The Mkpat Enin scenario....
It was mixed feelings what transpired yesterday, the 7th of December 2020 in our grassroots governance. The day witnessed the birth of another buds of bad grassroots government across the 31 local government of Akwa Ibom state, as some visionless individuals were forced on the grassroots in what was tagged 2020 LOCAL GOVERNMENT INAUGURATION of LGA chairmen.
In my own local government, the erstwhile government (Hon. Ekanem Brown led administration)on the 7th of December 2017 was brought through this semilar process when the people allowed their poor sense of judgement and emotions to come in between electing capable hands to run the affairs of the LGA thereby going by popular argument that someone from the centre must (where the council headquarters is situated also known as Mkpat EninUrban) man the council seat and deliver dividends of democracy to the urban community for the first time in 28 year, since the birth of Mkpat Enin LGA.
This school of thought brought the emergence of Hon Ekanem Brown ( whether it was by hook or crook), now immediate past Chairman Mkpat Enin LGA with expectations hanging up high above then, coupled with the many grassroots demands that was yearning for attention especially in the Urban area.
To the Urbanists, the breakthrough of Hon Ekanem Brown was like football enthusiasts having a fair share of the bragging right on glorious night their teams take home the win. In fact the excitement was second to none as the Urban had produced a chairman for the first time in 28 years of creation of Mkpat Enin LGA.
After one year of the Urbanism spirit reining supreme in 87 villages, 14(15)wards and 4 clans, the Urbanists were left disappointed with no life touching project to boost of by their very own messiah, Hon. Ekanem Brown, whom the have thought was dividing the RED SEA like the biblical Moses when the Israelites were confronted by their worst fears.
To others that believed that government and it affairs are run like a RACE TO MOUNTAIN, where one needs to reserve his energy till when the race get to its pinnacle before one can pour out all energy and tactics in winning the race, they were disappointed in the case of Ekanem Brown as the third and second year of his administration's story was not different from the first year.
In fact, without needing a seer or microscope to give an eagle view of Ekanem Brown's administration, it was clear even to blind that the government was an half baked with nothing to offer owing to the numerous DECEITFUL and AUDIO noises made by that administration.
One of Hon. Brown's campaign slogan was PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST and looking at the words in big letters and the achievements of Ekanem Brown's administration over his three years in office, PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST goes with a BIG question mark ?
{PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST?)
Let it be refreshing to the ears that Ekanem Brown put the PEOPLE FIRST by building an ULTRA MODERN PLAZA on a BILLBOARD against the one that was promised to be commissioned within 90days (PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST?)
Hon Ekanem Brown downplayed on the collective intelligence of Mkpat Enin students, connived with Emmanuel Emmanson's led NAMES worldwide to pay PAPER BURSARY to the students of Mkpat Enin in various higher institutions of learning (PUTTING THE STUDENTS FIRST?)
He also cohort with cowards who called themselves councillors to complete the construction of AUDIO BOREHOLES across the 14 wards of the LGA ( PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST?)
What about the proceeds from the ENIN SHOE FACTORY, one of the Ekanem Brown's blueprint project ( according to him), the CUCUMBER FARM?
From what Mkpat Enin people have witnessed from 2017 till 2020, one has no other option that to ask questions about the future of the LGA when individuals without vision are giving the mantle of leadership to stage stupidity garnished in paid sycophancy in the name of running the government.
PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST (EKANEMBROWN) has come and gone with THINK RIGHT (ANIEOKPON EKPO) giving the stage to display what he has in his coffers, let's hope that it is not another #ONLYGOD SCAM or #PUTTING THE PEOPLE? as we did witnessed in the previous administration and the state respectively.
ANIEOKPON MICHAEL EKPO has taken over the captaincy of the heavy loaded ship of Mkpat Enin LGA, it is now in our place to sort to know the kind of FRESH AIR that will soon filter into our nostrils. Whether it will be a STINGING FRESH AIR, AUDIO FRESH AIR or fresh air that will filter sweet aroma of good governance in Mkpat Enin LGA.
Mark the day, "December 7th, 2020", for we will be back on this stage with our scorecards to appraise if Hon. ANIEOKPON EKPO has been able to THINK RIGHT.
✍ Patrick Ekong
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