Akwa Ibom
State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has said he will not be distracted from foundation
laid for him by his predecessor, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
In his
reaction to comments which trailed his recent published interview where he was
quoted to have said the multi-billion naira Akwa Ibom State Specialist Hospital
was not well equipped, Emmanuel, in a statement, by his Chief Press Secretary,
Ekerete Udo, said attempts by people imputing political intrigues in every of
his activities to cause division between him and Akpabio, would fail.
“We
recognise that the political season is upon us, and desperate individuals will,
as a result, attempt to cause division and create imaginary issues.
“Governor
Emmanuel, however, is determined to continue the erection of a skyscraper for
the good people of Akwa Ibom State from the solid foundation and structure that
his mentor and former governor, Akpabio, had erected.
“Every
attempt by certain individuals or politically sponsored groups to derail the
governor from that vision will amount to a waste of their time and resources.
“The
governor did not, within the context and tenor of the statement categorically
say Ibom Specialist Hospital was not fully equipped, as such the statement was
taken out of an excerpt of an interview he granted a cross-section of the
newsmen, recently in Lagos.
“For the
avoidance of doubt, this is exactly what the governor had said when the
reporter asked him why some prominent Nigerians still do not deem it fit to
patronise the hospital; It is one thing to have the facilities; it is another
thing for the facilities to get to where they produce optimum results. So,
where we are today, we have gone somewhere. But, I can say that we have not
fully equipped it to the level of the vision we have that is why we called on
the minister (of Health) that we need to partner the Federal Government.
“What the
governor meant with the above excerpt was that Ibom Specialist Hospital is on
solid ground and that we have made tremendous progress with the facilities the
hospital has, but that more facilities are needed to take it to the vision that
led to its establishment by the state gGovernment.”
The
statement described as “the height of mischief,” for someone to misconstrue the
statement and give it a narrow and politically expedient narrative that suits
their notion.
He explained
that all over the world, medical science is an evolving enterprise with new
technologies and updates; “hospitals as a result, are equipping and
re-equipping to keep up with the pace of new technologies, and if the governor
said though the facilities we have currently are great, but we need to equip
the hospital with additional facilities to meet the vision, it is very sad for
people to try to play politics with such…”
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