Hon. Okpolupm Etteh, the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on University Education and the Member representing Eket/ONNA/Esit-Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency, is set to fulfill one of his campaign promises by launching a comprehensive capacity-building programme focused on Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Professional competency development. This initiative, which completely reflects his commitment to human capital development, is specifically designed to empower the youths of his federal constituency. A statement by his Media Unit explained that the training, scheduled to run from August 26, 2024, to September 14, 2024, will take place at the Federal Constituency Office located…
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In a bid to enhance healthcare access for the people of Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, Senator Aniekan Bassey (SAB) is sponsoring a comprehensive free medical and surgical outreach. The initiative, aimed at providing much-needed medical attention to residents of the senatorial district, will offer a wide range of services, including surgeries, general health tests, treatments, and drug dispensation. The outreach is scheduled to take place at several key locations within the senatorial district. The first phase will be held at the Methodist General Hospital, Ituk Mbang, from August 26 to 28, 2024. This will be followed…
Senator Aniekan Bassey of the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, a member of the 6th Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, has called on the community to develop a participatory budgeting framework that will foster regional integration, good governance, and effective monitoring. He made this call on Thursday in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, during a one-week delocalized meeting of the Joint Committee on Administration, Finance and Budget; Public Accounts; and Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research of the ECOWAS Parliament. The meeting’s theme was “Community Budgeting Formulation and Monitoring.” Senator Bassey, who noted…
Stakeholders and elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibeno Local Government Area, through a congress held on Saturday, August 10, elected Hon. Okpolupm Etteh, the Member representing Eket/ONNA/Esit-Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, along with 18 others, as the National Delegate and members of the Chapter Executive to manage the party’s affairs. While Hon. Etteh, along with other elected national delegates, will be part of those electing a substantive National Chairman of the party this August, Mr. Uko Ikoabasi Uko was elected as the Chapter Chairman of Ibeno Local Government Area. The Chapter Executive also…
The Paramount Ruler of Ibeno Local Government, Owong Effiong Bassey Archianga, has called on the government of Akwa Ibom State, led by Pastor Umo Eno, to address the longstanding developmental imbalance that has persisted in the state for nearly twenty years by considering the interests, well-being, and feelings of the people of Ibeno. Owong Archianga, in a press statement, lamented the neglect of Ibeno by previous Governors, “who relegated the local government area to the periphery in terms of infrastructure development and political appointments. Ibeno hosts the highest number of International Oil Companies (IOCs), including ExxonMobil Nigeria, and contributes…
A Frontline group in Ikot Ekpene, Amayam-Urban Coalition for Development, has congratulated the immediate past Commissioner for Labour and Manpower Planning, Elder Aniefiok Nkom, on his emergence as the chairmanship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Ikot Ekpene in the October 2024 local government polls. The group was borne out of a coalition of concerned party faithful to raise a strong advocacy for consistency with existing power sharing structure in Ikot Ekpene, which ensures the two clans Amayam and Urban are justly and fairly represented in government. Speaking at a meeting in Ikot Udoe yesterday, August 6,…
Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, in an interactive session today at Abak with party stakeholders, declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing well even under extraordinary circumstances and that he is taking Nigeria in the right direction. Stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were led by the Akwa Ibom State Chairman, Obong Stephen Ntukekpo. Ntukekpo, who gave the opening remark on the occasion, thanked the Honourable Minister for taking out time from his busy schedules to attend the Stakeholders Meeting. The Party State Chairman described the Minister as a worthy son of…
As the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) celebrates its Diamond Jubilee, the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Institute, commissioned 20 years ago, is set to host its 2024 Annual General Meeting/Conference, a landmark event that will commemorate the 10th O.W. Udoh Memorial Lecture. The 2024 AGM/Conference, themed “Driving Sustainable Perception Management Through Artificial Intelligence,” is scheduled to be held at Breakfort Hotel & Suites, Uyo, on Thursday, July 25, 2024, starting promptly at 12 noon. Sharing details of the forthcoming event with newsmen, the Chairman of the AGM Planning Committee, Mr. Darlington Udobong, said, “The theme…
… Ikot Ekpene Stakeholders Applaud Gov Umo Eno’s Timely, Just Intervention By Ukpong Ukpong The heated political debacle between Amayam and Urban clans, over who should produce the next elected Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area has been resolved with Amayam given the nod to produce the next elected chairman. This resolution came through an intervention by the governor, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, who doubles as state leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Recall that soon after the announcement of the forthcoming local government elections, followed by PDP stakeholders meeting in Uyo, where the governor admonished that zoning…
By Godwin Benson In journalism or communication studies, it is said that God was the first journalist in the world. History records in Genesis 1:3 that the first communication experiment was conducted by God when He said, “Let there be light.” The conclusion of that statement reads: “And there was light.” The light that sprang forth from that communicative action “illuminated the earth that was filled with darkness and void.” Rt. Hon Unyime Idem, the chairman of the House Committee on Public Procurement, has embraced this lighting phenomenon. For the past five years, he has been a source of light…