Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has warned leaders and members of dissolved non-statutory boards, who have refused to go that he would not succumb to pressure or other forms of entreaties to reverse his decision, reminding them that their lifespan had since elapsed with the immediate past administration of Mr Udom Emmanuel, on May 29.
While urging them to disengage from offices and desist from acting in their erstwhile capacities, Eno reiterated his position in the June 21, 2023 official statement that “such former appointees should handover to the most senior civil servant in the Board, except for statutory Boards or constituted Limited Liability Companies.”
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Addressing a monthly prayer summit at the Government House, Uyo, the state capital at the weekend, Eno said: “I would like to remind you that we have dissolved all non statutory Boards. You see, I am not the type that always likes to make noise and carry everything around me because power is transient. That is why people have a lot of problems exiting power. I want to remain a very normal person in spite of my position.
“I understand that some people still go to the office and write memos and send them to me even after we have dissolved the board. When your salary doesn’t come, you will know certainly that we have dissolved the boards.
“You know traditionally, on the 29th of May, when a tenure of an Administration ends, you don’t need to be told that your tenure has ended. That is why you don’t hear us announce the dissolution of EXCO because it wasn’t necessary.
“It is however sad that some people were still going to work. And so that they won’t sue the government for not paying them, that is why we announced that all non-statutory boards will be dissolved.
“Please, handover to the next person, the next civil servant or any next person. Except you are in a statutory board or you are in the Constituted Limited Liability Company. Please, do well to hand over and understand that your time is up, and don’t think that your coming back is mandatory.”