identified himself as Aniekan commended Rt Hon Samuel Ikon for giving a well defined direction during the conduct of APC Primary elections in Southern Iman Ward IV.
” As you can see there is order throughout the exercise because our MP is on ground and there is joy everywhere” he opined.
