FRANK ARCHIBONG; A REPLICA OF THE DIVINE MANDATE AND THE ONLY WAY FORWARD FOR EKET LGA

The Eagle, over the years has been a symbol of beauty, bravery, courage, honor, determination and grace to man. What makes the eagle stand out is its symbolic exertion of strength, agility, fearlessness and immeasurable capacity to soar beyond altitudes which other birds would find impossible to soar. An Eagle guards her territory jealously, not minding the size or strength of its enemy dares and conquers every difficult situation without fear all in a brilliant display of true leadership. Coming back to Eket Local Government Area, is this not who Hon. Frank Archibong is?
Without mincing words, Hon. Frank Archibong has turned out to become yet another case of God’s will and divine mandate to the people of Eket. Judging from his sterling leadership qualities as transition Chairman, it would suffice to say without pontification that Hon. Frank is the elixir Eket people need at this point in time. He is the Midas with the transforming touch to turn the fortune of Eket around.
Eket on the pages of history has made a name for itself. From being the major oil producing region, it has housed many industrial and tourist attraction sites in the State, been a destination for investors and has birthed many prominent names in different fields of engagement, including his Excellency, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Deacon Gabriel Udom Emmanuel.
During his tenure as Chairman of the Oil-rich city, the people of Eket testified of the selfless kind of leader Hon. Frank was. The transformation stride in terms of infrastructure, human capacity development, agriculture, as well as heightened security network in the Area was such that the people never experienced from past leaderships. His philanthropy, benevolence and humility backed up with capacity did not go unnoticed, as his Excellency, The State Governor in his wisdom, deemed it fit to appoint Hon. Frank Archibong as Caretaker Chairman, Eket Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.
These achievements would have been enough to have him distracted, but for the sake of the people he vowed to represent, he never gave in to side talks. As Caretaker Chairman, Hon. Frank initiated and flagged off a skills acquisition and empowerment program, meant to train women in bead making, hair styling, head-tie proficiency, cake baking, soap making, etc.
Though his liberal nature is synonymous with ‘Akpabio’, Hon. Frank, being a graduate of Business Management and fully in knowledge about the importance of teaching to fish rather than giving fishes, created a future for the Eket people by setting up the entrepreneurship scheme where beneficiaries were trained on various skills. He also backed the trainees up with financial support and a conducive environment for their produce to thrive. What more could Eket people ask for?

In line with the Dakkada initiative of the present administration geared towards building lives independency and knowledge base youths, ‘The Eagle’ had sent twenty four youths from Eket Local Government to undertake training in Mechatronics. After the training, participants were able to detect faults in a motor vehicle electronically through the use of a scanner technology and will be given starter packs to enable them function as planned by the the Honourable.

Frank Archibong, a promising leader, extroversive mixer, deep thinker, generous giver but prudent, is seen by many as the elixir of the lost glory of Ekid Nation. He has all it takes to soar with the Eket people to greater heights.
Now to the Eket people, the question is this; would you let the Eagle lead you? Or just another bird?

Kufre Samuel.
SUG President University Of Uyo (2016-2017)