Nigeria Vs Cameroon: A’ibom Inventor Blasts Udom Over N14 Million Eagles Largesse …Decries Hypocrisy In AKSG

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By UbongAbasi Ise

The inventor of traffic light with defaulters’ alarm, Engr. Ndotenyin Ekanem has lashed out at the officials of Akwa Ibom State Government for using paucity of funds as an excuse for not being able to give indigenous innovations financial backing. The inventor vented his anger on the decision of Governor Udom Emmanuel to pay Super Eagles of Nigeria $40,000 for 4 goals scored against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon during weekend’s encounter in Uyo, describing the gesture as an act of hypocrisy.
Engr. Ndotenyin Ekanem took to social media following the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers between Nigeria and Cameroon to reveal the State government’s refusal in granting his N2million proposal for the installation of traffic light with defaulters’ alarm for the public use. He stated that government linked the non-approval to lack of funds.
Ekanem, who registered his company, Alpha 1 Technical Services in 2007, wrote that he invented the traffic light technology with his own money in 2012 and later displayed it this year before the Governor, the Speaker of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Ministers and Commissioners with application for the permission to install the technology for public use, but this was outrightly refused on grounds of paucity of funds.
“2007 – I registered a company with my money; 2012 – I invented a traffic light technology with defaulters alarm with my money; 2017 – I showed it to speaker, Governor, commissioners, ministers and applied for permission to install for public consumption. Government said no approval, no fund. How much are we talking about? N2M o!
“Now, some millionaire players kicked ball into a net and immediately got $40,000 (over 14m). This is less than half of their salaries. Please is this not height of hypocrisy?” the post reads.
The engineer, who hails from Ini Local Government Area, further made a declaration that he would no longer involve in public exhibitions as he would rather concentrate on his business.
According to him, “I hereby declare that I will never contribute my innovative ideas to this State again. I rather face my business. No more public exhibitions. Amount expended on those exhibitions could build me a good house.
“I weep for our youths. I weep for my children’s future in a land where hard work does not count but hypocrisy is the norm,”
In a chat with The Sensor correspondent, Mr. Ekanem disclosed how he was given paltry N5,000 for transport expenses during his last exhibition in Uyo at the visit of the Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo. He further recalled how Akwa Ibom representatives at Abuja Expo were given N120,000 for transportation and accommodation in an event that lasted 7 days.
Ekanem concluded by saying that Governor Udom Emmanuel would have paid more than $40,000 to the members of Super Eagles team had Nigeria keep on scoring goals against Cameroon because failure to do so would have amounted to media backlash.
It would be recalled that Governor Udom Emmanuel, prior to the first leg of the double-header world cup qualifiers between Nigeria and Cameroon, promised to pay Super Eagles $10,000 per goal scored against 
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon.

Culled from The Sensor Newspaper

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