SUNDAY March 2, 2025 |TheNewsDESK
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Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has queried over 200 aides for being absent at a function organised by the state government without permission.
In the query dated February 25, according to Premium Times, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prince Enobong Uwah, said the affected aides were absent at the inauguration of the Model Health Centres at Udung Uko and Ika Local Government Areas (LGAs) on February 21.
Prince Uwah said the action amounts to “insubordination and disloyalty” to the government that appointed them.
“It is on this note that you’re directed to explain within 48 hours of the receipt of this query why disciplinary action should not be taken against you for such an act of disobedience,” Uwah said in a letter seen by this newspaper.
The query added that the failure to respond within the stipulated time would be considered that “you have no response and appropriate sanction will be taken against you.”
Governor Eno has appointed a legion of aides, including 368 drawn from all the wards in the state, the largest ever in the history of the state.
Additionally, Pastor Eno had also appointed 50 media aides and a litany of others categorised as Senior Special Assistants (SSA), Special Assistants (SA) and Personal Assistants (PA).
The Akwa Ibom State Government, in a statement dated September 4, 2024 and signed by Uwah, frowned at the absence of political appointees at the governor’s appointments, an action he said was not appropriate for the team spirit of the governor’s development blueprint: Arise Agenda.
