Emmanuel: I Will Support My Successor to Surpass My Record

Okon Bassey in Uyo

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has said that he will support his successor, Mr Umo Eno, to surpass his record of achievement in office as governor of the State.

 Emmanuel said one of the secrets of his successful reign as governor was the support he got from Christian fathers in the state, expressing happiness that they were extending the same to his successor. 

He spoke at a New Year State service to usher in 2024 in Akwa Ibom state.

“I don’t have any doubt or fear, I still stand on what I said from day one that you’ll do 200 times better than me in all ramifications and God will give you the enablement and capacity to make that happen.”

Thanking Akwa Ibom people for their support for Eno, he maintained that the unity of the state must be maintained.

He thanked the youth, women, elders, and all those who believed in the administration. “May God unite all of us, strengthen us as a people to know that Akwa Ibom is beyond one man,” he added.

On the vision behind the worship centre in the state,  Emmanuel said he was moved by the fact that despite being named after God, the state had no befitting place of worship.

“Probably today, we would have been under the sun, but we now have a place that we can all gather, an altar where we can gather to worship God.

“I remember in one of my commissioning, I made a statement that the birds have their nest in the air but we Christians do not have a place to worship but today, we give God all the glory.

“Once again, I stand here to give God all the glory for  energising and the sustenance of our beloved governor , our leader, that God has graciously given to us at a time like this.

“The same God that raised him up will sustain him, no matter what happens. God does not send someone on an errand and forsake him,” Udom added.

In his remarks,  Eno expressed delight over the array of attendees and venue of the event, which he described as not just a worship centre but a tourist attraction.

The governor assured that he would ensure the maintenance of the facility as a valuable asset of the state and to maintain the spiritual component of the worship centre as an altar of the state, by daily prayers in the centre throughout  the year.

He therefore announced the appointment of the Uyo Field Superintendent of the Apostolic Church, Ime George, as coordinator of the prayer roaster and Hilkiah Eliatha as Secretary, as well as a technical crew to maintain the facility.