A’Ibom DSS invasion: Ex-speaker chides journalists

Hon. (Elder) Sam Ikon with NUJ Chair, Elder Patrick Albert

The immediate past Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Hon Sam Ikon has urged journalists to always cross check their facts before rushing to press. Elder Ikon who stated this during a visit to the Radar Newspapers in Uyo, condemned the reports in a section of the media, that some cache of weapons and foreign curencies were discovered at the Akwa Ibom State government house during the recent invasion of the facilities by the DSS, saying it was untrue.

AKHA crisis escalates As Anti Ikon Members shun siting

                 Rt. Hon. Sam Ikon                Obong Paul Ekpo, can he tame the rising tide against Ikon?

                                                               Hon. Bassey Etienam leading lawmakers against Ikon?

 * Speaker conduct plenary with 8 members’ holds secret talk with PDP

What started as a crisis of confidence in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has taken a different dimension as members refused to attend house plenary leaving the speaker, Elder Samuel Ikon helpless and embarrassed last Tuesday before visiting Ugandans.

Although the speaker has always denied that there is no crises in the State House of Assembly, it became apparently clear last Tuesday when almost all the members of the House exception of Onofiok Luke and Ekaette Ebong Okon who were out of the state were all present at the executive session which lasted for some hours, but after the executive session most members instead of moving to the chambers for plenary, headed to their offices and from there move to their individual cars and went home without attending the sitting for the day. 

To serve his face from the imminent embarrassment due to the visiting legislators who came from Uganda to visit the state Assembly, the speaker, Sam Ikon was compelled to conduct last Tuesday sitting with just 7 members including himself to make  it 8.

AKHA moves to harmonize Chairmen, Councilors in LGAs BY JOSEPH OKON

Worried by the series of crisis be tween Councilors and Chairmen of Councilors, rocking Local Government councils, the State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs have initiated a tour to the 31 Local Government councils in the state to harmonize both parties as well as inspect projects initiated by the councils.

The Chairmen of the Committee, Mr. Abo Uduyok Johnson stated this while leading the committee to Esit Eket, Eket, Ibeno and Onna last week.

Desperate days in AKHA

These are not the best of times for the Speaker and the leadership of the State House of Assembly following that stampede that occurred at the legislative quarters where members expressed grievances at the actions of the Speaker, Elder Sam Ikon which they described as inactive and walked away, dumping that day’s sitting and rejecting the One Million Naira bribe issued to each of them by the Speaker. This incidence happened barely one month ago.
A House member in defense of the action taken by himself and his colleagues decried the inability of the Speaker to attract personnel development to them despite their contributions to the Godswill Akpabio led administration even to the point of being labeled an inactive and a rubber stamp Assembly.