Tag Archives: Akwa Ibom

Piqued by the slow pace of work and insufficient manpower on the 15.1-kilometre Odio road in Eket Council, the Akwa Ibom State government has threatened to revoke the contract if the firm handling it fails to comply with the terms. Commissioner for Works, Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, gave the warning during the inspection tour of ongoing road projects in the state. Inyang-Eyen, ...

There was palpable sigh of relief for the contractor handling the 3.3km Idua Road project in Eket, Limbech Development Nigeria Limited, as the Akwa Ibom State Government finally endorsed the quality of work done there. Speaking during an inspection tour of some ongoing road projects in Akwa Ibom South (Eket) Senatorial District, the works Commissioner, Mr. Ephraim Inyangeyen, lauded the ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket office says it had discovered 50 illegal filling stations in the state. Mr. Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye, the Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Eket on Monday. He explained that the illegal filling stations refused to obtain Federal Government licenses nor ...

Akwa Ibom State Government has concluded plan to demolish thousands of illegal structures erected within Uyo, the state capital. The State Commissioner, Ministry of Lands and Town Planning, Ime Ekpo disclosed this. The commissioner who said this while fielding questions from newsmen in Uyo, said already demolition squad or committee had been set up by the ministry to pull down ...

More facts have emerged as to the cause of the delay for the completion of the controversial 25 kilometer Uyo-Ikot Ekpene road the immediate past state administration awarded in 2011 at the cost of over N71 billion. While the immediate past administration publicised that the road was done up to 18 kilometers remaining only three kilometres for its completion, the ...

The Akwa Ibom State Government says it has rehabilitated about 400 public schools in the last three years in spite of the economic situation in the country. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Charles Udoh, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Uyo on Sunday. Udoh said that the state government had compiled the list of all public ...

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has renovated over 346 public primary and secondary schools across the state in the last three years. The Special Assistant on Projects to the governor, Iqwat Umoren, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday. He said that the tuition-free primary and secondary education policy of the state government had resulted in ...

The Federal Government has fulfilled the pledge to provide infrastructure in the Novone Social Housing Estate, Ikot Ntuen, Uyo Local Government Area as contractors handling access and internal roads, water and electricity projects have been mobilized to site. Breaking the news to journalists, Renowned Social Housing advocate and the Principal Partner of Novone Consult Limited, an Estate Management Firm, Arc. ...

Akwa Ibom Government has urged the Federal Government to refund the state money it spent on the reconstruction of federal roads in the state. The state Commissioner for Works, Mr. Ephraim Inyangeyen, made the appeal in an interaction with newsmen in Uyo on Monday. Inyageyen said that of the N140 billion owed the state, the Federal Government had approved the ...

Youths in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, under the auspices of Edemeya Supreme Leaders’ Coalition (ESLC), has urged their kinsman and Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, to shelve his purported governorship ambition in 2019. This view was contained in a statement issued, Tuesday, by the Director of Publicity and Strategy of the group, Akparawa Abraham ...