GIFA 2nd Anniversary: Mfon Ekpo Urges Completion of Community Boreholes in Akwa Ibom

By Salami Adeyinka

Global leadership strategist and Chief Executive Officer of The Discovery Centre, Mfon Ekpo, has urged the completion of borehole projects across communities in Akwa Ibom State to ensure access to clean and safe water.

Ekpo made the call during the second anniversary celebration of the Golden Initiative for All (GIFA) held in Akwa Ibom.

She emphasized that clean water is not a luxury but an essential resource that impacts health, education, and human dignity.

Her remarks were delivered in honour of GIFA’s founder, Patience Umo Eno (a pastor), who established the initiative in 2022 as a people-focused social intervention platform to strengthen families and uplift communities across the state.

The initiative complements government development priorities through programmes like environmental health, women’s economic empowerment, literacy development, sanitation, maternal and child health, and care for the elderly.

Ekpo recalled moments of communal uplift such as mentors, civil servants, leaders, and institutions that opened doors, wrote recommendations, paid bursaries, and invested in the future of their people.

She framed Akwa Ibom’s progress as collective rather than individual; an ecosystem of support that produces excellence. “I am not an exception. I am a product,” she acknowledged.

Ekpo also pledged her widow’s mite toward advancing development efforts in the state, reaffirming her commitment to community-driven progress.

“We are not spectators in development,” she said. “We are stakeholders. We carry it. And when we carry together, we rise together.”

The 2nd anniversary commemorates both the initiative’s impact and the enduring legacy of its founder.

GIFA is currently coordinated by the First Lady Designate, Mrs. Helen Eno Obareki, who continues to steward its mission of compassionate, community-driven development.