Remove His State From The List Of The Unsafe States In Nigeria – Gov. Udom Pleads with the US.
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has entreated the Government of the United States of America to delist his state from the list of unsafe states in Nigeria.
Governor Emmanuel insisted that such categorization was at variance with the choices of numerous security agencies, that region Akwa Ibom as one of the most secure states in the country.
The governor spoke in the course of a courtesy visit on him by using the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard at Government House, Uyo.
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He stated naming Akwa Ibom among the dangerous states in Nigeria, was once repelling to investors, as a result inimical to the industrialization force of the country government.
Help me review, right now we are looking forward to a total lot of buyers into the kingdom the issue being that the booklet that Akwa Ibom State is hazardous for Americans to travel into, is going to have an effect on a complete lot of investments in the country, in particular in Akwa Ibom, due to the fact it stands opposite to Police document and other security companies reports.
” There is no society on Planet earth that there are no pockets of crime. Pockets of crime cannot render that country insecure” , Governor Emmanuel echoed.
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Governor Udom Emmanuel who favored the partnership between America and Nigeria in the provision of essential amenities in the state appealed to the American Government to partner with the country authorities and implementation partners for advantageous monitoring of tasks and transparency.
” The USAID can come in, we don’t need the money, they can accomplice this programme with the State Government, the Ministry of Health, and the beneficiaries.
You appoint the implementing companions we don’t be aware of them and due to the fact, you don’t create that interface between the State Government and these crew of implementing partners. So we cannot even reveal as a second check of what we are doing, to be able to file again that cash you are spending is certainly getting to the people. “
He defined that ” if the projects ought to go to the implementing companions let the State Government by using the third birthday celebration for acceptable monitoring and transparency in its monetary reporting.
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The governor similarly emphasised that the partnership with the state authorities will make sure that the programmes done with the aid of US Government are of huge advantages to the humans as the dollars allotted will trickle down to the appropriate locations without encumbrances.
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, stated she was thrilled to have the opportunity to go to the state to verify the repute of the US- funded projects, after constraints posed by the COVID- 19 pandemic.
The US envoy described the Akwa Ibom State authorities as a mannequin in the pandemic management and indispensable support for the USAID projects in the state.
She expressed delight over the investments made with the aid of the Akwa Ibom State Government in the health sector.
These, she said, have been evident in the improved fitness infrastructure, trained health workers, the health of USAID projects in the state, reversal of hitherto held information in malaria, HIV/AIDS amidst the COVID pandemic.
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