The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel says politicians discussing 2023 succession plans in the state were heating up the polity unnecessarily.
According to him, such plots were capable of derailing his administration’s efforts to provide residents with dividends of democracy as embodied in his campaign promises.
Emmanuel stated this Wednesday in a broadcast to mark the state’s 33th anniversary.
A copy of the speech titled, ’33 Years Of God’s Favour And Grace!’ was made available to the media.
He urged politicians to put their trust in God, who is the giver of power, to propose his successor.
“There is no need to heat up the system with unnecessary and unhelpful agitations for 2023 succession plans. When the time comes, our God, to whom all power belongs will guide and direct our footsteps
“Let me again ask you my dear people to de-emphasize the flaming passion of partisan politics and build a solid State where our children will look back and say “thank God that we once had a revolutionary and visionary leader who saw things through the prism of the common good as opposed to doing so, through political lenses.
“I call on our stakeholders across the political divide not to de-market the State or to sponsor spurious and false allegations against those they disagree with politically. We should not poison the well of our brotherhood with vitriolic attacks on our leaders using blackmail and other unwholesome tendencies.
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“Let me use this opportunity to caution all those who may entertain certain devious political ambitions to refrain from some of the antics which we already are aware of.
“Akwa Ibom people will be monitoring you to see if you are executing the task for which you were selected out of seven million people or you are busy using government’s time to indulge in a project which time has not yet come,” Emmanuel said.