Akwa Ibom Governor Calls On Traditional Leaders To Reject Ethnic Politicization

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Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has called upon traditional leaders in the state to resist politicians’ efforts to create divisions along ethnic lines…CONTINUE READING

This comes in the wake of legal challenges against the modified Traditional Rulers Law, cap 155 of the Akwa Ibom State Government, which has caused discord among traditional rulers.

The amended law, among other changes, eliminates the longstanding rotating norms and designates Oku Ibom Ibibio as the President-General of the Akwa Ibom State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers.

This alteration has led to internal conflicts and accusations against politicians for exacerbating tensions.

Addressing members of the Global Evangelical and Missionary Church of All Nations in Oron on Sunday, Governor Umo Éno urged the traditional leaders to collaborate with the government to promote peace and unity in the state.

“The State is one. Every Akwa Ibom man, whether Oron, Annang, or Ibibio, we are one. Who are you going to fight? Probably you are married to an Ibibio woman or you are married to an Annang man or you have grandchildren there.

We have come very far as a people and must not allow politicians to divide this state along ethnic lines,” Eno emphasized.