“I hereby direct the state Commissioner for Housing and Urban Renewal to embark immediately on renovation of buildings in the army barracks, rehabilitation of the volleyball pitch, building of a sports and games hall to be named after the immediate past Commanding Officer of the barracks, who lost his life last year in the Dana Airline crash
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The budget is the law and there have been provisions that allow for grants for donations and for hospitality as enshrined within the budget
Anenih, who said they visited the state to discuss with him about party matters to benefit from the wealth of his experience, not to inspect development projects, lauded Akpabio’s development strides, appealing to him to ensure a good and responsible person is allowed to succeed him as governor in 2015
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State made the appeal on Monday when the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Management, Hon. Ifedayo Adekunle, and the Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions, Hon. Uzo Azubuike, paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Office, Uyo
“When you are through, you will say well all the states are doing well but Akwa Ibom State….”
Akpabio highlighted significant projects in the state that would make the tour of Akwa Ibom State by the group different from other states to include the first Pipe Jacking drainage system in Africa, Akwa Ibom International Airport with the best runway and almost completed Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul facility, E-library, Ibom Tropicana Entertainment Galleria and other projects
Umanah stated that the herculean-task of turning a mere pedestrian Akwa Ibom State to an investment destination and a state of choice within five years by Governor Godswill Akpabio needed not be truncated by an untested hand
Akpabio, who stated this Wednesday when executive members of Akwa Esop Imaisong Ibibio, led by Ntisong Ibibio 111, Ntisong Essien Ekidem, paid him a courtesy visit at Governor’s Office, Uyo, said he would only oppose the election of a governorship candidate said to be lacking in vision and capability to continue with the current development tempo of Akwa Ibom
You could just have performed if you have the vision and sincerity. If you have the passion and commitment, you could also have also impacted on the lives of your people if you do not have ulterior motive and this has been the problem. So I am building the state from the scratch as if Akwa Ibom was born today. It wasn’t born today
Akpabio, who stated this on Friday after an inspection tour of the park, commended the space of work done, noting that soon the contractors would commence landscaping of the project
The councils stated this position when their chiefs, accompanied by senators, House of Representatives members from the state and other major stakeholders visited the Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee of the National Assembly, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in Abuja
Governor Godswill Akpabio, who gave the hint during an interactive meeting between Polish investors and the Akwa Ibom State business community at the Government House Banquet Hall, Uyo, said the delegation on return from the trip would meaningfully replicate the investment ideas in the state
Akpabio, who bared his mind during a meeting with chairmen of the 31 local government areas in the state, directed the Executive Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area to stop motorcycle mechanics and block moulders from working on the covered drains as dirts from repairs or moulding could deface their aesthetic value
Akpabio, who made the call on Monday when members of the Akwa Ibom State Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, led by its Chairman, Dr. Sylvanus Ukafia, paid him a courtesy visit at Governor’s Office, Uyo, attributed the development of the state to its peaceful disposition
Kukah commended Akpabio for the judicious use of resources, adding: “But there must be a correlation among the spirit of fairness, justice and peace
Akpabio described Ekpo as a winner for being alive
Governor Godswill Akpabio, who stated this on Saturday when Dr. Kwame Ampomah, the United Nations AIDS Co-ordinator of Nigeria, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Uyo, decried the upsurge of HIV/AIDS in the country, with Akwa Ibom State topping the chart of the scourge with 10.9 prevalence rate in the country
Akpabio, who made the call on Thursday when the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Services, Mrs. Rose Chinyere Uzoma, paid him a courtesy visit at Governor’s Office, Uyo, argued that Federal Government has many responsibilities and there was need to reduce such weight
Governor Godswill Akpabio made this known Saturday when a one-time Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria, Renee Sanders, presented a building proposal to him at Governor’s Office, Uyo
Akpabio, who made the pledge on Sunday when stakeholders of Ikot Abasi Federal Constituency, led by Dr. Akpan Michael Umoh, a member representing Ikot Abasi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Lodge, Uyo, hailed the economic importance of the constituency to the state and the nation in general
Mbam further stated that the RMAFC Act, especially Section 5 Sub-section 7, stipulates that for the purposes of the Act and for avoidance of doubt, where any state of the federation suffers any loss which is outside its control, the Stabilization Funds shall be used to give succour to such a state