By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has explained that all members of his administration’s delivery team and stakeholders are participating in the 2025 EXCO Retreat to reinforce their commitment to ensuring the timely delivery of projects.

According to a statement from his press corps, Governor Eno made the remarks on Monday while declaring open the State EXCO retreat, which is being held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos State.

He explained that the retreat is designed to further instill a culture of deliverables and deepen respect for boundaries as his administration works to relentlessly drive its vision of economic growth, wellbeing, peace, and prosperity for the people of Akwa Ibom.

Eno said: “We were here last in 2023, shortly after our inauguration, where we had distilled the foundational principles of the ARISE Agenda with the then-EXCO members. It’s good to note that a number of the members of the last EXCO have been reappointed and are deeply conversant with our culture of deliverables.”

He continued: “Even though this is essentially an EXCO Retreat, we have, however, brought in all our Delivery Team members and stakeholders to reinforce our commitment to ensuring the timely delivery of our projects. We have assembled a great team of speakers from diverse backgrounds, and I know we are going to have a great and exciting time.”

Governor Eno reminded members of his EXCO that they are the agents responsible for relentlessly driving the vision of the ARISE Agenda to completion and called for synergy, collaboration, loyalty, and commitment to achieving results.

“Time is of the essence, given the number of audacious projects that need to be determined, executed, and completed within the next two years of our first term,” Eno said.

He added: “The State Delivery Advisors have their responsibilities clearly spelled out, which is to supervise some of the major projects slated for completion within the next 24 months. They have the institutional memory and knowledge of these projects, and we have simply asked them to complete what they had started and deliver them to specifications and on time.”

Eno also stated: “The Honourable Commissioners have new projects that we are initiating and are expected to follow through on these projects to completion.”

The Governor expressed his gratitude to the resource persons, particularly the Tony Blair Institute, for accepting to share their knowledge and expertise.