Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno said he would soon dissolve the State Executive Council and boards of parastatals and agencies to rejig them.
Eno announced this on Saturday during a MediaChat at Banquet Hall in Uyo with reporters, editors and publishers as part of the events to mark the Akwa Ibom 37th creation anniversary.
Before his election as governor, Mr Eno was commissioner of Lands and Water Resources in the administration of his predecessor, Udom Emmanuel.
Mr Eno inherited 100 per cent of the cabinet members as well as boards and agencies and parastatals of the former administration, but appointed one new commissioner.
He also said that the boards and commissions are due for dissolution, adding that he would dissolve them.
”One thing about leadership is to know when to act and when not to act,” he said.
He did not, however, say when he would dissolve the cabinet but said he would organise a valedictory session for cabinet members before dissolving then.
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Eno said though he is a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) he has to liaise with the opposition to attract dividends of democracy to the state.
”I do not need to belong to another before I work with others.”
Ibom Deep Seaport
Mr Eno said the Ibom Deep Seaport, a project that experts say is capable of providing over 10,000 jobs, is on course and that the state government needs investors.
The governor said no state government can build a deep seaport alone, adding that he had to settle debts owed to consultants before continuing work on it.
“When we came, some of the consultants were owed so much so we had to pay before we got back to work.
“The federal government has made budgetary provisions (for the seaport) but to budget is one and the release is another thing,” Mr Eno said, while responding to a question that the federal government made budgetary provisions for the seaport.
According to him, ”The project is on course. Our problem is inability to source for investors.”
