Viktor R. Etok-Akpan
Certainly, the individuals of Akwa Ibom hope that the governor-elect, Pst. Umo Eno (PUE) will, according to his phrases, lead an inclusive authorities, and one that won’t be winner-takes-all as a result of nobody will likely be overlooked.
Akwaibomites hope that PUE’s tenure as Governor of Akwa Ibom State after his swearing-in on Might 29, 2023 will likely be a season of happiness for the state in mild of his ARISE program for the state, to attain peace, prosperity and continuity with the developmental good points achieved to date , to create productive livelihoods for our success and thus the promise of completely happy days forward that can complement the DAKKADA mantra of the Governor Udom Emmanuels administration to reorient the Akwa Ibom individuals to imagine of their talents and spirit to attain greatness.
To this finish, the ARISE program relies on a 5 (5) level program of linked growth elements on: Agricultural Revolution, Rural Growth, Infrastructure Upkeep/Growth, Safety Administration and Schooling Growth. PUE, the governor-elect sees the ARISE program as basically his contract with the Akwa Ibom individuals and that it’s sturdy and digestible and can positively have an effect on livelihoods in the long term, he due to this fact harassed the necessity for management with capability and competence to ship.
Due to this fact, whereas presenting an evaluation of the ARISE agenda at an interactive city corridor assembly with members {of professional} organizations and curiosity teams within the state, PUE, the governor-elect, promised to deliver individuals again to the farm citing his agricultural revolution plans of the mentioned Agenda to have interaction in sustainable agriculture , industrial and export degree, supported by well-managed and efficient agricultural credit score packages, to make agriculture by transitioning from conventional to extra trendy agriculture to boast of our productive merchandise, for home and international markets. To a big extent, he argued that his administration’s insurance policies would develop our areas of comparative benefit in rising agriculture to revive our agribusiness in constructing our economic system.
Due to this fact, the governor-elect, PUE, highlighted our areas of comparative benefit in agriculture, considering the evaluation of the wants of assorted communities within the state on the ARISE agenda, equivalent to palm merchandise, with a plan to determine palm oil factories within the catchment areas of the state for contemporary palm bunches (ffb), as an funding strategy to encourage farmers to produce ffb to mills in change for money, and thus they are going to be incentivized to resume the productiveness of our pure wild palm -groove and a few deserted palm plantations dotted throughout the panorama within the state for optimistic outcomes.
One other space of agricultural necessities of our comparative benefit within the state for correct funding is the fishing trade, with ARISE agenda wants evaluation plans to supply trawlers, fishing boats/gear, storage services and fish processing trade, within the growth of our fishing actions in compliance with the requirements obtainable in different creating nations for increased earnings and improved dwelling requirements of the individuals.
Nevertheless, contemplating the necessity to discover your entire worth chain of agriculture in numerous areas of curiosity for our comparative benefit together with cassava cultivation and staple meals because the governor-elect of PUE identified, he due to this fact sees agriculture as a gold mine that can create jobs as a sensible side of operating the economic system of the States and, in our opinion, will deliver smiles, making us profitable and completely happy and pleased with our achievements.
By way of rural growth, the ARISE program for the state by the Governor-elect, PUE, is ready to usher in a season of happiness for our rural residents, particularly as efforts should be directed in the direction of curbing the mentioned rising ranges of poverty and unemployment. in our rural communities.
On this regard, with the tenure of PUE because the governor of the state, we should witness the supply of ability growth packages for our crew of busy youths, in addressing the challenges of job creation as a activity that PUE, the governor-elect, has emphasised. it’s essential to return them to work. There’s additionally the prospect of introducing new small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to our rural communities, which will likely be accompanied by efforts to attach the countryside and aquibamites by offering dependable and reasonably priced Web entry to bridge the digital divide and assist farmers and companies in rural areas work extra effectively and attain new markets, and assist create and keep prosperity in rural communities as a manner of financial growth, which is able to as well as create the mandatory center class of society to stimulate the economic system.
To attain this, trendy dwelling services equivalent to markets, faculties, well being care, all-season roads, rural electrification, leisure services and so forth are anticipated to be made obtainable in rural communities to result in their infrastructural and financial transformation into the entire nation. state and in the end cut back the disagreeable rural-urban migration, which the elected governor of PUE spoke about throughout his campaigns, on the necessity to cease rural-urban migration, noting that it’s a key element of any Authorities and acceptable, a verify towards the horrible downside of making city poor in our cities and cities right this moment.
Due to this fact, an built-in strategy to rural growth will see to the calibration of the varied native communities to function sub-systems of our financial circles of progress and growth for the prosperity of the financial system of the States as a complete, thus pleasing the hearts of our rural individuals and basically all of the individuals of the state and make us completely happy.
By way of infrastructural upkeep and enchancment, Akwa Ibom State is thought to be blessed with unprecedented growth and initiatives with our human efforts in all instructions for our socio-economic well-being. These embody the Oku Icon span, the longest within the South-South area; the 21-storey Dhaka Tower, the seventh tallest within the nation; one of the best street community within the area and for main the electrification of rural areas and constructing the neatest and smartest airport terminal within the area. It is usually the longest bridge constructed by any state authorities, the 1.15 kilometer bridge at Mbo connecting Esit-Eket. Others embody Ibam Industrial Metropolis, Liberty Oil and Fuel Zone, Ibam Deep Sea Port, Ibam Energy Station, 5 star L Marriden Inns, a variety of strategic manufacturing corporations equivalent to Syringe Manufacturing Firm, the most important in Africa. , Manufacturing facility for the manufacturing {of electrical} digital measuring units, St. Gabriel Coconut Refinery Ltd to say however just a few, with different quite a few industries and industries within the oil and gasoline sectors present process due course of to begin up respectively.
In mild of those excessive investments in infrastructure and industrial services within the state, the governor-elect, PUE, considers it helpful to establish with the packages of his predecessors on the present degree of growth, and to reinforce growth for our widespread in assembly our social and financial growth wants, and to not purchase into political and private sentiments that will result in the cancellation of the achievements of the previous years.
On this regard, the governor-elect, PUE, has promised to resuscitate, full and fee the Ibom Science Park undertaking and different deserted out of date initiatives along with new industrial infrastructure initiatives to be embarked upon, to develop our economic system towards the reckless abandonment that price the tax payers lack of large sums of cash.
Along with the safety administration element of the ARISE program, we will remind you that one of many fundamental causes for selecting Pst. Umo Eno (PUE) to rule the state was based mostly on our perception in his robust ethical rules as a person of integrity and modesty, match for workplace to symbolize our collective dignity, for the peaceable coexistence of all Aquaibamites. Due to this fact, it’s identified that his rise to energy doesn’t have the hidden affect related to people on the sponsorship of group pursuits that may trigger division within the state, given its tendency to disrupt the safety of society, as we’ve skilled with assassinations, kidnappings and cult wars up to now
On this observe, whereas promising safety of lives and property in his marketing campaign messages, the governor-elect, PUE, has all the time insisted that he’ll make sure that our individuals proceed to reside in peace and that the sanctity of human life is protected by way of our safety governance. He frowned at leaders who he mentioned use the youth for thuggery and violence when it fits their egocentric ends. Governor Udom Emmanuel harassed that Akwa Ibom won’t ever return to darkish instances.
The governor-elect, PUE, additionally acknowledges the truth that the state has remained peaceable because the administration of Governor Udom Emmanuels and that is identified to have contributed to the states primary social power for growth, making Akwa-Ibom a vacation spot for traders. Because of this, the PUE has promised to additional strengthen the safety structure of the States to extend productiveness and an enabling atmosphere for the profitable implementation of the ARISE program, acknowledged on the truth that Governor Udom Emmanuel doesn’t compromise on safety and that he treats safety points severely, to make Akwa Ibom State secure and affluent.
Lastly, the ARISE Agendas training perspective predicts that the governor-elect, PUE, will make training according to the road of his predecessors on formal training, making main and secondary training free and obligatory, however aside from that, it is going to be clear that his five-point program ARISE for agricultural revolution, rural growth, infrastructure upkeep/growth and training growth basically.
Therefore, upon assumption of workplace because the state governor, PUE will hopefully undertake a radically completely different strategy to training, given the necessity to emphasize ability growth and de-emphasize mere certification, offering curricula and rehabilitation of colleges to construct human sources as a essential driver of growth capital based mostly on the necessity to soak up the essence of sensible orientation and data, as along with the data of formal training. As well as, postgraduate scholarship schemes will likely be provided to essentially the most gifted college students to get good service of their house nation.
On this path, ARISE Agenda proposes the idea of STEAM to reinforce training, which is an acronym for Science, Expertise, Engineering, Arts and Arithmetic and is taken into account related with the approaching industrialization of the state as a foundation for our academic program.
All in all, given the worth of the phrases of the governor-elect, PUE, after unveiling his ARISE agenda, that we are going to spend our sources to water the seeds of our collective prosperity, whereas bringing our consideration to it as what the agenda is ARISE So our pleasure is dependent upon the PUE ARISE program that has taken on the ruins of governance within the state to implement this plan which he says is a contract to proceed on the trail of peace, safety and growth and can acceptably do and preserve us completely happy as we’ve loved for the previous seven years. On this observe, we agree to hitch palms with the PUE administration to usher within the season of happiness along with his tenure as Governor of Akwa Ibom State and look ahead to the resounding success of his administration.
Victor R. Etok-Akpan is a public relations analyst and journalist, writing from Ikot-Abasi LGA, Akwa-Ibom State. 08065608338
