Who is Umo Eno? Biography, Wikipedia
Umo Bassey Eno is a cleric, businessman and politician elected as the governor of Akwa Ibom state following the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial election.
He is the founder of All Nations Christian Ministry International.
Age
Pastor Umo Eno was born on May 10, 1964. He is currently 58 years old and will be 59-year-old by May 10, 2023.
Tribe
Umo Eno was born at Ikot Ekpene in Nsit-Ubium Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom state.
Family
Parents
He is a son of a police officer. Umo Eno is the eldest of six siblings.
His father died when his mother was barely forty years.
Wife and Children
He is married to Patience Eno and the couple currently has six children and a grandson.
Education
Pastor Uno Emo attended Local Authority primary school in Lagos State, where he obtained his first school leaving certificate. He usually use to trek to school because it was close to the Ikeja barracks.
After that, he attended St. Francis Secondary School, in Eket, Akwa Ibom state. His father sent him there so that he could learn his local language. Uno Emo only spent two years there before returning to Victory High School in Ikeja, Lagos state.
Narrating the experience in an interview, Emo said; “I spent only two years there, because to be honest with you, I couldn’t really cope with the environment; the disciplinary nature, the punishments, it was just something I couldn’t stand. So, after my second year when I went on vacation, I was seriously sick, so my mum decided that I should not return there despite my father’s insistence. That was how my mum took me to Victory High School in Ikeja, which was where I eventually finished.”
He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Uyo and a Master’s degree in the same field.
Career
Umo Eno was started working at an early age to augment his parents’ income. After finishing secondary school, he was employed in a bank.
His father died about two years after he started working. While still working at the bank, he was approached by Albert Inyang to offer him a position at Bertola Machine Tools Nigeria Limited. He took the job and became the company’s, Commercial Director.
He only returned to school after he formed Royalty Group and relocated to Akwa Ibom state.
How he started Royalty Group
After leaving Bertola to join Norman Holdings, as Investment Officer, Umo Eno grew through the ranks and became the Group General Manager.
When the company needed to expand, he led a team to research viable investment opportunities. After about six months, he returned with the idea of investing in hotels, water bottling and salt.
But the company’s chairman said; “‘Umo, you have done well, but I don’t think this will work. We think you should go and do some more research.’”
Umo tendered his resignation to pursue the idea on his own.
Political career
He began his stint in public service courtesy of Obong Victor Attah who made him Chairman, Akwa Ibom Hotels and Tourisim Board from 2004-2007.
Governor Udom Emmanuel would later invite him to become Executive Director, Agricultural Investments Directorate of Akwa Ibom State Investment Corporation (AKICORP).
He also chaired the team that establish the Ibom Fadama Bank.
Umo Eno is also the immediate past Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources in Akwa Ibom State.
Controversy
Allegedly convicted of ‘cheating’
Edet Godwin Etim said to have been a former worker in Umo Eno’s company is said to have lodged a complaint against him at a Magistrate’s Court, Wuse Abuja, on issue of ‘cheating’, leading the court to commence criminal proceedings against the candidate and eventually convicted him before issuing a warrant of arrest. The court claimed that Eno had ‘refused to surrender himself to the court’.
But speaking at his campaign rally in Ika council, Eno said he was not aware of any such court case as he was never served any of its proceedings. And, as such, it was strange how he could have responded to a case he was never aware of.
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