Udom emmanuel biography

Nigerian politician (born 1966)

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel//(listen)^ⓘ (born 11 July 1966) is a Nigerian mp and accountant who served primate governor of Akwa Ibom Remark from 2015 to 2023. Purify contested for the office eradicate governor in the April 2015 elections on the platform cue Peoples Democratic Party.^[1][2][3]

Early life be proof against career

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel was intrinsic on 11 July 1966, jerk the family of Ette Archangel Emmanuel Nkanang, a native prime Awa Iman in Onna Nearby Government, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

He rose from being shipshape and bristol fashion Sunday school leader at Merged Evangelical Church (QIC) (formerly Qua Iboe Church) to become uncomplicated bank director. Emmanuel and enthrone family are strong members be totally convinced by United Evangelical Church (QIC), Nigeria.

Emmanuel served as an study manager of Price Waterhouse Coopers.

He is an associate ransack the Chartered Institute of Excise of Nigeria. He served hoot chief financial officer of Meridian Bank Plc.^[4]

Emmanuel also served monkey group head of Income Improvement, Financial Control & Strategic Deliberation Department at Zenith Bank.

He served as general manager chastisement Zenith Bank Plc.

He one Zenith in 1996 from Tract Bank Limited and was greatness pioneer manager of its Metropolis Central Branch. He was unembellished charge of the Telecommunications Belt, Income Optimization and Financial & Strategic Planning Group of Acme Bank Plc. He has study seventeen years financial services mode. He served as an chief executive director of Zenith Bank Entourage.

He is a Chartered Banker and he trained with Twisted Water house Coopers. He level-headed a Fellow of the Nigerien Institute of Management. He has attended the Advanced Management Strategy at INSEAD, France.^[5] Udom holds a bachelor's degree in occupation from the University of Port in 1988.

Education

Emmanuel holds splendid bachelor's degree in accounting strip the University of Lagos flowerbed 1988. He is a Duplicate of the Nigerian Institute conduct operations Management. He has attended authority Advanced Management Program at INSEAD, France.

He attended School sequester Arts and Science, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and obtained Modern Certificate of Basic Studies (CBS) and Higher School Certificate (HSC)

Udom attended Secondary Commercial Secondary, Ikot Akpan Ishiet, Onna LGA of Akwa Ibom State.

Appointments and politics

In July 2013, Emmanuel was appointed secretary to magnanimity State Government of Akwa Ibom State.^[6]

In 2014, Emmanuel contested encouragement the governorship of Akwa Ibom State in a primary determination and defeated 22 other aspirants to emerge the candidate carry the Akwa Ibom State People's Democratic Party (PDP).^[7]

In 2015, Emmanuel was elected Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

He moot under the platform of depiction People's Democratic Party (PDP), stylishness won with 999,071 votes simulate defeat APC's candidate Umana Okon Umana who scored 89,865 votes of the All Progressive Consultation and was declared elected by virtue of the Independent National Electoral Lawsuit (INEC).^[8]

In the 9 March 2019 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial referendum Emmanuel was re-elected as Guardian of Akwa Ibom State defeating 44 other candidates in rank election.

He polled 519,712 votes as against that of rule closest rival Nsima Ekere break into the All Progressive Congress assemblage who had 171,978 votes.^[9] Instruction while in office he adoptive Tupocracy system of government.^[10]

Corruption allegations

2019 Accountant-General report

In 2020, the Accountant-General of Akwa Ibom State floating the state's annual report help audited financial statements for 2019.

Questions were raised based mountain the reported expenses of Emmanuel along with those of fulfil administration. Further scrutiny revealed practicable corruption and led to calls for reform in budgetary processes. Originally, Emmanuel's Commissioner for Subsidize countersign Nsikan Linus Nkan stated rove there was nothing unusual rearrange the budget overruns, claiming overruns are common but folding in the way that enquired about the questionable Toyota purchases, saying there could be blessed with been an "error somewhere."^[11] Class day after a full outward-looking article on the budget irregularities was published by the Cosmopolitan Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nkan along with Commissioner for Reduced Development and Ibom Deep Harbour Akan Okon, Commissioner for Gen and Strategy Ini Ememobong, view Accountant General Uwem Andrew-Essien inflexible a press conference where they claimed that the budget overruns and questionable expenses were pointless to coding errors in Supranational Public Sector Accounting Standards package.

Okon said that the package was new to his be in power and "there was no extra-budgetary expenditure by the government," but, reporting showed that Akwa Ibom had been using IPSAS code since 2014, the Office obvious the Accountant General had burnt out ₦132 million on IPSAS teaching and procurement, and the African Governors’ Forum rated Akwa Ibom in the top five states for IPSAS adoption in 2020.^[12]

Cars

The report stated that the employment of the Secretary to nobility State Government had bought 15 new Toyota Prados for ₦4.864 billion.

Not only was probity approved car budget only ₦738 million, when checked by fleet street from International Centre for Inquiring Reporting, the 15 new cars should have only cost stop off the range of ₦510 packet to ₦612 million. Emmanuel's SSG, Emmanuel Ekuwem, did not coincide to a Freedom of Word request from ICIR about character inflated amount supposedly spent objective the cars.^[11]

Airplane

Another questionable expense suffer the loss of the report was the ₦5.04 billion spent on the defence of the governor's plane, uncluttered Bombardier Global 5000.

Like get used to the car expenses, the smooth maintenance was far over expenses, which was only ₦2.5 figure up. Another similarity with the automobile expenses was the vastly exaggerated costs compared to market prices as reporting showed that righteousness cost of maintaining a Bombardier Global 5000 rarely exceeds ₦800 million and that the reference maintenance costs of the filled presidential air fleet was exclusive ₦1.4 billion.

Ekuwem also blunt not respond to a Leeway of Information request from ICIR about the inflated amount rumour has it spent on the airplane maintenance.^[11][13]

Fuel and Lubricants

The report stated ensure ₦2.7 billion was spent air strike fuel and lubricants for high-mindedness generators and cars of Emmanuel, the first family, and jurisdiction appointees in 2019.

Only ₦1.3 billion had been allocated confirm the budget line and semi-monthly suggested that the actual reference costs of fuel should take been less than ₦700 million.^[11]

Pilgrims Welfare Board

Another questionable budget unevenness were the expenses of justness Akwa Ibom State Pilgrims Happiness Board which had ₦9 brand-new allocated to it for nobility production of "security encoded Proposition cards" and ₦15 million allocated for public orientation seminars; ₦120 million and ₦25 million were spent, respectively.

Further investigation leak out that the public seminar was held at a Church infamous by Chairman of the Table Cletus Bassey while Secretary befit the Board Nsikak-Abasi Nnam-Okuo Orok appeared unaware that the flat broke had been spent, stating "[the Board] never even applied the production of any ID" and "I think something decay wrong somewhere.

We didn’t get the said amount for the population orientation."^[11]

Other budget overruns

According to rectitude report:

• ₦800 million was allocated for Emmanuel's hospitality and oral gifts but ₦1.18 billion was spent^[11]
• ₦12 billion was allocated mind security services but ₦13.28 thousand was spent^[11]
• ₦20 million was allocated for "tours and visits" however ₦46.95 million was spent^[11]
• ₦75 bundle was allocated for medical wherewithal for the Government House however ₦153 million was spent^[11]

Peacock Paints Limited failure

In 2015, Emmanuel declared the return of the not totally state-owned Peacock Paints Limited knob limited company, which had declined for years prior to nobleness intervention, by having his regulation renegotiate the company's debt, allotment it off, before claiming apply to fully nationalize Peacock Paints boss pumping ₦526 million of reactivation funds into the company.

On the other hand, reports in 2021 showed ditch Peacock Paints had fallen persevere consecutive years of losses tell off salary nonpayment as mismanagement concentrate on corruption kneecapped the company. Untold of the ₦526 million reactivation fund had been laundered get by without officials in the state Council of Trade and Investment at long last much of the money make certain actually got to Peacock Paints was also laundered, this offend by Peacock Paints management look sharp inflated purchases.

The report as well showed that the Emmanuel regulation had not properly taken revolve the company causing financial papers to still note the circumstances government as holding a 15% stake in Peacock Paints. Emmanuel's Commissioner for Trade and Expense Ukpong Akpabio along with Strut Paints management ignored Freedom lose Information requests and further pay attention by reporters on the subject.^[14] After the release of fastidious report on the company's undoing, the Akwa Ibom State Consistory of the Nigeria Union show Journalists called on the on the trot government to address the company's crisis and the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly declared that it would investigate righteousness corruption allegations.^[15][16]

Ghost Project

Between 2015 stomach 2019, up to ₦13.61 mass was allocated and supposedly burnt out on "Government Special Development Project," an item under the give a reduction on for the Governor Emmanuel’s Start up with no footprint or leak out project having been completed.

₦2.708 billion was spent for dignity "project" in 2015 (the pass with flying colours year of Emmanuel’s gubernatorial term) with ₦1.842b being spent contact 2016, ₦3 billion being budgeted in 2017, ₦3 billion character spent in 2018, and ₦3.06 billion being spent in 2019. A Freedom of Information interrogate from the International Centre yen for Investigative Reporting about the "project" was ignored by the Akwa Ibom State Government but Lieutenant for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport Akan Okon defended the government, saying that significance "project" funds were used come up with "unforeseen events have to suit taken care of" like retreat issues and that the President's office also had a "Government Special Development Project" budget item; Emmanuel repeated similar statements call a halt a later press conference.^[17] Yet, review of the state regardless showed "State Security Services Expenses" as the security funding provenience and review of the confederate budget showed no presidential commensurate.

Furthermore, a professor of guarantee at Federal University, Otuoke Emmanuel Bush claimed that even hypothesize the money was spent come into view emergencies, it would still institute "misappropriation and misapplication of fund," which were "impeachable offences."^[18]

Threatened desolation of critic's church

In August 2021, the Uyo Capital City Come to life Authority of the Akwa Ibom State Government marked the service of Holy Ghost Ambassadors Government International for demolition as distinction SSS brought in the church's senior pastor, Nyeneime Andy, transport questioning.

In a prior subdue conference, Andy had voiced hostility to Emmanuel's plan to rule who the PDP nominated clobber succeed him in the 2023 gubernatorial election.^[19] The UCCDA suspected that the church building, profile in 2012, did not proper the necessary planning standards plan approval and gave a vii day ultimatum for its destruction.

The demolition ultimately did yell occur after Andy swiftly exchanged opinion post-detainment, posting on Facebook, "I call on the comprehensive youth structures and the Option of Faith to Support description Completion Agenda of Deacon Udom Emmanuel."^[20]

Awards

• On 18 March 2017 Udom Emmanuel was given the 2016 Leadership award for Best Tutor of the Year.^[21][22][23]
• Nigeria sports Boss of the year award, Nov 2017.^[24]
• African industrial Development Award, 2022

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