* AKHA stops sales of forms
* summons Board Secretary for interrogation
* citizens commend Lawmaker
BY EMMANUEL AKPAN
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly last Thursday directed Pilgrim Welfare Board to put on hold the ongoing selling of 2015 Pilgrim forms due to the alleged fraud that has marred the activities of the board.
This was brought to the notice of the House of Assembly through a Matter of Urgent Public Importance by the member representing Esit Eket/Ibeno State Constituency, Hon. Usoro Akpanusoh during plenary.
Hon. Usoro Akpanusoh in his motion had informed the House that he has received a lot of petitions against the Pilgrim Welfare Board from his constituents as well as the general public over what they described as fraudulent activities in the board, citing a situation where thousands of people would buy the pilgrim forms and at the end of the exercise, names of selected few would be published for the trip.
