Eno Bags Guild of Editors Excellence Award

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has honoured the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, with an Excellence Award in Good Governance for his media-friendly disposition.

The governor was presented with the award at Government House, Uyo, by the President of NGE, Mr. Eze Anaba, at a Gala night to round off the 2023 All Nigerian Editors’ Conference.

Receiving the award, the governor thanked the Guild for recognising the efforts of his administration in delivering good governance to people of the state and to justify the mandate entrusted on him.

He appreciated the NGE for choosing Akwa Ibom for their 19th conference and reaffirmed the readiness of the state government to collaborate with the media to tell the state’s story which according to him, is written with a focus on his ARISE Agenda.

“We are open to collaborate with you as much as possible to tell the Akwa Ibom story. The things we do may not be so big, but we trust that you can help us tell the story behind those little things we do to affect the lives of the common people.”

Explaining the commitment of his administration to the ARISE Agenda, Governor Eno said the state has been blessed with great leaders who have raised the bar in infrastructure, adding that it was necessary to better the lives of the citizenry, who dwell mostly in rural areas by connecting the dots.

“For us, we have been blessed with infrastructure in our state, we feel that there’s need to connect our rural people to those infrastructure.”

That’s why we are giving them those basic things. I have discovered through our needs assessment that those rural people don’t need much, they just need consistency with the basic necessities of life, and we are committed to providing those basic needs. Talk to us where you think we’re not doing well, we welcome such interface.”

The governor invited the editors to attend the month-long celebration of Christmas, especially the 2023 edition of the Ibom Christmas Carol slated for 15th of December at Unity Park, Uyo.

In his remarks, Anaba extolled the Governor Eno-led government for raising the bar in governance through the ARISE Agenda.

He reaffirmed the need and benefits of continuum in governance as evident in the success stories in the different sectors of the state, adding that Governor Eno has revealed to the world the possibility of a better Nigeria.

“Akwa Ibom State has shown us the possibilities in Nigeria. Akwa Ibom State has proven that we can have a good country.

“Akwa Ibom has debunked some theories that only the private sector can drive an economy, with the success of Ibom Air, you have indeed given hope for a better Nigeria,” the NGE President stressed.