Management (Chartered), Chief Michael Olawale-Cole, paid him a courtesy visit in the Governor’s Office, Uyo, attributed the success of his administration to integrity in governance through the execution and implementation of development projects
Browsing: Godswill Akpabio
Speaking with State House correspondents on Monday after meeting with the President, Governor Akpabio, who doubles as the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, said the two parties agreed at the Sunday meeting that Jonathan’s constitutional right to a second term is not negotiable
He said: “I welcome the registration of APC and any other political party.
“The beauty of democracy is the opportunity given to all and sundry to
partake in the democratic process and as for the PDP, we won’t want
only one party in Nigeria
The governor acknowledged Umana’s “commitment and dedication to duties as a member of the State Executive Council,” which “contributed immensely to the achievements recorded by my administration,” and ended by wishing the former SSG “every success in all your future endeavours
A source in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, told The Eagle Online that barring any change of mind by Akpabio, umoren will be sworn in any minute from now
He said the states had felt the negative impact of oil exploration and exploitation “as this comes with considerable measures of economic and environmental degradation on the oil communities
Already there has arisen a lot of argument in many quarters regarding where the next governor should hail from. Ethnic warlords and political jobbers believe the next occupant of the Hilltop Mansion, as the Akwa Ibom State Government house is known, must come from the Eket Senatorial District. They argue that the district has never produced a governor in Akwa Ibom since the creation of the state about 25 years ago and that it is the turn of the district to produce the governor of the state in 2015
Akpabio noted that the hospital, which is at about 70 per cent complete, had suffered setbacks and delays, thus becoming a major concern to the state government
Governor Godswill Akpabio, who stated this on Wednesday during a dinner organised for him by the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, at his private residence in Maitama, Abuja, directed the state Commissioner of Education, Prof. Atim Antai, to select 150 graduates in the state for the training in India
Governor Godswill Akpabio dropped this hint on Friday when the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, paid him a courtesy visit at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja
He mentioned that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson while alive had reached the apogee of their musical career, but could not sustain the tempo of such success and fame due to certain flaws in their character
In a statement by its President, Comrade Musa Elaho, the group said: “Information within the reach of the party revealed that the first step of the scheme to discredit Akpabio and cause a friction between him and the president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was taken through the sponsorship of a media report that the Akwa Ibom State governor bungled the peace effort with (Governor Rotimi) Amaechi (of Rivers State) prior to the NGF election, with others bound to follow in the coming days
Akpabio made further clarification on the purported presidential ambition, when in the early hours of Sunday his posters as running mate to Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina State, just like it happened in Abuja last week, flooded some strategic areas of Lagos State such as the Awolowo Road, Airport Road and Medical Road, Ikeja
Highlighting opportunities for small and medium scale investments, Akpabio informed the investors that they have a wide latitude in food and beverages; base metal (including iron and steel); wood and allied steel products; chemical and pharmaceuticals; textile, leather and wearing apparels; electrical and electronics; domestic and industrial plastics foam and rubber; and non-metallic materials
The text message reads inter alia: “Don’t swap horses in midstream. Choose what is right for you, bcos you can. For our tomorrow, let’s take action today. Support Umana O. Umana, d man with d plan
Akpabio noted: “…They shall generally recommend appropriate measures or actions to be taken by any person, institution or authority to guard against future occurrence, investigate any other matter which
may appear to the Commission to be incidental or contributory to the matter stated in paragraph above
He said Akpabio worked hard alongside other people to ensure the emergence of Etok as senator
He said: “We have received the report of Governor Shehu Shema’s Committee from the South West
The letter, with reference number GO/AKS/S.45/86, reads in part: “I, hereby, request for your speedy consideration and approval of the House of my request to borrow $500 million (about N80 billion) from the Standard Chartered Bank International
The governor emphasised the need to partner the body in addressing crucial issues affecting the indigenes and touching lives of Akwa Ibom people living in Lagos