BARR. ENOIDEM, WARN THE FORMER SSG UMANA OKON UMANA TO STOP PROMOTING ETHNIC POLITICS IN THE STATE

As more condemnations continue to trail a recent public outburst credited to a former secretary to the state government and APC governorship hopeful, Mr. Umana Okon Umana, over his attack on Governor Godswill Akpabio, the Commissioner for Special Duties, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, has described his recent utterances as regrettable, unfortunate and pitiable.

It would be recalled that the APC governorship candidate who had served in Akpabio’s government for six and half years, recently in media briefing, reportedly vowed to make the governor “account for allegedly misusing the commonwealth of the state.

But in a swift reaction, Barr. Enoidem, who faulted Umana’s claims, accused the former SSG of promoting ethnic politics in the state, and enjoined Akwa Ibom people to be weary of desperate politicians of who do not mean well for the state.

“I expected him to behave better than he is behaving, because of the level of confidence and trust himself and the governor shared. His latest outburst shows that human beings need to be feared,” the Commissioner for Special Duties reasoned.

He furthered that, “our brother, Umana Umana was part of this government for six and a half years. And if you go back to history and do a research on all the interviews he had granted the media up until the time he and the governor had misunderstanding which resulted in his being relieved of appointment as SSG, you would see that he was very consistent in his credit to the governor as the best thing that has ever happened to Akwa Ibom State.”

Enoidem asserted that Akpabio has been exceptional, “in terms of what the governor has done in the area of project execution, in terms of appointment which resulted in Umana being made the SSG from Uyo Senatorial district for six and a half years”.

While condemning Umana Umana’s latest resort to apply what he described as his character summersault, the Special Duties Commissioner, reasoned that the continuous unity of the state cannot be contested on the altar of ethnicity and advised his former colleague in the state exco, Mr. Umana to desist from his unguarded utterances against the Governor.

“Apart from being SSG, Umana was chairman, FGPC and I was privileged to be member. He (Umana) sat as the clearing house, recommending contracts award to the exco for approval”.

He described him as an “actor” who was merely a pretender in Akpabio’s government for six and half years that he served the government.

“You can’t pretend forever, no matter how smart you think you are. There will be a moment in your history that a turning point will bring out the real you. God has a way of orchestrating a moment where the real and true person in you must come out and God is smarter than all of us”

- By Mfonobong Ukpong