Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has spoken up for the first time since the demise of his wife, the state’s first lady, Patience Eno, News About Nigeria reports.
The Governor, in a special broadcast to the Akwa Ibom people on Friday, 4 October, said his wife was everything a man could ever wish for in a virtuous woman.
Recall that Mrs Patience Eno passed away on the 26th of September in a hospital following an undisclosed illness.
Gov. Eno noted that she would be missed greatly, stating that they had been married for 38 years.
He, however, assured the people that he would pursue everything she held dear while alive, including all her initiatives.
He said announcements on the burial arrangements would be made public at the appropriate time.
He stated, “My prayer partner, counsellor, cheer-leader, best critic, homemaker, and permanently smiling. I will miss her for a lifetime.
“Let me use this opportunity to assure all that, we will pursue everything she held dear while she was with us. The Golden Initiative for All, as well as all other initiatives she had started, will be sustained and expanded,” Mr Eno said.
“The machinery of State will continue to function seamlessly as Government will continue to be alive to her responsibilities. Our focus will not be shifted from rendering services to our people with renewed strength as this is what Kemi (the Yoruba word for Patience, which is his wife’s name) has always prayed for.”
