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| Ekerete Udoh |
By Nse Peter
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Udom Emmanuel, Mr.
Ekerete Udoh is proud of his American citizenship, and he is constantly
flaunting it. Those in Akwa Ibom who have had the ‘privilege’ of meeting the
CPS, say he takes delight in talking about his past exploits while living then
in New York, United States.
In April this year, when Udoh published an article in the Vanguard newspaper to celebrate Gov
Emmanuel’s victory at the polls, he took time to boast about his U.S citizenship and his involvement in the American politics, thus:
“Since 2006, I have been
actively involved with American politics and can safely without sounding
immodest state that I understand deeply the dynamics, issues and currents that
illuminate the political/electoral process in the United States. In November of
that year, 2006, I had exercised my first civic responsibility as a newly
minted American citizen when I voted in the governorship/Congressional
elections that took place that year.”
I
hope you didn’t miss the phrase ‘newly
minted American citizen’ in line 4 of the above quotation? It’s funny,
right?
Well,
we don’t consider it funny, that a public officer who ought to be a pr man for
the government and people of Akwa Ibom State is downplaying his own local
government area, state and nation of origin, just because he is able to acquire
the citizenship of another nation! We learned that the new CPS is from Onna
Local government area where the governor is also from. But why is he keeping
people in the dark about his Nigerian origin? Is Udoh feeling ashamed of Onna
or Akwa Ibom ?
The
CPS’s says in his Facebook page that he is from New York, United States. Please
can someone out there tell him to quickly edit his Facebook page to show that
he is from Akwa Ibom State or he could do better than this by going back to the
U.S to work as President Barack Obama’s chief press secretary!
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| Screenshot of Ekerete Udoh's Facebook page |
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