Rebuttal: Akwa Ibom State Utilizes Its Resources For Development – Premium Times Got It Wrong, Aniekan Umanah
1. The Government of Akwa Ibom State has taken note of a recent report by…
Rebuttal: Akwa Ibom State Utilizes Its Resources For Development – Premium Times Got It Wrong, Aniekan Umanah
1. The Government of Akwa Ibom State has taken note of a recent report by Premium Times which attributed revenue figures to the State and proceeded to draw sensational comparisons between different fiscal periods without adjusting for value erosion, exchange rate realities, inflationary pressures, or corresponding development outcomes. 2. The headline may have been crafted…
Best Congress Ever Conducted, Ikom Claims Unfounded, APC Congress Committee Chair Declares
Cross River Governor , Senator Bassey Otu (5th from left), flanked on his right by Mr. Samuel Yarnap, the Congress Committee Chairman and others after the conduct of the Ward and Local Government Congresses in the state, at weekend. By Anietie Akpan The just-concluded ward and local government congresses in Cross River State is the…
ADC Throws Weight Behind Gov. Otu Over Struggle for 76 Oil Wells, Others
Convener, ADC Coalition Movement in Cross River State, Mr. Austine Ibok. By Anietie Akpan An opposition party in Cross River state, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has thrown its weight behind Governor Bassey Otu of the state in the struggle to reclaim disputed 76 oil wells and other assets of the state. A statement by…
Gov Eno Partners GIFA to Boost Water Supply in 369 Wards, Reassures on Oil Wells
Gov. Umo Eno speaking at the occasion. By Anietie Akpan Akwa Ibom state government has unveiled plans to ensure that a new rural water system is established in each of the 369 Wards of the state. Accordingly, the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has directed the Ministry for Water Resources and Sanitation and the Akwa…
No Blackmail, Innuendo, Media Manipulation Will Alter My Unwavering Commitment to the Government, People of Cross River, Ndoma-Egba
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, OFR, CON, SAN. By Victor Ndoma-Egba My attention has been drawn to recent attempts by certain individuals to deliberately misrepresent my contributions on the floor of the 6th Senate concerning the Bakassi Peninsula and the consequential loss of the 76 oil wells by Cross River State. These misrepresentations, achieved through selective quotation…
Udoedehe Tasks Gov Eno On 76 Oil Wells’ Dispute as Cross River Economic Intelligence Team Kicks
Sen. John Udoedehe By Dianabasi Effiong Sen. John Udoedehe, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former interim national Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday tasked Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom to resist alleged moves to cede the long-settled 76 disputed oil wells to Cross River. The former Minister…
