‘Do Not Contact Me Over Commissioner Nominees’ – Gov Eno Warns Stakeholders

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has warned stakeholders against pushing their allies to ask him to consider them for new commissioner nominees and other appointees.

Naija News recall that Governor Eno dismissed his foundation cabinet 20 months after assuming office.

Speaking at a farewell dinner for the sacked cabinet members on Friday night in Uyo, Eno described the purported list in circulation as fake, noting that those in the list have failed already.

He stressed that anyone desperate to make the new cabinet, who has pushed persons of influence to recommend him for consideration, has lost his chance of being chosen.

The Governor said that his phone will be switched off until the authentic nominee list is sent to the State House of Assembly next week for clearance to reconstitute a fresh state executive council.

Eno harped on his prerogative to pick his new cabinet.

He said, “Please, don’t ask anybody to contact me. My phone lines are switched off already, and they will remain switched off until names will be sent to the House of Assembly next week.

“Don’t contact me. The surest way to make anyone fail is to send me any name. To appoint people into the EXCO of government is the sole prerogative of the Governor.

“There’s first 11 and he (Governor) takes responsibility for bringing them on board.

“And their loyalty will be to him and to him alone. If you want anybody not to make it to the EXCO, the surest way is to send the name of the person.

“I have read speculations of those that have already made the list. Thank you for making them fail.

“I can assure this audience that I have not penciled down a name, I don’t know where they saw the name. The only person I would have probably whispered to would have been my wife but she is in Heaven.”

At the end of the Friday valedictory cabinet meeting, the sacked exco members had themselves moved and unanimously supported the motion to dissolve the cabinet.

The Governor sealed their disengagement by dropping the gavel.