Nigeria, June 1 -- Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno's declaration that he will not complete the long-stalled Ibom Science Park project has exposed a contradiction between his public commitments before assuming office and the policies his administration pursued during its first two years in government.

The governor, speaking on Friday at a public event in Akwa Ibom State, dismissed calls for the project's completion, insisting that the concept had become obsolete and had effectively been decentralised through youth development centres across the state.

"I will not do the science park. There is nothing like the science park," Mr Eno said.

"We have replicated the science park in the youth development centres. As you go to the youth develo...