GOVERNOR EMMANUEL WANTS AKWA IBOM OFF US GOVT LIST OF UNSAFE STATES

...GETS ACCOLADES FROM US AMBASSADOR

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has urged the Government of the United States of America to delist his state from the list of unsafe states in Nigeria.

Governor Emmanuel insisted that such categorization was at variance with the decisions of several security agencies, that place Akwa Ibom as one of the safest states in the country.

Governor Emmanuel spoke during a courtesy visit on him by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard on Tuesday at Government House, Uyo.
He said naming Akwa Ibom among the unsafe states in Nigeria, was repelling to investors, hence inimical to the industrialization drive of the state government.

“Help me review, right now we are expecting a whole lot of investors into the state the issue being that the publication that Akwa Ibom State is unsafe for Americans to travel into, is going to affect a whole lot of investments in the country, especially in Akwa Ibom, because it stands contrary to Police report and other security agencies reports.

"These is no society on Planet earth that there are no pockets of crime. Pockets of crime cannot render that state insecure”, Governor Emmanuel echoed.

Governor Udom Emmanuel who appreciated the partnership between America and Nigeria in the provision of critical facilities in the state, appealed to the American Government to partner the state government and implementation partners for effective monitoring of projects and transparency.

"The USAID can come in, we don’t need the money, they can partner this programme with the State Government, the Ministry of Health and the beneficiaries.

"You appoint the implementing partners we don’t know them and because you don’t create that interface between the State Government and these group of implementing partners. So we cannot even monitor as a second check of what we are doing, to be able to report back that money you are spending is actually getting to the people."

He explained that, "if the projects must go to the implementing partners let the State Government be the third party for proper monitoring and transparency in its financial reporting”.

The governor further emphasized that, the partnership with the state government will ensure that the programmes executed by US Government are of immense benefits to the people as the funds allocated will trickle down to the appropriate locations without encumbrances.

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, said she was pleased to have the opportunity to visit the state to ascertain the status of the US funded projects, after constraints posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The US envoy described the Akwa Ibom State government as a model in the pandemic management and fundamental support for the USAID projects in the state.

She expressed delight over the investments made by the Akwa Ibom State Government in the health sector.

These, she said, were evident in the improved health infrastructure, trained health workers, the wellbeing of USAID projects in the state, reversal of hitherto held statistics in malaria, HIV/AIDS amidst the COVID pandemic.

Media Unit
Govt House,Uyo
04/05/21

the Americans are not fools .


Mr governor,It is obvious even to outside observers that killing and maiming against innocent civilians incapable of self defence is being committed in your state.


Stop fooling yourself and others.

True

Speak up before terrorist take over

Governor Emmanuel insisted that such categorization was at variance with the decisions of several security agencies, that place Akwa Ibom as one of the safest states in the country.

Hmm why don't these security agencies publish their crime statistics for the public? The NBS hasn't publish crime stats since 2017 but nobody talking about that. The issue is even worse you consider the published crime stats are always lazily done. The stats only report aggregate crimes instead of doing it by per capita basis. Doing it this way doesn't factor in population which why crime stats are reported on per 100k basis.

After killing that innocent job seeker you still want them to remove akwaibom from the list?

Lolz truth is bitter

Am happy that akwa ibom is not located in the northern part of the countrywhich makes it one of the safest state in Nigeria.

PROUDLY AKWA IBOMITE

Mixedfruit:
After killing that innocent job seeker you still want them to remove akwaibom from the list?

I observed that the cabals are not the main problem of Nigeria but the way we reason.
A job seeker is killed
Because of that the state is not safe abi?

No where is safe in Nigeria not even Aso rock..!! Aisha had to run away at some point from Aso rock and even the president ran away from his office sometime back...!!