Gov Eno Tasks Akwa Ibom Children On Hard Work, Faith In God, Donates N10m to Award Winning Child

WEDNESDAY February 26, 2025 |TheNewsDESK
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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has tasked children across the State to imbibe the spirit of hard work and faith in God to enable them attain greatness in life.

Addressing pupils of Pegasus School, Eket, who were on excursion to Government House, Uyo, he said though it was unusual to attend to other engagements on days billed for State Executive Council meetings, he decided to create time for the children to inspire them for greatness.

He recalled the story of a 16-year-old Bill Clinton in the summer of 1963, who met with President John F. Kennedy, got inspired to pursue a life in public service, and eventually became the 42nd president of the United States in 1993.

The Governor said attaining greatness is not accidental or automatic, but requires dints of hard work and the God factor, and advised the children to take their studies very seriously.

He said Pegasus School has a reputation for its quality education, and commended a pupil of the school, Henry Ndudu Ekong, who won the Interswitch school competition with an accompanied N15 Million University Scholarship.

Governor Eno who was delighted by Ndudu’s academic excellence, also supported his University education with another N10 million.

He noted that the model primary schools and the planned three model secondary schools with state -of – the – art boarding facilities accross the state are aimed at providing quality education for Akwa Ibom children to enable them excel and live their dreams.

Responding to a question from one of the pupils on what it feels like to be a governor, he said it was simply a call to service and a responsibility; and assured them that government was committed to supporting Akwa Ibom children to excel in their different areas of choice.

He commended the school authority for maintaining their educational standard and for choosing to expose the pupils to the workings of government.

Earlier, the team lead, Mrs Uwem Ene, said the visit was basically to expose the pupils to the seat of government as part of their class room learning on civil society.

He appreciated the Governor for granting the visit, as well as the Coordinator, Office of the First Lady, Lady Helen Eno Obareki who took them round the different facilities in the Government House.