Chidi Tony| Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom says his administration has performed above 85 per cent in the last six years.
Emmanuel announced this during an interactive session with Journalist over the weekend in Uyo while presenting his scorecard.
The governor called on the Federal Government to liberalise the power sector to allow state governors generate and distribute power to its citizens.
He called on the people to be ready to support government by purchasing their prepaid meters and to settle their bills promptly.
Emmanuel reiterated the determination of his administration to ensure that there was adequate power supply across the 31 local government areas of the state by 2022.
He said that in spite of the economic and security challenges that confronted the country, his administration had made maximum use of the available resources to provide basic infrastructure to the people.
The governor said that in the last six years, his administration had attracted investors to the state through good road network, and a conducive environment for businesses to thrive.
Emmanuel explained that there had been improvement in the area of road infrastructure, education, agriculture, rural development, aviation, and healthcare delivery in the state.
He highlighted that the investment opportunities attracted to the state was due to the quality of good leadership, saying that it would be sustained in the next two years.
He, however, said that there were certain economic indices that could not be controlled by anyone, that affected the performance of his administration.
“Apart from economic and security challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic that is ravaging the whole world has affected our performance.
“As a governor, you don’t control policies. If you have that limitation, you can’t perform optimally.
“There are a lot of things you will like to do but you don’t get policy support,” Emmanuel said.
The governor appealed for more support from Akwa Ibom people to perform better.
He assured the people that everything the government was doing was in the best interest of all the citizens.
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