DON'T DISTRACT GOV. UDOM EMMANUEL: A CALL FOR A RETHINKING ON THE ONGOING MEDIA WAR

The once peaceful political enclave called Akwa Ibom has in the past few weeks been submerged in media attacks, name-calling, abuses and politics of calumny, among others. That to me, is not new and was not unexpected. Ours is an enlightened society where democracy is practiced in the real sense of it. The media, particularly the social media have been used and abused by those who feel that freedom of speech also include freedom to spread falsehood and lies against a functional and working government.

In as much as such ungodly and unprofessional practices have placed food on people's tables, I wish to submit that there should be a rethinking on the channelling of media attacks on Governor Udom Emmanuel.

Needless do I need to submerge you with the achievements of the present administration, but let me say without any form of equivocation that Gov. Udom Emmanuel within three years of his stewardship has performed excellently well. There is hardly any community in Akwa Ibom state that has not experienced any touch of the government's developmental romance.

However, it is unthinkable that paid sycophants of opposition parties could launch attacks crowned in falsehood and lies on the Government of the day at the state level, which is known and seen even by the blinds that it's excellently delivering on its campaign promises.

It was Adolf Hitler that said if you go about spreading a lie and falsehood repeatedly, people will one day consider it to be true. But suffice it to say that in Akwa Ibom, enemies would end up spreading naked lies. Naked in the sense that the enlightened people of our dear state had already known the truth. Even if the falsehood is spread for four years, the truth still remains that Governor Emmanuel is the most sincere and dignified Governor that Akwa Ibom ever had.

It is quite preposterous that critics of the Governor are standing on a road constructed by the present administration to say that the government is not doing anything. Oh man, why have you buried your conscience in the mud of wickedness? And why have you sold your soul to the devil.

It is no longer news that some unscrupulous elements have vowed to unleash terror on the land, in order to discredit the government of the day. It is quite laughable. All the cooked plans to use INEC and other institutions of government and purported Federal Might to disenfranchise the people will be resisted accordingly. Akwa Ibom people are not and will never be known for cowardice. We will resist from all fronts. Let the performance of the Governor speak for him.

It is imperative that all progressive minded people adopt the Divine Mandate Agenda, and ensure the spread of development across the length and breadth of our dear state.

Akwa Ibom is our collective Heritage, and will do no one any good to form alliance with the enemies of our destiny and culture to destroy what we have built for posterity.

Let money not blind your eyes and suffocate your conscience from seeing the footprint of our Industrialization Specialist, the Governor.

It might aso interest you to know that if you use your hand to destroy your state, even the gods will not smile at you.

I call on all and sundry to support Governor Udom Emmanuel to complete the myriad of projects he's handling for the overall good of our society.

Enough of this media attacks, let the Governor concentrate!

Richard Peters.
Uyo.