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April 26, 2024 Akwa Ibom House of Assembly Passes Amended AKISIEC Into Law
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Akwa Ibom House of Assembly Passes Amended AKISIEC Into Law

Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly (AKHA) has passed amended version of the Independent Electoral Commission Law Cap 69.

 

The Bill for a Law to amend the Independent Electoral Commission had passed through second reading on Friday, 12th April 2024 and was subjected to a Public Hearing on the 16th of April 2024.

 

The Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Rt. Hon. MFON IDUNG, informed the House that the Public Hearing made very meaningful inputs which assisted his Committee to arrive at the recommendations.

 

Rt. Hon. IDUNG, who represents Etim Ekpo/Ika State Constituency stated that amendments of the Independent Electoral Commission Law will update the electoral laws in the State in line with modern and acceptable electoral reforms and guidelines.

 

The House thereafter considered the amended Clauses 2,4,5,6,7 and 9 at the Committee of the Whole where the amendments were adopted.

 

The Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Elder) UDEME OTONG, who presided over the plenarydirected the Clerk, MrsNSIKAKABASI OROK to forward the bill to Akwa Ibom State’s Governor UMO ENO for assent into law.

April 25, 2024 Ini Communities Seek Government Intervention Help Over Recurrent Boundary Dispute
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Ini Communities Seek Government Intervention Help Over Recurrent Boundary Dispute

The age long community boundary dispute between Ubet Okom group of villages and Mbente village in Nkari Clan of Ini local government area has gotten messier.

 

Community members have reported that people have lost their lives and property worth millions of naira damaged as another round of clashes took place last week.

 

Lending their voice to the reoccurrence of violence, Ini people under an umbrella body, Peace and Unity Advocacy Foundation has sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to the Akwa Ibom State Government through the office of the Deputy Governor, Senator AKON EYAKENYI.

 

In the message, they are asking for a lasting solution to end the ongoing perennial crisis by complete seizure of those boundary lands in dispute for government farming or building of Industries to avert further loss of innocent lives and properties.

 

In a release jointly signed by the Chancellor of the Foundation, Mkpisong Prince NDAEYO NYAUDO INUAEYEN JP, the Director General, Pst. MICHAEL SAMPSON, Jr. Director of Information Strategy, ENGR IDARA AKPANOWO, Director of Community Affairs, Comrade THEOPHILUS UKPABIO and the Patron, Pastor HENRY AKPABIO, the PEACE AND UNITY AMBASSADORS described the dastardly act of Murder of  Mbente Sons as “Unacceptable and Highly Condemnable”.

April 23, 2024 Nigeria NOT Ready for State Police – IGP
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Nigeria NOT Ready for State Police – IGP

the Inspector General of Police (IGP) KAYODE EGBETOKUN believes the country is not mature for state policing despite the myriad of security challenges facing it.

 

He spoke on Monday during a national dialogue on state police held in Abuja with the theme ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria’ and maintained that among other factors, “there is the potential for abuse of power by the state political leadership.

 

EGBETOKUN further revealed a plan by the Federal Government to establish a 100 Billion Naira Police Housing Fund.

 

He noted that upon his appointment as the IG, he identified the welfare of police personnel as a cornerstone of his administration.

April 23, 2024 Akwa Ibom State Governor Appoints New AKICORP Boss
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Akwa Ibom State Governor Appoints New AKICORP Boss

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor UMO ENO has approved the appointment of Obong IDE O. OWODIONG-IDEMEKO as Chairman, Akwa Ibom Investment Corporation, AKICORP.

 

Mr OWODIONG-IDEMEKO has extensive professional and managerial studies from some top institutions in the world including PeopleSoft University, United Kingdom, Insead School of Business, Fontainebleau – Paris, France; and Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

 

He possesses expertise in Human Resources, Business Leadership, Planning and Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, Labour and Industrial Relations, and extensive interface in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry, as well as within EM Regional and Global Business and Support organizations.

 

In statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr OWODIONG-IDEMEKO’s appointment takes immediate effect.

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