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By UbongAbasi Ise Uruan and Uyo local government areas where the campaign train of the All Progressives Congress, APC, berthed today have expressed their dissatisfaction with the incumbent state government under Mr. Udom Emmanuel, promising to vote out the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP in the forthcoming polls. Mr. Anthony Udo, who spoke on behalf of the youths in Uruan, said for over three years, the state government has not sited any viable industry in the area apart from seeking to establish cattle ranch for Mexican cows at Adadia, saying the project has not won the support of Uruan people. Mr. Udo recalled how Mr. Udom Emmanuel proposed to site cemetery at Uruan local government instead of bringing industries to the youths of the area, a move that was roundly rejected by the people. Also speaking, Mr. EffiongUdo, the Uruan Chapter Chairman of APC, stressed that there is no road linking southern Uruan with the northern part of the local government, calling on the APC...

By UbongAbasi Ise The Ikono State Constituency representative, Mr. Victor Udofia, believes his constituency is unfairly treated by the present state government as it only gained 3.8 kilometers of roads under the tenure of Mr. Udom Emmanuel. Mr. Udofia, who received the All Progressives Congress, APC, when the party’s campaign team touched down on Ibiaku Ntok Okpo weekend said despite given Udom Emmanuel over 38,000 votes in 2015, his local government is losing out in the sharing of the democratic dividends, but lauded Obong Nsima Ekere for providing Ikono with over 18 kilometers of roads. “As I speak to you, I stand on good authority, Udom Emmanuel as governor, with the entire budget of the state only give 3.8 km of road in Ikono for 3 ½ years,” he stated. The lawmaker, while addressing the Obong Nsima Ekere, the former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, said his constituency will vote him as the governor in the forthcoming polls. “As an ...

By UbongAbasi Ise Lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom Northwest District, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has revealed the identity of the real owner of Agricon Rice Mill recently inaugurated by Governor Udom Emmanuel in Ini local government area. Senator Akpabio said the owner of the controversial rice mill is Mr. Ini Utuk, his close relative. When the gubernatorial campaign train of the All Progressives Congress berthed at Odoro Ikpe in Ini local government area weekend, the former governor shocked the gathering as he made some startling revelations about his successor’s industrialization drive. “In the whole of Ini, Akwa Ibom State government does not have a rice mill. The small rice mill that is being constructed there is owned by my brother, Ini Utuk, he is in a private concern. If it is working at all, I’ve not been there. It is not owned by Akwa Ibom State government. Don’t let anybody to come here and deceive you,” he said. Senator Godswill Akpabio disclosed that Akwa...

By UbongAbasi Ise At Odoro Ikpe in Ini local government area, precisely on Saturday 26 th January, 2019, Senator Godswill Akpabio was quoting the Book of Proverbs chapter 17 verse 13 which says, “Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.” He was stressing how he turned over 500 boys into men in Akwa Ibom, some of whom are turning back to fight him. But there is more to Akpabio’s regrets. It is high time we pause our varied-ranging political interests and sentiments just for a moment, and then take a second look on the candidates filing out before us as the elections approach round the corner.   Given in to superficial affability and populist impression of these political wheeler-dealers could prove cataclysmic to the polity, especially, at a time like this when we seek to undo the years the cankerworm had ravaged. Let us first look out for those with palpable trait of betrayal of trust and ingratitude because a politician who bites the finger o...

By UbongAbasi Ise Obong Nsima Ekere, the Managing Director of Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is in his last days at the helm of affairs at the commission, and he has taken to social media to hint on his exit in a matter of days. Taking to his twitter handle, Obong Ekere, who is the gubernatorial flagbearer for the Akwa Ibom All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming polls, said he is in his final days, after he officially commissioned a 3.7km dual carriageway leading into the main campus of the University of Uyo. “As I approach my final days at @NDDCOfficial, I officially commissioned a 3.7km dual carriageway and solar powered light leading into the Main Campus of the University of Uyo,” the tweet reads. In response to a troll who sarcastically demanded to know why the NDDC boss still stays at the helm of NDDC even as the election he is contesting in is on the horizon, the former deputy governor said according to law, he is to resign 30 days before his el...

By UbongAbasi Ise Counsel to the 5,000 teachers sacked by Governor Udom Emmanuel has assured his clients that their victory over the state government in the court is on the horizon. Briefing his clients shortly after the Court of Appeal session in Uyo Wednesday, Barr. Clifford Thomas said when the motion to dismiss the state government’s appeal in the appellate court is properly entered, decision will be made on merit, and everything will be going in favour of the aggrieved teachers. The 5,000 teachers had filed a motion praying that the Court strike out whatever appeal brought before it by the state government after it had exceeded the stipulated time for the filing of an appeal against the decision of the National Industrial Court in Suit Number NICN/UY/03/2017 delivered on 18th May 2017. The appellate court had instructed the legal team of the 5,000 teachers to make amendment to their motion, and the next hearing will be fixed on a date after the motion might have bee...

By UbongAbasi Ise The duo of Senator Godswill Akpabio and Obong Nsima Ekere were moved with sympathy as the 5,000 secondary school teachers allegedly sacked by Governor Udom Emmanuel recounted their misfortunes in the hands of the incumbent state government. Mr. Sunday Akpan, who led the embattled teachers as they stormed Uyo Township Stadium Monday to officially declare their decampment from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, lamented that some of the 5000 teachers have died, many have psychologically been traumatized as the result of the unwarranted sack, while a handful of others have moved out of the state to look for alternative means of survival.   Mr. Akpan further noted that the National Industrial Court has been approached for redress, but bemoaned how Mr. Udom Emmanuel uses taxpayers’ money to battle them in court, saying Udom Emmanuel-led government has failed the state while expressing hope in Obong Nsima Ekere as the ma...