Akwa Ibom state governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has approved an update of the state’s social register, commencing next week.
This is just as he warned stakeholders against such irregularities as ghost names and discrimination.
The governor gave the directive during Government House monthly prayer service, held at the Latter House Chapel, Government House, Sunday, in Uyo.
Eno noted that the register is only for the vulnerable indigenes of the state, and it is to enable government reach out to them whenever the need arises.
“For the records, the National Social Register (NSR), is an information system that supports the outreach, intake, registration and determination of potentially eligible persons to benefit from social programmes.”
He observed that a lot of people in the state were yet to know that such a register exists, and stressed on the need for adequate sensitisation of citizens on the imperatives of the register.
Governor Eno tasked government functionaries, community and religious leaders to be up about it, as he revealed state government’s intention to adopt the register for its intervention programmes.
“There is a social register. It is active and it is recognised by the World Bank. We have over a million people from every local government area, ward and unit. It is done on household basis and it is for the poorest of the poor.
“This week we will be updating that register. All our PAs in the wards will be helping us. We all have work to do, so I ask that we please show some interest. All our pastors, our fathers come from a place, show some interest in that social register,” Governor Eno stated.
