UMO ENO reveals his biggest regret as Akwa Ibom governor

Friday, September 26, 2025 - Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, on Friday revealed his biggest regrets as a governor.

Eno disclosed that the death of his wife, Patience, remains his biggest regret as a governor.

Mrs. Patience died in September 2024 and was buried shortly after.

However, in an interview aired on Arise Television, Eno said: “I lost my wife here, it’s painful. I wish she was here with me right now. Sometimes it’s tough.”

The governor also spoke about his achievements which include projects for elderly people.

He said: “My administration has shown remarkable compassion, especially like you have just highlighted, old people. And only recently we had a program with the Albino and this stands clearly for me.

“We have the Arise Compassionate Homes for indigent people. You need to see where these people used to live before now, and then now they can have a place they call home.

“So we’re doing 500 of such homes across the length and breadth of the state, each ward, and we’ve done 267 so far.

“So the next thing is how we’re able to help our people in entrepreneurship. That’s because that’s my background, and seeing these young people having to be trained and having to give them tools that they can work with.

“This is how to stimulate the economy, train entrepreneurship, giving helping hands to these young men and women. Those two projects strike me and seriously.”