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September 22, 2021 Hon. Monday Ebong Uko Commends Governor Udom Emmanuel as He Inaugurates Road,Twin Bridges and Awards More Projects in Obot Akara

Hon. Monday Ebong Uko Commends Governor Udom Emmanuel as He Inaugurates Road,Twin Bridges and Awards More Projects in Obot Akara

Governor Udom Emmanuel has inaugurated the Second Phase of the Nto Edino / Ekwereazu Road that comes with twin bridges to link some Obot Akara communities and also ease movement from Akwa Ibom State to its neighboring Abia State.

The Inauguration was part of activities to mark Akwa Ibom State’s 34th anniversary, which was witnessed by the Wife of the Governor, Mrs Martha Udom Emmanuel, Deputy Governor, Mr Moses Ekpo, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Aniekan Bassey, Commissioner of Youth and Sports, Hon. Monday Ebong Uko among other top government officials.

Speaking during the Commissioning, the Governor accompanied by other Government functionaries,said that the best way to appreciate citizens for their votes is through construction of quality projects, investments opportunities and peace of mind.


‘I’m not just coming back here for the bridges but to say thank you for everything you have done. Road projects and investments are better ways to say thank you.
“Once you drive into Akwa Ibom State from other parts of the country, you’ll see dividends of good governance.
” I want to assure Obot Akara people that I have also noted the other Mbiaso and Ikot Ambang roads and the bridge you’ve mentioned today, I have already directed Seyang to commence work on that other bridge and road and I am sure with his level of competence, we should come back to commission it 15 months from now.

The Commissioner for Youths and Sports ,Sir Monday Ebong Uko eulogised Governor Emmanuel for completing the road recalling that for over 32 years , people had died on the road due to its extreme bad condition.
He also thanked the Governor for construction of the Ikpe Mbang Eyop road and other roads in the area.

Other Dignitaries Including the Senator Representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district, Senator Chris Ekpenyong, the Commissioner for works, Prof Eno Ibanga, member Representing Obot Akara, Rt Hon Idongesit Ntekpere, and Chairman of Obot Akara, Mrs Agnes Cosmas Udonwenwen lauded Governor Emmanuel for the projects done so far in Obot Akara all lauded the Governor for these projects and pledged the continous support of their people to the Progress in Akwa Ibom state.

The Paramount Ruler of the Area, Edidem Uwa Umo Adiaka also lent his voice of commendation to the Governor, adding that the area has never been so positively affected by any previous administration

September 22, 2021 Akwa Ibom at 34; Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo Expected to Grace Anniversary

Akwa Ibom at 34; Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo Expected to Grace Anniversary

His Excellency the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo will on Friday, September 24, 2021, pay an official visit to Akwa Ibom State to commission the Dakkada Luxury Estate and the Dakkada Luxury Towers as part of activities marking the 34th Anniversary of State creation.
This was made known by the Hon. Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Com. Ini Ememobong on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 in a press briefing held at the NUJ Press Centre, Uyo to inform members of the fourth estate of the realm of activities marking the State’s 34th Anniversary.
The Hon. Commissioner explained that this year’s State anniversary celebration shall be a low-key one due to the need to adhere to Covid-19 guidelines.
Therefore, Thursday September 23, has not been declared as a public holiday by the state government hence it is not a work free day.
Other events lined up to mark the state’s anniversary celebration according to the State Information helmsman are the commissioning of two 0.45M span bridges in Obot Akara LGA on Wednesday September 22, Commissioning of internal roads in Shelter Afrique Estate and Swearing-in of new Paramount Rulers on Thursday September 23, and an interactive media chat with the Governor on Saturday, September 25.
Furthermore, the dualized 25Km Uyo-Ikot Ekpene shall be commissioned on Wednesday, October 6, while internal roads in Oron LGA, Udung Uko LGA, and Akwa Ibom State University shall be inaugurated on Friday, October 8.
A special thanksgiving service shall be held on Sunday, September 26.
Comrade Ememobong also noted that in furtherance of Gov. Emmanuel’s commitment towards improving the quality of healthcare delivery in the state, the remodelled Ikot Ekpene General Hospital shall be commissioned on Tuesday October 26, while an Oil Parm Processing facility will also be inaugurated the same day in Essien Udim LGA.

September 21, 2021 Akwa Ibom House of Assembly Partners AKSEPWMA on Relocation of Street Traders and illegal Markets

Akwa Ibom House of Assembly Partners AKSEPWMA on Relocation of Street Traders and illegal Markets

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has urged all Street traders and operators of illegal markets especially around the Ibom plaza, and other highbrow areas within the state to relocate to designated points, with immediate effect.
Chairman, House Committee on Works and Transport and member representing Eket State Constituency – Rt. Hon. David Lawrence, announced this, Monday, during the committee’s sitting on a motion for an urgent need to decongest clogged-up areas in the metropolis with special reference to Ibom plaza, Itam Junction, and other areas.
He noted that activities of Street traders and illegal markets impede the free flow of traffic and expose traders and the general public to road hazards.
Briefing the committee, chairman Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency, Hon. Prince Ikim decried the negative effects of the menace and the challenges faced by the Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency; AKSEPWMA in evicting street traders and illegal motor parks.

In his words: “Mr. Chairman, I want to discuss the way it is as a man in the field. The issue of roadside trading and illegal motor parks around the University of Uyo, Itam, and sundry highbrow areas are caused by certain factors. One, “politics”. It is not a hidden truth that the management of Ibom plaza, around the plaza, and inside the plaza was “politically” constituted. Inside the plaza, there’s different management, and outside has who controls it, thereby legitimating illegitimacy. Most of the people sitting out there are paying for tickets. Some of them also sitting inside there are paying for the space they are using, and they are paying to different authorities. This makes enforcement to be very difficult.”

Continuing, Ikim noted that the situation makes the job of eviction, which his agency had been in the forefront, an unrealistic one.
“We must take it into consideration that this government has a human face; by the time a trader walks up to you during enforcement and tells you ” I have paid” and you try to fathom who he/she paid to, it makes you the enforcer look stupid. It boils down to political committees, set up around the place, by only God knows who,” he added
Ikim also noted that there is an ongoing battle about who controls the Ibom plaza – Ministry of Culture and Tourism or the Local Government or the village.
“It is that tussle that has allowed the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to have control over traders inside the plaza, while Uyo village controls those outside the plaza. These have encumbered our previously dispensed efforts in evacuating them”, he said.

In a related development, Hon. Udosen who was acting on the directives of the Speaker of the 7th Assembly of The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, frowned at the level of congestion constituted by the mini market and motor park at the University of Uyo and issued a warning to the Management of the school to relocate, with immediate effect, the mini market and campus-shuttle motor park by the school’s entrance into the campus as a measure of decongesting the area.
Attendants at the meeting included the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corp; FRSC, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Anti-Touting Enforcement Agency, Park Managements, ROTAN, ROTAON, Motorcyclist Associations and sundry Associations and stakeholders in the transport sector.

September 17, 2021 Hon. Unyime Idem Urges FG against Violation of Federal Character Principle in Appointment of Head of MDAs

Hon. Unyime Idem Urges FG against Violation of Federal Character Principle in Appointment of Head of MDAs

HOUSE OF REPS URGE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST VIOLATION OF FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLES IN APPOINTMENT OF HEADS OF MDAs
House of Representatives has called on the federal government to address the constitutional infraction in the appointment of the Chairman and Secretary of the Federal Character Commission as well as Heads of other MDAs.
The resolution of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion moved at plenary by Deputy Chairman House Committee on Communications, Rep. Unyime Idem.
Rep. Idem, while moving the motion, said in compliance with the resolution of the House dated February 25, 2020, the president, on April 28, 2020 appointed the Chairman and Commissioners of the Federal Character Commission.
He said the current secretary of the commission was appointed as a substantive secretary to the commission in March 2017, whose tenure was expected to end on April 7, 2021, but was re-appointed by the president on April 7, 2021 for a second term.
The lawmaker noted that the current Chairman of the Commission, Muheeba Dankaka is from the Northern part of the Country and the re-appointed Secretary Mohammed Bello is also from the Northern part of the Country, which is in flagrant violation of Section 14 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as Amended.
The member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency stressed that the Federal Character Commission is one of the agencies of the federal government with the responsibility to promote, monitor and enforce compliance with the principles of the proportional sharing of all bureaucratic, economic and political positions at all levels of government.
He pointed out that the Principle of Federal Character, as contained in the Act governing the commission, lay emphasis on leadership positions being equally distributed between zones.
The House called on the federal government to address the unfair, unjust and inequitable appointment of both the Chairperson and Secretary of the Federal Character Commission from a particular zone of the country.
It mandated the House Committee on Federal Character to ensure compliance.

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