Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has inaugurated a thirteen-man Project Monitoring and Delivery Committee with a charge on them to monitor projects of government across the state, on a Senatorial District basis and expedite completion.
Inaugurating the committees at Government House, Uyo, Governor Eno directed the immediate commencement of diligent monitoring of all ongoing projects in the state to ascertain the level of attainment, assess the percentage of completion, and report directly to the Executive Assistant and Chief Delivery Advisor in his office.
This, he added, does not replace the usual monitoring by responsible Ministries of projects undertaken by the government.
According to him, the essence of the Projects Monitoring and Delivery team is to ensure the timely completion of projects in line with his promise to provide good governance and deliver dividends of government to the Akwa Ibom people.
He said, “You are expected to provide an update on every project done by any Ministry, in the Senatorial District that you are assigned and you will be reporting to the Executive Assistant to the Governor and Chief Delivery Advisor”.
“You must report accurately. Some of you are Engineers some are quantity surveyors, and follow specifications.
“This does not mean that each Ministry won’t have their teams. This is the Governor’s project monitoring team. You are responsible to the Executive Assistant who reports to the Governor, not to any Commissioner.”
The committee has Engineer Aniefiok Usoro as Project Team Lead for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District with four members, Engineer Ime Akpan as Team Lead for Eket Senatorial District with three members, and Mr. Ubóng Linus who leads the team for Uyo Senatorial District alongside three other members.
Stressing the importance of the task before them, Governor Eno cautioned the committees to resist the temptation of being induced by contractors to make misleading reports, tasking them to rather uphold objectivity and integrity in their assessment and reportage.
Giving an update of ongoing projects on which to commence monitoring, he enumerated: 27 road construction projects and 17 other projects in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District; 39 roads and 22 other projects in Eket Senatorial District; and 54 roads and 54 other projects in Uyo Senatorial District.
The Governor also issued a truck as a utility vehicle to each of the committees to aid their logistics.
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