Please patronize our products; manufacturers tell Akpabio * As SON D.G. Visits Akwa Ibom

Manufacturers in the State have sent a passionate appeal to the State Governor, Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio to patronize products manufactured in the State which according to them, are among the best products in the market.

The manufacturers under the aegis of Block Molders Association of Nigeria; Water Producers Association of Akwa Ibom State; Aluminum Product Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State Chapter; Paint Manufacturers Association of Nigeria; Tissue Producers Association of Akwa Ibom State etc, made this appeal during the interactive session at the one day official visit of the Director General of Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Joseph Ikemefuna Odumodu, at the organization’s State headquarters at the Federal Secretariat on Tuesday 4th, January, 2014.

The State coordinator of SON, Mr. Papanye Don-Pedro who received the visiting Director General alongside his entourage introduced the product manufacturers in the State to the visitors and commended the manufacturers also for coming out to receive them.

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.

The way Akpabio carry enter, na so he go carry commot, as I talk am na so e go happen

 BY AKPANDEM

Senator Akpan Udoedehe was seriously dealt with during his political campaign at Ikot Ekpene, and many who accompanied him died. As if that was not enough, Hon Onofiok Luke, the member representing Nsit Ubium L.G.A was also maltreated by Gov Akpabio’s hitmen still in Anang Land. But not for the timely intervention of the police and military men who moved in and dispersed the hitmen something, beyond ordinary would have happened.

 The hitmen were supervised by the emergency Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, who is packing his loads to leave before the end of this year (2013) with his emergency administration. The tension created by the disturbances and unpatriotic attitude of those hitmen are still fresh in many mind.