I’m in gov race for equitable wealth distribution —Umana

Leading governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom, Umana Okon Umana, has said his mission in politics and indeed, in the governorship race is to share the wealth of the state equitably among those he described as hard working people of the state. Umana, the immediate past Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government(SSG), said the resources God had lodged in the state were so enormous that those in the working class and their dependents had no business to be poor or be in a state of want. He made this known in Abuja, at the Sheraton Hotel when indigenes of Akwa Ibom State held a formal meeting with him on Sunday. He said, having served in the government of Akwa Ibom for close to two decades, he was well familiar with the huge deposits of resources, both tapped and untapped in the state, vowing to manage them very effectively in the interest of the people. “God has blessed me and I believe I want to be the governor because I want our people in the state to have a good feel of what they want. Akwa Ibom people, with our growing population, have no business to be poor and God willing, they will get their due when we come to power,” said Umana. He said, apart from oil resources, the next government of the state to be piloted by him would tap on the human resources in the state to brace education, science and technology, agriculture, health delivery, transportation, international trade and commerce and many more. He said he would totally discourage the culture of self-aggrandisement and egocentricism in Akwa Ibom in which case the people of the state would be at the centre of government business at all times.