The National Board of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB), has urged Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, to wade into a looming crisis rocking the organisation in the state which centers on breach of their constitution. The National President of NAB, Stanley Oyebuchi, stressed that if the issue in the Akwa Ibom […]
Gov Eno cautions against vandalism of public infrastructure
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has cautioned the people of the state against vandalising facilities sited for public use. The governor gave the warning on Thursday during the commissioning of a 1.3-kilometre underground concrete flood control tunnel, the reconstruction of a section of Atiku Abubakar Way with walkways, drainage, and solar street lights […]
Gov Eno meets feuding IPMAN, NOGASA over fuel scarcity in Akwa Ibom
Following the fuel scarcity in Akwa Ibom State with its attendant hardship, the State Governor, Umo Eno has convened a meeting with different groups within the petroleum marketing sector with a view to finding solutions to the immediate and remote causes of the problem. The groups include the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, IPMAN, Natural Oil […]
Akwa Ibom pensioners urge Gov Eno to pay arrears of increased pension
Pensioners in Akwa Ibom State have urged Governor Umo Eno to implement the payment of increased pension arrears for those who retired before 2012. Eno had approved increments in the pension of all those retired before 2012, with its implementation billed to start at the end of April. The pensioners applauded the governor in a […]
‘Bring her remains for burial’ — Gov Eno’s order on makeup artist who died in River Niger
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Nollywood makeup artist, Abigail Edith Frederick, in Ikot Udoma, Eket Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by Ekerete Udoh, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Pastor Eno, on arrival from an official engagement in Abuja, […]
Why we organised PDP ward meeting in Akwa Ibom – Gov Eno
Gov Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State said the call for ward meetings of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state was to fortify the grassroots structure of the party. Speaking at Ibiakpan-Obotim Ward 2, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of the state, during the state-wide meeting on Saturday, Governor Eno also explained that […]
Easter: I’ll do my best to live up to trust reposed in me – Gov Eno
Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno has reassured of his commitment to live up to expectations and deliver the desired dividends of democracy to his people as the governor. In his Easter broadcast on Sunday, Governor Eno said though people are facing economic woes and anxieties, just as Christ overcame death, they will overcome the […]
Akwa Ibom pensioners urge Gov Eno to establish pension board
Members of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Akwa Ibom State Council, have cried to Governor Umo Eno over the economic hardship they face amid their meagre pension. They said they no longer cope with the amount of N1500 to N5000 some of them receive as pensions in the present economic realities. Addressing journalists in Uyo […]
Gov Eno extends gully erosion project to protect Uyo custodial centre
Gov Eno signs bulk purchase, asset management agency bills into law
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has assented to the Bulk Purchase Agency and Assets Management and Maintenance Agency Bills earlier passed by the State House of Assembly, into law. This was contained in a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ekerete Udoh and made available to newsmen in Uyo on Thursday. […]