


Commissioners get Portfolios in Akwa Ibom State.
In a release duly signed by the Secretary to the State Government; Prince Enobong Uwah, all 23 commissioners were allotted ministries including the newly created ministries of internal security and Water/sanitation ministry.

Akwa Ibom Caucus Members of the House of Representatives Get Committee Appointments
Members representing Akwa Ibom state at the Federal House of Representatives have been appointed into committees at the green chambers of the National Assembly.
1) Hon Unyime Idem
Chairman,Public procurement Committee
2).Hon Patrick Umoh
Chairman, Monitoring & evaluation of Implementation of Legislative Agenda committee
3)Hon Mark Esset
Chairman,Inter Parliamentary relations Committee
4)Hon Martin Esin
Chairman, Youth Development Committee
5)Hon Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo
Chairman, Institutional reform committee
6)Hon Clement Jimbo
Vice Chairman,National planning and Economic development Committee
7)Hon Uduak Ududoh
Vice Chairman,Maritime safety, Education and Administration Committee
8)Hon Okpulupm Etteh
Vice Chairman, University Education Committee
9)Hon Paul Ekpo
Vice Chairman, Hydrological Services Committee
10. Hon Imeh Okon
Vice Chairman, Intergovernmental Affairs

Governor Umo Eno Creates Water Resources and Sanitation Ministry
Akwa Ibom state governor, Pastor Umo Eno says his government is set to establish a new Ministry for Water Resources and Sanitation.
Governor Eno made the announcement on Wednesday while addressing participants at Day 3 of the Akwa Ibom Dialogue for interpretation and implementation of the A.R.I.S.E. Agenda blueprint.
The Governor who decried the state exclusion in water related benefits from the central government and donor agencies, noted that the creation of a designated Ministry for Water Resources, will fully integrate the state in the United Nations Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, programme and reposition the state to implement the existing Water Law as well as tackle other water and sanitation related issues.
The creation of the Ministry for Water Resources is a timely response answer to the advocacy of a cluster of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Akwa Ibom Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Policy Cluster.
The Ibom WASH Policy Cluster have been in the fore front of pushing for the reformation of the WASH sector of the state.
It is believed that with the creation of the new ministry, important documents that are awaiting the approval of the State Executive Council, such as the WASH policy, WASH M&E framework and the WASH project roadmap, will be approved, with expectations that the state government will domesticate the Executive Order 009 by the former President Muhammadu Buhari mandating all sectors in the country to be open defecation free by 2025.