Patrick Ekpoh
Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, has again restated his administration’s zero tolerance to excuses, warning that his administration will no accept any failure on the part of any of the commissioners.
The governor gave the warning while declaring open a 4 day retreat at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island – Lagos State on Monday.
“Akwa Ibom people will not tolerate excuses, hence my decision to appoint a renowned technocrat as Chief Delivery Advisor and Executive Assistant” the governor said
He explained that the retreat is expected to have participants, fully reinvigorated, equipped, refreshed and challenged for the tasks ahead.
According to him the retreat is meant to further distill the culture of deliverables and deepen respect for boundaries as his administration works to relentlessly drive its vision of economic growth and wellbeing, peace and prosperity for the people of the State.
He said, “We have assembled a great team of speakers drawn from diverse backgrounds and I know we are going to have a great and exciting time.
“Even though this is essentially an EXCO Retreat, we have, however, brought in all our Delivery Team
Members and Stakeholders, to reinforce our commitment in ensuring timely delivery of our projects.
“We were here, last in 2023, shortly after our inauguration, where we had distilled the foundational principles of the Arise Agenda with the then EXCO members.
“It’s good to note that a number of the members of the last EXCO have been reappointed and thus are deeply conversant with our culture of deliverables”.
Governor Eno used the retreat to again clarify the functions of State Delivery Advisors saying their responsibilities is to supervise some of the major projects billed for completion within the next 24 months.
“They have the institutional memory and knowledge of these projects, and we have simply asked them to complete what they had started and deliver them to specifications and on time.
“The Honourable Commissioners have new projects that we are initiating and are expected to follow-through on those projects to completion”, he said.
The Governor appreciated the resource persons, particularly, Tony Blair Institute, for accepting to share their knowledge and expertise at the retreat/
The 4 day retreat,had on the first day Tuulia Pitkanem, a Senior Adviser in the Tony Blair Institute, and a former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Finland, who spoke on ways of translating the Governor’s address into Policy Interventions.
