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From Isaac Job, Uyo
Akwa Ibom state governor pastor Umo Eno has constituted verification teams to ascertained projects executed by local government Transition Committee chairmen and their members across 31 council areas in the state.
Eno constituted Transition Committee across all the council areas in the state after the expiration of tenure of office of Chairmen and Councillors six months ago pending when elections will be conducted in the council .
Our Correspondent gathered that local government allocations have improved in the last six months which instigated the governor to asked council helmsmen and their members to justify huge government funds sent to them .
Last month , governor Umo Eno had visited all the local government areas for fact findings on their various projects but apparently not satisfied and now constituted another verification team who will report outcome of their findings to the Office of the Governor to guide him in any decision.
The Verification Team was announced on Tuesday morning by the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Prince Enobong Uwah listing all the Team Leads and their members as well as local governments to be visited.
The list which was made available to newsmen in Uyo on Tuesday morning showed that all the Commissioners leading are leading the verification teams while some House of Assembly members are members .
A statement from the Office of the Secretary To The State Government Prince Enobong Uwah said the teams have the mandate to verify local government projects and authenticate them.
The statement reads in parts:
“His Excellency, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has approved the appointment of the following Government officials as members of the Verification Team to authenticate the projects executed by the respective Chairmen and Members of the 31 Local Government Transition Committee during their six months tenure in Office.” he said .
