{"id":42535,"date":"2015-10-04T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T14:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=42535"},"modified":"2015-10-04T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T16:20:56","slug":"gov-udoms-family-mansion-built-60-years-ago-akwa-ibom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gov-udoms-family-mansion-built-60-years-ago-akwa-ibom\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Udom&#8217;s family mansion\u00a0 built 60 years ago&#8212;Akwa Ibom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4630\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4599\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4629\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv1470257805\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4633\" dir=\"ltr\">Akwa Ibom State Government has\u00a0 described as false, reprehensible,\u00a0 rumours making the rounds that Governor Udom Emmanuel was building a N6bn mansion in his hometown, Awa in Onna Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In\u00a0 a statement, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, said the report in a section of the media is tantamount to taking mischief to new heights of irresponsibility.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4656\" dir=\"ltr\">The commissioner said the truth is,\u00a0 the Governor\u2019s family compound has hosted several buildings for over 60 years.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4654\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was in the same building that the Governor hosted friends and Nigerians from all walks of life when he held a thanksgiving shortly after his appointment as Secretary to the State Government. It was in the same compound that he hosted supporters during campaigns and also on the day of his inauguration as Governor of Akwa Ibom State . What is the noise about ? \u201c Umanah said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4652\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat these merchants of blackmail may not know is that Governor Udom Emmanuel has been a very comfortable man many years before he was called upon by the people to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4650\" dir=\"ltr\">He added that Governor Emmanuel has always had his buildings in Ewet housing and Awa long before his foray into politics questioning what he described as the mindless attacks on the person of the Governor over a four- bedroom house.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4638\" dir=\"ltr\">Umanah said those accusing the Governor of spending Six Billion Naira on a building were merely acting the script of mischief and propaganda of their pay masters, maintaining that no amount of blackmail would distract or deter the Governor from his determination to move the state forward with high flying performance especially at a time Government was seeking funds and investors to help in the developmental drive of the administration.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4648\" dir=\"ltr\">The Commissioner called on the public not to give in to the cheap blackmail and antics of those who peddle falsehood as a profession and seek to score cheap political points as the so called \u201cweb of corruption\u201d and \u201cdiversion of public funds for private purposes\u201d four months after assuming office as the Governor exists only in the imagination of the purveyors of the falsehood.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4646\" dir=\"ltr\">Aniekan further explained that Governor Emmanuel had been a very successful man who had risen to the pinnacle in Corporate governance and financial services where he drove profits for such organisations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4642\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, Governor Udom Emmanuel served as Executive Director of Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria; Director, International Finance Corporation; Director, Zenith Bank UK, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana amongst others. It was from this plank of solid experience, capacity, achievements and success that his people prevailed on him to exit the private sector and come to serve them as Governor, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1443959394227_4640\" dir=\"ltr\">Umanah added and assured that as a seasoned finance expert of international repute, the Governor will not compromise on due diligence and the proper utilisation of public funds, stressing that already, the Governor had in keeping with the current national disposition, read out the riot act on zero tolerance for corruption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akwa Ibom State Government has\u00a0 described as false, reprehensible,\u00a0 rumours making the rounds that Governor Udom Emmanuel was building a N6bn mansion in his hometown, Awa in Onna Local Government&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov. 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