Pastor Umo Eno Administration and How he can make Akwa Ibom State Economic power
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After pastor Umo Eno, the Governor-elect of Akwa Ibom state visited the incumbent governor of Akwa Ibom State to thank him for helping him to win the governorship election, he said his administration will be centered on continuity of outgoing administration of Udom Emmanuel policy. For real? If that is true, it will be recipe for failure. And here is why.

Udom Emmanuel administration was a disaster. Under Gov. Udom Emmanuel administration, the state collected an average of N104 billion each year from federal government, but the lives of Akwa Ibom state citizens have not been positively impacted in direct proportion to the amount of money the state earned each year. Why? Udom Emmanuel failed to invest in several key areas that would have improved the economic well beings of Akwa Ibom State citizens.

Education
Research shows that people who have good educational skills are more likely to succeed than those who don’t have good education. Key to improving education is teacher training. Studies show that there is a direct link between professional development of teachers and students’ performance, Kulshrestha & Pandy (2013). And according to the U.S. Department of Education, research confirms that teachers are the single most important factor in raising student achievement, Smith & Gillespie (2007). But this is not what is happening in Akwa Ibom State.
In Akwa Ibom state, school teachers are hired without teacher training background. The problem with this is kids and adults who graduate from schools each year cannot find work—leaving most of them to flee the state to other states like Lagos and Abuja to seek better lives. Akwa Ibom state educational standard is also declining. When west African examination council releases annual results, students in the state are ranked far below students from other states in Nigeria. That is not by accident. It is because the state government is not educational focused and for years neglected investment in education. Furthermore, the state has no state wide policy to equip the schools with best teachers. This must change. Pastor Umo Eno can in taking office required teachers to be trained before they can be hired to teach our kid.

Low Income Housing Scheme
Many governments around the world recognize the important of low-income houses for their citizens. Overcrowding can contribute to negative health issues, increase chronic disease and even provides opportunities for citizens to get injuries. Akwa Ibom state has 31 local governments. Not a single one of these local governments has low-income houses funded by the state. That leaves millions of citizens venerable to all kind’s diseases and hardship. With 31 local governments in the state and a population of about 10 million people, the state needs to build 250,000 low income houses each year to meet the housing needs of the citizens. This will guarantee that people who do not have jobs and cannot work because they are too old or have disabilities problems can have a place to live. Furthermore, this will guarantee that every citizen in the state has equal participation in local economy. As of now, only rich people can shop while the poor look on or rely on handouts. That is not the right way to build economy. You cannot have economy where only 1% of citizens participate. That is a recipe for disaster. It breeds crimes and all sort of violence into the communities. Pastor Umo Eno upon taking office should attack housing shortages for low-income citizens head-on.

Public Transportation
Udom Emmanuel administration lack of transportation policy in Akwa Ibom state really limited economic growth in the state. Why? Good transportation has the following advantages. First, it moves people and goods to various locations. Second, effective transportation allows people to conduct trade and do business. Third, it provides access to various locations. And fourth, it helps people to move and interact with other people—thereby generating important economic benefit like employment and exchange of ideas.

Udom Emmanuel administration made a big mistake when he by-pass land transportation to invest in airline business. Why? Akwa Ibom State population is about 10 million people—out of which 90% are poor. That means less demand for air traffic and revenue generated from air traffic is less as well. For airline to be profitable, local participation is key. No airline business can be successful without local participation in greater number.

As a result, I am proposing the purchasing of 6200 buses to be distributed to all 31 local governments in the state. Each local government should receive 200 buses in phase 1 program. Citizens should pay a subsidized price as may be determined by the government to board these buses for each trip. Government should also plan and schedule routes in which these buses would go each day and time. This would allow citizens to engage in all sort of trades. And it would also help people living in rural areas of the state to move goods and services to where people want them. Furthermore, road transportation will create jobs opportunities for locals and generate revenues to the government in the form of taxation.

Will Pastor Umo Eno set his personal ego aside and adopt the above proposal i have recommended?

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