February 19, 2025
By Idris Buba
The Akwa Ibom State All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed reservations over Governor Umo Eno’s appointment of failed politicians in his newly constituted State Executive Council.
Describing it as “a second chance for failure, APC, in a statement by it Media Network, chaired by Otuekong Iniobong John, said the new exco members as nominated by the Governor, was “a war council and a recipe for disaster.”
The party said, the appointments were based on “political compensation for friends and cronies” who have failed in previous appointments or elected positions in the past.
“former National Assembly members, former Council Chairmen, former House of Assembly members, and former Commissioners, who performed woefully in the past, have now been refurbished and given another opportunity to fail.”
Highlighting the appointments of Aniekan Umanah and Anthony Luke, APC is wondering how their appointments aligned with the Governor’s “Peace Sustenance” agenda.
“Except for a few appointees from academia and one from the health sector, the list would have been entirely populated by yesterday’s men and women who have failed to justify the confidence placed in them in bygone years.
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“One would have thought that after serving out their tenures in previous offices, they would quietly return home to avoid further infuriating the populace. Instead, they have returned with aplomb to fail us once again.
“Furthermore, as Gov Umo Eno promotes his much-hyped “Peace Sustenance” agenda, we must point out that the appointments of Hon. Aniekan Umanah and Hon. Anthony Luke (Aluko) to the State Executive Council deviate from this policy.
“Such appointments, in our view, do not align with the principles of inclusivity, integrity, and effective governance.”
APC, further condemned the alleged marginalization of Oro Federal Constituency in the appointment with only two commissioners representing five Local Government Areas whereas Eket LGA, had two nominees.
