Ikot Ekpene LGA fires Nsikan Abatai over attack on Chairman * Says he is an ingrate, blackmail Agent

 

The authorities of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area have risen in strong condemnation of a news  item credited to Nsikan  Abatai in a State based tabloid of Monday March, 10,2014 in which Abatai allegedly made grave and unfounded allegations against the Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Council, Obonganwan Gloria Useh.

In a statement signed by the Head, Media and Publicity Unit,  Ikot Ekpene LGA, Mr. Mansseh Umoette,  Abatai was only acting the script of his pay masters who are disgruntled politicians in Ikot Ekpene Local government area that desperately in search of space in the system.

All the allegation made by Abatai against Useh Umoette added are infantile and baseless as they exist only in the warped minds of Abatai and those he represents.

NDDC contractors abandon projects, run away with monies

 

BY JOSEPH OKON

The recent inspection tour of all NDDC projects embarked by the State House of Assembly Committee on NDDC has revealed that almost all the projects awarded by the commission to contractors in the State have been abandoned. Some of the contractors who have also ran away with the monies paid to them as mobilization went as far as collecting IPCs from the state office without the job being done.

 Hon Victor Udofia who led the committee in the tour to the 31 Local Government Areas of the state noted that the committee was visiting the areas to have an on-the-spot assessment of what NDDC has done; adding that  it will be commended and corrected where necessary.  

Governor’s wife donates to orphanages, hospitals, prisons, ors

As part of the events marking the 26th anniversary of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria at 53, the wife of the Executive Governor of the state, Her Excellency Mrs. Ekaette Unoma Akpabio has once again donated food and other items worth thousands of Naira to Care centers, Hospitals and Prisons in the 3 Senatorial Districts of the state.

Among the items given out were bags of Rice, Beans, Yams, Tomatoes, Vegetable Oil; Toiletries such as Tissue, Soap, Detergent among other items. Presenting the gifts, the Honorable Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr. (Mrs.) Glory Edet who represented the First Lady said this was just a token from Her Excellency in the spirit of the State Anniversary and the Nation’s independence celebration, she urged the beneficiary homes to use the items efficiently and to the benefits of their respective inmates.