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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE EMERGENCY MEETING OF EKET SENATORIAL DISTRICT YOUTH LEADERS FORUM (ESDYLF) HELD ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 06, 2015 AT GTI HALL, UYO  The youth leaders in Eket Senatorial District under the aegis of Eket Senatorial District Youth Leaders Forum comprising of youth organizations cutting across the 12 local government areas of Eket Senatorial District met on Sunday December 06, 2015 in Uyo wherein it thoroughly considered the political development in the country and Akwa Ibom State in particular. After much deliberation on issues bordering on youth empowerment, capacity building, election matters and development programs of the present administration in the state, the Forum hereby resolved as follows that:   Deacon Udom Emmanuel, Governor of Akwa Ibom State 1.     The Youth Leaders in Eket Senatorial District express their heartfelt appreciation to the good people of Akwa Ibom State for voting one of their sons and lead...

Are you still doubting the viability of Ibom Specialist Hospital built by the immediate past administration of Governor Godswill Akpabio who is now a Minority Leader at the Nigeria Senate? The photos below will prove you wrong as medical experts are in the state to commence operation at the hospital. This will reduce the medical tourism to foreign country like India, Germany, etc.  Photos Credit : Aniekeme Finbarr Ibom Specialist Hospital Commences Operation. Commissioner of Health Dr. Dominic Ukpong with a team of medical experts to commence medical operations at Ibom Specialist Hospital, Uyo Hon. Commissioner of Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong addressing the medical experts at Ibom Specialist Hospital

A STORY OF HIS LIFE AS TOLD BY UFOT EKONG, THE AKWA IBOM BORN ACADEMIC CELEBRITY April 2009 at a young age of 19 years, I set off from Nigeria to Japan on a journey to accomplish a goal I had no idea how I was going to achieve. To some unrealistic, to others ambiguous. One thing for sure is I was determined that I had what it takes. After a 23 hours flight, I arrived in Japan, as I enjoyed and admired the bullet trains that took me from Osaka airport to Central Tokyo Shinjuku. I could not but worry about how English was literally not used or spoken by Japanese people. Well, all I did was pray to God.  I arrived Tokyo trying to get direction to the Tokai University station, all the Japanese people I approached could not understand English then it struck me, I was in trouble, and the language problem was deeper than I had expected or imagined.  After settling down at the international residence 、 my first trip to the supermarket gave me a shocker, the ...

WHERE THEN IS JUSTICE? For 13 good years the people of Ikot Akpatek, Ikwe and Odio communities has been going through pains for neglect of NDDC Contractor who was contracted to construct IKOT AKPATEK-IKWE-ODIO ROAD awarded since 2002. All effort to persuade the Contractor, Worldwide Technologies Ltd and NDDC Management to leverage the affected communities by completing the road construction was in futility. Several appeals and SOS has been written to NDDC and Akwa Ibom State government to intervene, yet it hasn't yielded any positive result. The people of the three communities have lost over 6 lives at ITOKU BRIDGE alone and property (cars, motor bikes, food stuffs, building materials, etc) worth millions of Naira has been lost to the same bridge. Market women has lost their goods and wares to the high current of water passing ITOKU BRIDGE especially during raining season.  The children and pupils of Odio and Ikwe cannot go to the only nursery school at Abat due to the curr...

                         FORUM OF YOUTH GROUP LEADERS AKWA IBOM STATE Presents GODSWILL AKPABIO UNCOMMON TRANSFORMATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNITY FOOTBALL COMPETITION 2014 THEME: “ Celebrating Akpabio’s Uncommon Transformation and Supporting the Succession Plan for Sustainable Development through Sports” PARTICIPANTS: 50 Political Youth Groups in Akwa Ibom State in support of Sustainable Development HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENT INCLUDE: THURSDAY 24 TH JULY, 2014: Visit to Akpabio’s Project Site by all Forum Youth Group Leaders SATURDAY 26 TH JULY, 2014: One Million Man-Match to Celebrate Uncommon Transformation and Support Succession Plan for Sustainable Development SUNDAY 27 TH JULY, 2014: Opening Ceremony/Kick-Off Match at Uyo Sports Stadium MATCH VENUES : Uyo, Eket & Ikot Ekpene Senatorial Districts Endorsed by :  Hon. Emmanuel Ekpenyong SA to Governor...