
Planning ahead of the industrial development of the State, Construction of Flyovers has commenced to receive and evacuate traffic in the State Capital and the envisaged Sea Port and Airport. New Governor’s Lodge New Administrative Structure
A transportation master plan has been developed for the State. About 180 roads representing about 350km spread across the entire landscape are under construction within the last two years. About N178 billion ($1.3b) committed so far on road infrastructure in the last two years. AKS has a total of 466km of Federal roads across the State. Of these, [...]
The Ground breaking ceremony for the multi billion naira Ibom Industrial City expected to be an industrial mix of oil and gas-based, with support services like dockyard, watercraft repair facilities, fertilizer plant, oil refinery as well as gas to liquid project has been performed in the state. The State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio who performed the [...]
Addressing the Staff of Ibom Airport Development Company Limited (IADC), the Commissioner for Special Duties, Barr. Godwill Umoh, said the training was part of the requirement for the purpose of accreditation which is done systematically over a period of time, before the airport comes on stream. The Commissioner who recalled the excitement of the Sate Governor [...]
More than 5,000 Civil servants in the employ of Akwa Ibom Government have benefited from short courses within and outside the Country to enhance their performance and productivity in the service. Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio, who gave this hint during the May Day celebrations at the Uyo Sports Stadium, further disclosed that, [...]
Posted on 21 April 2009
The history of human civilization has been that of social change, societal transformation, resistance to and receptive to change and transformation. Even the stoneage and Neolithic men made commendable attempts at re-shaping the environment in which they lived. This was typified in the various creativities and inventiveness that accompanied those epochs of the human past. In [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 April 2009
Government plans to provide uninterrupted power supply in Akwa Ibom State, with a surplus to be fed into the national grid through the Ibom Power Project. The project is in two phases. The first phase is more than 90% completed with the installation of 2 No. GE frame 6 and 1 No. frame 9 gas [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 April 2009
The “digital divide,” that separation between technology haves and have-nots, is a complex global concern. The divide isn’t just about having hardware, software, and Internet access, but also about knowing how to use these basic tools of the information age. Such digital gaps exist not only within countries, but also among communities within countries and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 April 2009
The British Government has commended Gov. Godswill O. Akpabio for his massive developmental strides in Akwa Ibom State. The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Bob Joe speaking through the Director of Trade and Investment, Mr. Peter Stephenson, said having gone round the state, they were impressed at the number of life-changing projects embarked upon by Akpabio’s [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 April 2009
Akwa Ibom State Govt. has released a total sum of N172m as second term subvention to facilitate the policy of free and compulsory education throughout all primary and secondary schools in the state. Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio disclosed this recently, while commissioning Science Equipment worth several millions of naira for primary and post primary schools in [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 April 2009
Akwa Ibom State government has purchased a total of 1,300 pieces of 300KVA transformers to boost its drive toward complete electrification of the state by the year 2011. Also, in order to address the perennial shortage of industrial gas in the country the state government has proposed to build a miniature gas plant. Commissioner for Finance, Mr. [...] Continue Reading