New SSG emerges

Governor Godswill  Akpabio has announced  the appointment of new Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government.

He is Engr. Nkereuwem Ekanem, immediate past Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Uyo. He replaces Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel who resigned his appointment last month to contest for the Governorship position under the platform of PDP in the State.

Engr. Nkereuwem, who is a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and a holder of M.Sc. in Engineering from United Kingdom, hails from Nsit Ubium Local Government Area.

Governor Godswill Akpabio who announced this at appointment Saturday at the St. John Chaplaincy at Government House, Uyo during the Government House Prayer meeting, said the new SSG would be sworn-in next week, saying there have been a series of promotions in the State as reflection of presence of God in all affairs of the State including the successful commissioning of life-touching projects.

He described the inauguration of Akwa Ibom State International Stadium, Uyo as spectacular and a sight to behold, and added that God was at work at the ceremony attended by three Presidents of West African States.

The Governor who condemned media reports that there was a stampede that led to death of two persons during the inauguration of the Stadium, described as uncalled for the editorial of a national newspaper for a probe of the incidence, saying there was no stampede at all.

Akpabio who took the first Bible reading from Exodus 14:10-16, commended the clergymen in the State for their prayers, which he said have been a source of inspiration for him.

In his homily, the Rev Dr. John Obot of Assemblies of God, Uyo who preached on the theme, God will make a way for you, said when God made promise, He would bring it to pass.

Dr. Obot who said God is always alive to make a way for His people, called on believers to pay the sacrifice of obeying leaders from God, stressing that there can never be two leaders at a given moment for a group of people.