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December 28, 2023 Civil Service Crippled After Christmas Holidays

Civil Service Crippled After Christmas Holidays

Civil servants in Akwa Ibom, Abia and Imo States are yet to resume work after the two-day public holiday for the Christmas celebration.

The Federal Government had declared Monday, December 25, and Tuesday, December 26, as public holidays.

Inspiration Fm went round Government facilities in Uyo and its environs observed that the Idongesit Nkanga secretariat and Federal Secretariats on Abak road which is usually a beehive of activities, were virtually empty.

Most of the offices were under lock and key, while the ones that opened had a few workers, who were busy cleaning up their tables and lockers.

NAN reported that Secretariats in most parts of the predominantly Christian south experience low or no turnout of workers, with many having traveled to spend the holidays with loved ones.

It was also observed that most of the shops and kiosks located within the secretariat complex, which were usually busy during weekdays, were still locked.

Some of the civil servants, who reported to work, were seen exchanging Christmas pleasantries.

Security operatives at these locations say the workers might not return till after the New Year holidays.

December 11, 2023 Kidnapper Nab Woman and 3 Children in Abuja

Kidnapper Nab Woman and 3 Children in Abuja

Bandits attacked the Zone 5 segment of the Kubwa Extension 2 Relocation Estate along Arab Road in the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday night, kidnapping a woman and her three children, including a six-month-old baby.

Reports from the capital city confirmed that the gunmen struck  between 8pm and 9pm on Sunday, December 10, shooting indiscriminately and causing pandemonium in the area. A resident who preferred not to be named revealed that kidnapping  has become a usual occurrence in the area every December.

Another resident noted, “This kidnapping is due to a lack of adequate security in the area. Last night they kidnapped a whole family – a mother and her three children, including a six months old baby here at Zone 5, Kubwa Extension 2 Relocation estate.”

The FCT Police Command was yet to make an official comment concerning the development, when contacted by our correspondent, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh; who’s currently in Akwa Ibom for the Police PRO’s conference promised to find out about the development and revert.

I will find out and get back to you as soon as possible please,” Adeh said.

 

December 4, 2023 Persons With Disabilities Protest to Government House to Demand Removal of Governor’s Aide

Persons With Disabilities Protest to Government House to Demand Removal of Governor’s Aide

Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) drawn from the 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State have protested to the Government House, Uyo, the state capital, demanding the removal of the Personal Assistant (PA) to Governor Umo Eno, on Disability Matters, Comrade Ubong Ikpe, over alleged misappropriation of the N100 million intervention fund donated by government to support the physically challenged and indigent students.

To cushion the excruciating pains faced by the physically-challenged,  the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor. Umo Eno had instituted a N100 million Education Intervention Fund (EIF) “to assist the physically challenged students of Akwa Ibom origin and other disabled students residing in the state, and studying in public tertiary institutions across the state.

Governor Umo Eno, it could be recalled, announced this when he granted audience to members of the National Association of Students with Disabilities (NANSWDs), University of Uyo chapter, led by the president, Comrade Emmanuel Wisdom, who were on a courtesy visit to the governor at Government House, recently.

The office of the accountant-general in liaison with the ministries of Education, Women Affairs and Social Welfare, as well as the office of the SSG, were mandated to oversee equitable disbursement of the funds as the governor had warned against any administrative bottleneck in the management of the money.

But dozens of the aggrieved beneficiaries, led by the PLWDs’ coordinator in-charge of the 31 LGAs, Comrade Ekerette Udoakpan, who stormed the Government House in protest, accused the governor’s aide on Disability Matters, Ubong Ikpe, of shutting out several members and shortchanging them in the process.

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