The Special Adviser, Bureau of Political and Legislative Affairs, Mr. Anietie Etuk has admonished retirees in the State to assist in nurturing younger workers in the service and to lend their wealth of experience to the development of the state. ...
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Commissioner Orders Stoppage Of Indiscriminate Sand Dredging
The Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Dr. Iniobong Essien has ordered dredging companies engaged in indiscriminate sand dredging and evacuation activities in the state to stop operations forthwith. Dr. Essien, who issued the order last Monday after a meeting ...
Read More »Resign Or Key Into Govt Programmes And Policies – Perm Sect urges school administrators
Principals-General and teachers in the State who have refused to key into government programmes and policies have been advised to resign rather than sabotage government efforts. The Permanent Secretary, State Secondary Education Board, Elder Akpan Solomon Akpan, who was on ...
Read More »Udom To Convert Disputed Land For Agricultural Purposes
Communities in the state embroiled in intractable border crises will henceforth forfeit such land to the State Government for agricultural purposes. The Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo, while giving a keynote address during the Akwa Ibom and Abia Inter-State Boundary ...
Read More »Contractors in Akwa Ibom Get One-Month Ultimatum over Rural Projects
The Ministry of Rural Development has issued a one-month ultimatum to contractors handling Rural Electrification Projects (RECs) in the State to deliver the projects or be sanctioned. Giving the ultimatum last Monday during a meeting with the contractors in Uyo, ...
Read More »A’ Ibom set to grow economy
The State government is ready to build a viable economy with a view to enhancing its revenue base, thereby complementing the monthly statutory Federal allocation. The Commissioner of Economic Development, Dr. Emmanuel Ating Onwioduokit while fielding questions on a live ...
Read More »N5B Development Funds For SMEs
Small and medium scale business operators in the state will, from next year, benefit from the N5 billion under the Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Fund of the Bank of Industry (BoI). The Executive Chairman, Akwa Ibom ...
Read More »LG Boss advises widows to refrain from cursing children
Widows in the State have been asked to refrain from heaping curses on their children to enable them fulfil their destiny in life. The Ika Transition Committee Chairman, Mr. Marcus Macdonald speaking last Tuesday, during a meeting by Women Advocacy ...
Read More »Use Formal Education for Economic Devt – Udom Tasks Youths
Governor Udom Emmanuel has called on graduates in the country to look beyond their fields of specialization in their quest to make ends meet, saying the dynamic nature of today’s society is dictated by ideas rather than certificates. Speaking at ...
Read More »Udom re-writes the story of a 78-year old hospital By Ubong Akpan
Established in 1937 by the Medical Missionaries of Mary, as an arm of the nunnery of the Catholic Church, with an initial number of twelve beds, St. Luke’s Hospital, Anua in Uyo, has risen over the years to its present ...
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