REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. UDOM EMMANUEL, GOVERNOR, AKWA IBOM STATE AT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE SOUTH SOUTH SECURITY SUMMIT AND PUBLIC LECTURE, IBOM HALL, UYO. OCTOBER 3, 2017 PROTOCOL

Let me, on behalf of the government and the good people of Akwa Ibom State, thank the organisers of this summit, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Let me welcome all of you to this important summit. We keep saying the issue of security is a primary responsibility, if not the very reason why modern states…

A’IBOM SETS TO ESTABLISH TOMATO PROCESSING FACTORY

As part of his administration's industrialisation drive, Governor Udom Emmanuel has disclosed that arrangements have been concluded for the establishment of tomato puree processing factory in the state. The governor who made the disclosure in Uyo, while on inspection tour of food crops and vegetable green houses set up by the State Government said the…

#PresidentialBroadcast: What Buhari told Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed Nigerians on Monday morning, two days after he returned from London. The president had been on medical vacation for 103 days. Below is the text of the president’s full speech. My dear citizens, I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to…

Buhari Promises To Resign If He Doesn’t Recover Soon

​President Muhammad Buhari may resign if he does not recover from his ailment soon, sources have reported. According to Independent, a Presidency source has disclosed that President Muhammad Buhari will pass the baton to his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, if he does not recover from his ailment soon. The President has been in the United Kingdom…

Where is your president, CNN asks Nigerians

American news network, CNN, has mocked Nigeria, asking where is President Muhammadu Buhari. The Nigerian president has not been in the country  for over two months and the news television in a query on its website on Sunday asked which “head of state from which country has not set foot in his homeland in over…

President Muhammadu Buhari Disgraced!

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has replied the Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, who had in a special feature titled: “President Muhammadu Buhari and the Descendants of Shimei’’, accused Buhari’s critics of being ‘Filthy Dreamers’. Fani-Kayode in his response to Adesina, said the Presidential Spokesman has lost his mind. The Statement reads in full: I…

Ibibio Nation to honour Governor Udom

​On Monday July 10, the Ibibio nation, Nigeria’s 4th largest ethnic group, will roll out the drums to celebrate one of its own, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel and his wife. The event, which is a grand reception for the state chief executive and the first lady of the state, holds…

​A’IBOM AND THE ADVENTURE OF A MEDIOCRE SAINT – Sam Ayara

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds” – Albert Einstein. Einstein took me aback with the above quote, at what he must have suffered in the hands of people who rather than get encouraged to pull through his lofty ideas that in the end have become a pricey utility, even for his…

​GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE OF NIGERIA: PRESS RELEASE

Re: Emmanuel, There is no Alternative to PDP Yet (This Day Newspaper) The attention of the Government of Akwa Ibom State has been drawn to an interview granted by the Governor His Excellency Mr Udom Emmanuel, and published on ThisDay Newspaper of Sunday June 25, 2017, with the headline, "Emmanuel, There Is No Alternative to…

​We Can’t Allow You Construct Bush Tracks Where We Need Expressways, Info Boss Tells NDDC

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Charles Udoh, in this interview, bares his mind on claims by the management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) fixing appointment with the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, through text message. Excerpt: There has been a session in the media that there have…