…. Declares Event Open In Lagos
LAGOS
The Akwa Ibom governor has reiterated his administration’s non tolerance of excuses, as he declared open the four- day State executive council retreat in Lagos State.
Pastor Umo Eno who bared his mind on Monday, while declaring open the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council retreat holding at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, said reminded the new Executive Council members, that “the fact that you are here, means you completely understand our propelling impulse which essentially is what we are running against time”.
Eno maintained that time was of essence, “given the number of very audacious projects to be determined, execute and complete within the next two years of our first term.”
He emphasized the need for teamwork and unity among the executive council members, maintaining that if he were to suggest a theme for the retreat, it would be “Teaming for Greater Success”, and called for synergy, collaboration, loyalty and commitment to recording results.
Speaking glowingly on his ARISE Agenda, Eno noted that the governance blueprint has been articulated and translated into implementable layers, and that having taken acute and deep ownership of the vision, the exco members are the agents to relentlessly drive the vision to completion.
He reminded them that Akwa Ibom people will not tolerate excuses, hence his decision to appoint a renowned technocrat as his Chief Delivery Advisor and Executive Assistant.
The Governor used the forum to again clarify that the State delivery advisors have their responsibilities clearly spelt out, which 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”.
Eno said the retreat is aimed at further distilling 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 the retreat is expected to have participants fully reinvigorated, equipped, refreshed and challenged for the tasks ahead.
Eno 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”..
He appreciated the resource persons, particularly, Tony Blair Institute, for accepting to share their knowledge and expertise.
The retreat, expected to last four days 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.
Other speakers include Mr Emem Bob who spoke on Budget Presentation and Fiscal Outlook as well as Government Communication and Reputation Management presented by Mr Aniekan Umanah.
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