He spoke at a funeral service held in honour of a prominent Akwa Ibom citizen, Pastor Benjamin Bassey in Afaha Atai, Eket Local Government Area of the state.
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Essien, a former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, said this in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday.
The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Augustine Umoh, disclosed this Tuesday, while interacting with the newsmen in Uyo, the State capital, explaining that the training was meant to update the knowledge and skills of Doctors, Nurses and other Health workers in handling emergency situations.
He revealed the plan when he spoke at an event marking the 85th birthday of Obong Etim Abia, the Paramount Ruler of Eket in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
The brilliant entrepreneur-turned politician became the Man of the Moment not because of any monumental or miraculous making in neither his political or pastoral ministries, but through a one-day personal event held on September 25. The event was a three-fold appreciation to God on what the commissioner, whose surname means gift, considered special gift from God: the death of his mother a year ago, 35 years of being in marriage and appointment into the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council. Announcing the event on his Facebook wall, the State government’s spokesman, Ini Emeobong, who is always at his rhetorical best, aptly dubbed it “a three-in-one thanksgiving.”
Such spending on infrastructural development would not only help position the States to become major industrial hubs, but also yield multiplier economic benefits, while at the same time attracting more investors from around the world, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
The bill was presented to the Governor by the state’s Attorney-General in the presence of the Speaker of the House of Assembly
She has thus broken a 36-year jinx in the school, which has not produced a First Class student in the Faculty of Law.
The governor stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Minna on Saturday.
He says he is mindful of the governor’s devotion to serving his people, and prays that God would sustain him with good health and happiness to celebrate more successes in his administration.
In order to fulfil his five-point agenda, Udom ignited an endless applause when he announced an ambitious, already-packaged, mouth-watering industrial programme. He told the people: “The thrust of our administration is industrialization. In driving this, we have revitalized and re-commissioned Peacock Paints. We have performed ground-breaking ceremonies for a car assembly plant in Itu LGA by a leading Israeli auto manufacturing company, Mimshac Merkavim; as well as the Low Energy Display (LED) manufacturing plant at Itam.”
Iniobong Ekpo, before his expulsion, was studying Agricultural Engineering at the Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpanden.
Emmanuel disclosed this during an interactive media programme titled; “The Governor Speaks’’, in Uyo, the state capital on Saturday.
In the video, the man, who is apparently afraid of needles, is seen causing a scene as nurses tried to give him the shot
You have asked that I speak to you on a very important subject, which, if we cut to the chase, is about robust opportunities for lawyers in Akwa Ibom State. I am happy that you appreciate the emerging economic trends in the state, which have already started manifesting in steady and sustainable steps, and would consolidate in the not-too-distant future.
Emmanuel made this known during the inauguration of the new members of the State Universal Basic Education Board in Uyo on Friday.
They are already threatening to sue the State Government and the station’s owner who is an aide to the State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, to force a relocation of the mast away from a highly populated residential estate due to the danger it posed to lives and property.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, and made available to newsmen in Uyo on Saturday.
But last month, he became even more visible when he ministered at the National Young Adult and Youth Affairs Virtual Convention 2020. The theme was: “The Bright and Morning Star.” Although he didn’t have to mount the pulpit of the Arena, the new massive auditorium of the church, because the convention was virtual, many people around the world saw him preach from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Emmanuel gave the commendation on Saturday while at his polling unit for accreditation and voting at Awa ward 1, Onna Local Government Area.