Tag: Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom’s N32 billion Yamoussoukro Basilica By Festus Adedayo

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One single thread links Umo Eno, self-styled pastor governor of Akwa Ibom State, his predecessor, Emmanuel Udom and Felix Houphouet-Boigny. It is the religious bigotry and senselessness behind the Akwa Ibom International Worship Centre and the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire. While Eno and Udom constructed a worship centre said to have gulped a frighteningly high N32 billion, Houphouet-Boigny also constructed a monumental architectural edifice in his Yamoussoukro village worth $300 million between 1985 and 1989. Yamoussoukro was regarded as a provincial town that boasted…

Akwa Ibom ready for 2023 Population Census – State Commissioner

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The National Population Commission (NPC) in Akwa Ibom State has expressed its readiness for the conduct of the 2023 population and housing census.   The NPC’s state Commissioner, Chief Benedict Ukpong, made the disclosure on Tuesday during a meeting with media executives in the state.   Ukpong said the commission had completed all the preparatory activities towards the census, including enumeration area demarcation, conduct of pretests and trial census, recruitment and training of census field staff, procurement and configuration of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), establishment of ICT infrastructures across the…

INEC names new RECs for Akwa Ibom, Cross River, makes other key appointments

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The Independent pendent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed Cyril Omorogbe as its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom following the exit of Mike Igini.   The electoral body said this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Festus Okoye, on Tuesday.   Having served as the INEC REC in the state for five years, Mr Igini retired from service last week. A valedictory session was also held for him at the commission’s headquarters in Uyo.   Mr Igini is considered by many observers as a principled umpire who…