PAPA sets agenda for good governance

 

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A front line socio-Political organization in Akwa Ibom State, the Progressive Akwa People Assembly (PAPA) has lauded the developmental strides of the Governor Godswill Akpabio’s administration in the past six and half years and further charged that as the 2015 general elections beckons, the choice of a successor must be a person whose vision and ideology for the state meets the acceptance of the people

According to the Director-General of PAPA, Honourable Obot James who spoke with newsmen in Uyo at the close of a stakeholders meeting of the organization, the exemplary leadership qualities of the administration of Governor Akpabio has made the state a choice of destination in the country. He therefore urged the political class to ensure that the emergence of a successor for 2015 would surpass the existing set-standards especially as Akwa Ibom State opens up to economic frontiers with the industrialization programmes laid down.

Why I am not fighting Frank Okon - Leo Ekpenyong

One of the Barristers that was debriefed by Engr. Frank Okon, Barr Leo Ekpenyong has given an insight into why he has refused to join AndemAndem, EyoUbuo and Rosemary Salami in fighting Frank Okon for the legal fee which AndemAndem and co are alleging 62million naira.

Ekpenyong in an interaction with our reporter on phone maintained that he has refused to join or be joined in the suit due to what he described as professional, ethical and personal reasons. He explained that they had agreed with Frank Okon that they will be paid on a contingency arrangement which implies that after they had won the case, it is then that they will be paid their legal fee. 

The university of Abuja law graduate believes that even if they have been debriefed by Engr. Frank Okon, it is not the end of the case noting that he has decided not to join or be joined in the suit. He denied vehemently that he has received some money from Frank Okon or any person acting onbehalf or on Frank’s capacity.

Uyo Flood: Etido Inyang blames influential persons BY EMMANUEL AKPAN

The Special Adviser to the State Government on Technical Matters, Engr. Etido Inyang has stated that the menace of flooding in Uyo metropolis is caused by some influential persons who have decided to build their houses on floodplains especially at Ewet Housing Estate.
Engr. Etido Inyang hinted this last weekend during his paper presentation titled “Flooding and Flood Control, Akwa Ibom State Example” at the Ibom Tropicana complex, Uyo.

 
He noted that some people build on the floodplains intentionally because of the influence they command and that this act has caused lots of damages to properties and lives. He lauded the present administration’s determination to stop flood in the urban areas by providing road side drainages on the newly constructed roads and advised people not to build on the flood channels to enable the free flow of water in the city of Uyo.

We will support Effiong Abia, CAKA assures BY EMMANUEL AKPAN

A cross section of Ibiono Ibom indigenes has called on the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Rural Development, Barr Effiong Abia to resign his appointment and immediately declare his intension to vie for the forth coming 2015 gubernatorial election in the State.

 
Addressing the people of Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area at Okoita, drawn from the eleven wards constituting the local government, Engr. Kufre Ekong Inyang said the call became imperative as the people after weighing contenders so far jostling for the coveted position from Eket Senatorial District, and taking into consideration their pedigree, astuteness, commitment to uphold the uncommon transformation philosophy and youth development, unanimously concluded that Barr Effiong Abia is the right person for the job.

Frank Okon VS Akpabio: Court rules Thursday

The Court of Appeal sitting in  Abuja has fixed Thursday; the 21st day of November 2013 for judgement on the Appeal brought before it by Engr. Frank Okon against Chief Godswill Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

The Federal High Court had earlier dismissed the case of Engr. Frank Okon on the basis that he did not participate in the Akwa Ibom State P.D.P. Primary and therefore lacked the locus to challenge the outcome of the said Primary, his lawyer Sanusi Salami, SAN argued that Engr. Frank Okon was an aspirant having been cleared to contest in the Primary of 15th day of January, 2011.
The court however agreed with Paul Usoro, SAN, Governor Akpabio’s counsel and the case was dismissed for lacking in merit.