LAND, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Housing is universally accepted as the second most important human need after food. Therefore, the provision of accessible and affordable housing shall remain the focal objective of the State Government. In pursuance of the above objective, the State Government, in 2018, intends to play host to top class housing development experts and international business executives constructing commercial housing or demanding decent residential accommodation. Hence, we will intervene by partnering to provide low and very low density houses and estates through public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement, the 21 – Storey Office Building at the former Uyo Main Market is on course, a befitting Worship Centre to accommodate 10,000 worshipers shall be constructed in Uyo to promote unity in worship and provide a more convenient place for worship and other spiritual activities, the relocation of the Federal Prison and the Police Station all located at Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo to Iba Oku and Ikono respectively (all in Uyo) is on course, It is believe when completed, they will serve as reformation centres with State-of-the-art facilities for skills acquisition and entrepreneurship development. This project by the State Government stands to promote corporate relationship and save the offices from submersion by the threatening gully erosion menace, for the parliamentarians to have a good working relationship, the need for them to be located in an estate is unavoidable. This year’s Budget makes provision for ground breaking events for the estate. Government shall also play a vital role in routine maintenance of Government buildings and offices to avoid decay, the Judiciary Guest House presently located at the neck of the entrance to the Government House Complex shall be relocated, other ongoing project of the Ministry, namely, Ibom International Airport, Ibom Tropicana and Entertainment Centre, maintenance of Godswill Akpabio’s International Stadium Complex and the 4 – Point by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene shall receive various levels of attention for completion. To achieve these noble objectives, the sum of N54.631 billion is earmarked in 2018 budget.

Source: https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/2017/11/24/address-excellency-mr-udom-emmanuel-governor-akwa-ibom-state-occasion-presentation-2018-budget-proposals-akwa-ibom-state-house-assembly-friday-novemb/

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God why

I don't get this guy and stupid projects. First Lagos investor building now this. Governments obsession with religious activities is weird. Education is only 1.6% of the budget yet he's found a way to sneak a church into budget. I wonder if people will denounce this like they did with jigawa building those 500 mosques.

Who did we offend in Africa ?

Its like this udom Emmanuel is clueless.
Why not invest the money in building an ICT park or Science Research Zone or use the money to build at least 10,000 layers of 4storey buildings each, after building it, rent it to people at an affordable price through the ministry of housing.
Dumb rulers

I don't support any state governor/government using a dime of public fund to build any religious structure. It is wrong and insensitive move.

Blue3k:
I don't get this guy and stupid projects. First Lagos investor building now this. Governments obsession with religious activities is weird. Education is only 1.6% of the budget yet he's found a way to sneak a church into budget. I wonder if people will denounce this like they did with jigawa building those 500 mosques.

I oppose this just like the Jigawa mosques.
Why bring private religion into public affairs where everybody don't share your beliefs? Muslims & Christians pay tax to have good public amenities and not for building or promoting personal religious beliefs. Muslims and Christians who pay tax share many common amenities that the govt can provide instead of sectional projects.

Blue3k:
I don't get this guy and stupid projects. First Lagos investor building now this. Governments obsession with religious activities is weird. Education is only 1.6% of the budget yet he's found a way to sneak a church into budget. I wonder if people will denounce this like they did with jigawa building those 500 mosques.

I think this idiotic proposal is just an extreme version of the misplaced priorities that plague all governors in Nigeria (albeit some more than others). Even if this were a purely secular structure, what sense would it be to pour such scarce resources into such a thing when there's still so far to go with basic things like providing clean water, giving children decent schools and textbooks, or reducing maternal and infant mortality?

Nearly all Nigerian governors ignore such fundamental things in favor of ridiculous churches/mosques, talking drums, statues of foreign statesmen, or other such nonsense, and yet their electorates do nothing to hold them to account, because most of the voters don't really see it as "their" money being wasted, what with most state funding coming via federal allocations from Abuja. The state and local government funding system in Nigeria is fundamentally broken, and there will be no fix for the problem until the electorate sees a direct link between how they vote and how their taxes are spent. Federal allocations do little more than breed irresponsibility and a "do or die" politics over who gets to "chop" next.

sarrki:
Who did we offend in Africa ?

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Question.... What was achieved in d previous budget?