WEDNESDAY April 23, 2025 |
By thenewsdesk.ng
A socio – political group championing for good governance, social justice, equitable rights and better welfare for the people of Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, has decried poor infrastructure and lack of empowerment programmes for the people of the zone.
Frowning at what they described as poor representation by the lawmakers representing the zone in the House of Assembly, the group noted that effective representation by the Assembly lawmakers has robbed the zone of constituency projects and called for a positive change.
Under the auspices of the Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Constituency Alliance, UOCA, the leaders of the group including the Director General, Engr.Twoweeks Umoh, and Secretary, Elder Utip Etiebet, rose from their Evaluation Meeting, faulting the legislators’ performance in the last two years as below par.
According to the group in a communique signed by the duo of Engr. Umoh, and Elder Etiebet, the two lawmakers – Hon. Enem Udom (Ukanafun) and Prince Sampson Idiong (Oruk Anam), were not deserving of a pass mark, for their failure to connect with the constituents through constituency projects.
They, therefore, appealed to the lawmakers to up their game as their performance index could not be measured side by side with projects they executed as many infrastructure are begging for attention including educational facilities.
The communique reads: “From our diligence evaluation of the position of things, two broad resolutions, stated below, were taken at the meeting:
“The two respective representatives of Ukanafun and Oruk Anam State Constituencies at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly – Messrs Emem Udom and Sampson Idiong – are called upon to give urgent consideration to the importance of organising constituency briefings in their separate constituencies.
“Our belief is that such assemblage will afford the legislators an organised forum to present the scorecard of their representation, particularly on their lawmaking inputs at the State legislature and their developmental contributions to the constituencies.
“It is also reasoned that the constituency briefings will also serve as feedback avenues, as the people will have opportunity of appraising their respective lawmakers, as well as offer their takes on how best the lawmakers should serve their interests”.
Besides, the elders, leaders and stakeholders expressed concern over the collapsing teaching and learning infrastructure in the constituency, and appealed to the Governor Umo Eno-led government to Intervene in order to avoid the crisis of out – of – school children in the zone.
“Arising from dilapidated infrastructure in many public schools in the two local government areas, the attention of the Akwa Ibom State Government is called upon with a view to fixing facilities at the primary and secondary schools in Ukanafun and Oruk Anam local government areas, where pupils and students learn under environmental conditions that are injurious to personal health devoid of learning standards.
“As a matter of fact, there are a number of schools with no roofs and desks, inadequate teachers and lack of commitment on the part of the teachers in almost all the schools in the areas.
“We, therefore, call on the State government to urgently renovate the classrooms, provide enough desks and other learning materials, deploy adequate manpower, including inspectorate team, and other measures considered necessary to improve teaching in the public schools”, the communique stressed.
