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Ongoing work At the coconut plantation.

The St Gabriel coconut plantation is the most Ambitious coconut project in the world today the Ambition is to cultivate 2 million coconut palm trees on an 11,000 hecter of land!

Work on these plantation is at an advanced stage, providing employment for many young people in Akwa Ibom.

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current level of construction Admin offices in the middle and the residential for technical staff on the RHS completed while construction is ongoing on technical areas on the LHS of the photo.

St. Gabriel Coconut Oil Refinery Project, a major industrial investment by Akwa Ibom State Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sufficiency, comprises of a factory complex complete with administrative offices, production areas, technical spaces, industrial firefighting systems, water treatment plants, effluent treatment plants and residential quarters for technical and managerial staff as well as parking areas for tractors carrying raw materials.

The project is located in the serene environment of Ikot Akpan Okop village in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area on 7.88 hectares. The total construction area is 15,000 m2. The project was flagged off by His Excellency, Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel during a ground-breaking ceremony on May 24th, 2017 and is in progress on track for commissioning in 2018.

Project Duration
Start Date End Date Duration Status
March, 2017 October, 2018 20 Months On-going

This Refinery is constructed to process/harness the coconut palm which abounds naturally in the state, to boost availability of raw materials for the refinery, a whooping 2million fast yeilding hybrid coconut trees is currently being planted on an 11,000 hecter's of land at the St Gabriel plantation in a swampland spanning MKpat Enin and Eastern Obolo LGA in Akwa Ibom State
This when completed will be the largest coconut plantation in Africa, and the most ambitious coconut project in the world done in the last 10yrs. All this is an effort to prepare Akwa Ibom State, which is Nigeria highest crude oil producing State from over reliance on petroleum.

mrvitalis:
That's the rule of the church every 3 years or so a bishop names 3 people he thinks should take over from him incase he dies

When he dies all the list is brought and a bishop is chosen from there

That does not restrict the Pope in his appointment.
The Pope can over rule any suggestions and appoint whomsoever he pleases, that's why he is the pope.

mrvitalis:
I'm very pleased with my people for making sure bishop chikwere was not disgraced

I told people once the Pope knows the real story this matter would be resolved

We're are the people that said mbaise didn't agree on a bishop

All we said was chose from the list our last bishop dropped before he died like it is done everywhere

You can never impose leadership on an mbaise man that's a fact.... Call us all the bad names because you were feed with half story

My people stood for the truth and I'm proud (tho I'm not religious)

To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction!
Wait for the reaction that this open act of discrimination will bring.
Too early to celebrate, and to tell the truth this is a sad occurrence in Nigeria, àm so ashamed over this issue.

Marotzke:
How i just wish that they will bring a priest from Benin Arch dioesces

The Pope can appoint any priest he pleases as bishop in any diocese he so choose.
There is no rules that restricts such appointment.

It's sad to see tribalism in church.
The bishop of Uyo Akwa ibom state is from Ogoja cross river state, He does not speak ibibio but the people of Uyo received him with open arms once the Pope announced his appointment. There was no gragra.
Months later the Pope appointed an Akwa ibom man bishop of Ogoja in Cross River State, the people of Ogoja received him with open arms too as it should be.
There should be no tribalism, especially in church.

What will happen, when an Mbaise man is appointed bishop in another diocese, state or country?
Myopic people, yeye dey smell.

sisimmi:
You do not seem able to read and understand English language especially in the afternoon. Else, you would have read and understood the statement that "THE SCHOOL IS OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE" . Rather than unleash the tap guarding your rancid vocal cavity to throw your asinine jabs, you could have asked to know that Akwa Ibom State government had indeed, taken over ownership of community schools eons ago. And that CCSS Nto Osung is just one out of many such horrible pig-stays that pass for school in your El Dorado Akwa Ibom State. And I shudder to believe that you expect me to applaud a government because it has fixed the road that leads to an abandoned school? It shows the degree of primitive depravity of your mind. If the government does not construct roads, schools, bridges, hospitals, markets, etc., what then would be the duty of government? To blare sirens? Fly private jets? Etc.? Oh! You mean the citizens should set up "schools board" to run their schools? Or "humbly" approach the governor? It means that the people should serve the governor, not the other way round. It is called poverty of the mind. The people truly get the sort of government they deserve! You are part of the reason Akwa Ibom is where it is. Very sad indeed!!

The govt built roads passing through the school, as shown by your potographs govt.provide reagents for school labs and books for the school equally on your photos.
Your local community that owns the school failed it's community by not doing its part by maintaining its school.
Now you are trying to blame govt. For your community failure.
If the community wants govt to take over the school because they are bankrupt or no longer able to manage the school they should appeal to govt to take it over.
Abasi udiong fien.

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southeastern Nigeria, and entire villages were
burned as collective punishment.
Refefences
SEE ALSO:

Nigeria, 20th-Century Protest and
Revolution; Women and National Liberation in Africa
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South-Eastern Nigeria. In M. J. Diamond (Ed.),
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Cases from Nigeria and the United States. In R. L.
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R. K. Floyer, demanded property be reassessed.
He ordered farms measured, yam heaps and
domestic animals counted, and the number of
doors and fireplaces in a man’s house calculated.
He also directed that women’s cooking pots and
utensils be counted along with women’s belongings,
including their clothing. Women considered
this counting and recording of their personal
belongings an egregious intrusion into their private
lives.
On November 23, 1929, after months of
preparations and discussion women mobilized
against dehumanizing and humiliating behavior
enacted upon them by colonial representatives.
Women protested by blockading the road from
Ikot Abasi Township to Aba. They knocked
down telegraph polls and severed wires. Women
leaders met with local administrators but when
these talks failed, women attacked the Essene
Native Court, releasing prisoners detained there.
Calling upon the traditional practice of women’s
protest, all women in the local area participated.
Before long, rumors of British taxation of women
and protests against it had spread to surrounding
towns and countryside.
Colonial administrators, failing to understand
women’s traditional practices and trade and communication
networks, dismissed the first actions
as crazy acts by hysterical women. In multiple
provinces women set fire to Native Court buildings,
some destroyed property, chanted threatening
songs, and organized customary “sitting on”
to embarrass African warrant chiefs who aided
colonial administrations or who were corrupt.
They did no physical harm to any persons. Despite
police reinforcements and additional troops being
called in, the Women’s War could not be stopped.
On December 13, 1929, a British medical officer,
frightened by protesting women, ran over two
women in his car and fled. This senseless act of
violence angered the women, who damaged his
car and chased him into the factory where he had
run to hide. Women proceeded to damage local
banks, post offices, and merchant stores associated
with white foreigners. Within days, groups
of women from 400 to 4,000 strong, wearing palm
leaves, were attacking government buildings and
Native Courts in Ikot Ekpene, Utu Etim Ekpo,
Abak, and Opobo. More than 15,000 women in
southeastern Nigeria were at war.
British reaction was merciless: soldiers shot
protesting women, women were massacred through

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Opubowatch Newspaper-www.opubowatch.com added 2 new photos.
March 31, 2014 ·
IKOT ABASI, FORMER OPOBO'S TERRITORY SEEKS NATIONAL RECOGNITION

The long neglect by the nation’s political leadership of Ikot Abasi,a former territory of Opobo Kingdom and where the Amalgamation Treaty of 1914 was signed has attracted condemnation.

There are claims that the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria were joined together in 1914 to become one political entity now known as Nigeria was done in Ikot Abasi. It is 100 years since the merger came into being. To celebrate the centenary anniversary of the “union,” the Federal Government, last year, rolled out a number of activities, which will culminate in special national honourary awards to be conferred on no fewer than 100 eminent citizens in Abuja recently.

But somewhere in a part of the country, there is a growing concern over the neglect of some vital historical monuments and facts surrounding the amalgamation and the principal actors, including the architect of the Nigerian federation, Sir Frederick Lugard.

To be precise, the disturbing thing in Akwa Ibom State is that some historical facts on the amalgamation are being glossed over by the authorities.

For instance, a visit by Nigerian Tribune to Ikot Abasi revealed that the relics of what was the living house of Lord Lugard, the first governor-general of Nigeria and the “Amalgamation Building,” both of which are located in the same premises, but remained seemingly forgotten. No serious attention has been paid to what should have been a monument for tourists, students of history and others internationally.

Checks even showed that Ikot Abasi also recorded other histories for Nigeria, as it was in the building that the Amalgamation Treaty was signed that a former Head of State and later civilian president of the country, General Olusegun Obasanjo (then the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Army) and General Philip Effiong of the defunct Biafran Army, signed the declaration of cease-fire that brought an end to the three-year Nigerian civil war in 1970.

The women’s war of 1929 popularly referred to as the Aba women riot, which claimed the lives of more than 50 women, was also fought in the same vicinity in Ikot Abasi. Most of the women that survived that battle became grandmothers and great grandmothers of prominent citizens of modern Nigeria.

Historical facts obtained to Nigerian Tribune revealed that the women led by Madam Udo Udoma, the mother of Justice Udo Udoma, and grandmother of Senator Udoma Udo Udoma.,were part of the protest against the imposition of taxes on women by the British colonial government. Consequently, , the women were invited for a meeting by the District Officer (DO) with their representatives. While the meeting was in progress, a mere shaking of the gate by the women outside who, perhaps, thought their leaders had been detained, infuriated the British police officers, who instantly opened fire on the unarmed women. Mrs Udoma was murdered along with other women by the British police in a shooting spree that ensued. Some other women, who tried to escape the police gunshots, jumped into the river in front of the DO’s office and got drowned; some of their bodies were never recovered. A mock tomb stone has been erected in front of the District Office, where the people of Ikot Abasi, especially the women mark the tragic event on December 16, every year.

A senior citizen, Gordon Isaac Atai, from Akwa Ibom State, who gave further insights into the historical facts, lamented what he perceived as the abysmal neglect of the monuments, even as the Nigerian federation marks its centenary. “Can we possibly wave aside this part of Nigeria’s history as being inconsequential? These to me, were monumental events that should be treated as such,” Ikot Abasi wondered.

The British government, which had earlier introduction direct rule on the Northern Protectorate then declared the entire North and South as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1900. Although some Nigerians today look back to the 1914 treaty and claim that it was an “unnecessary mistake,” it certainly was necessary for the short and long term British colonial interests.

According to Prince Atai, who is a former state chairman of Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists [NASSI], since the amalgamation treaty was signed in Ikot Abasi, the history of Nigeria cannot be complete without the community. He was not happy that the authorities planned to develop a new city in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s centenary, while the very town where Nigeria was born as a federation, remained neglected.

From all indications, the exceptionally alluring weather of Ikot Abasi, coupled with its serene and beautiful environment, might have influenced the decision of the colonial masters to locate the headquarters of their Oil River Protectorate, known then as Opobo, which included part of the present Rivers State.

Perched on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean with the Imo River emptying itself into Ocean through its tributaries, the historic town with valuable monument for posterity is an ideal tourists haven. Indeed, many political pundits described Ikot Abasi as Nigeria’s heritage yet to be discovered.

Uwemedimo Nwoko is an erudite scholar and lawyer. He bemoaned the neglect of the nation’s birthplace. “A hundred years down the road of time, Nigeria seems not to learn the valuable lesson of change in attitude. The centenary hype seems to lay much emphasis on the event (amalgamation) in relation to time (100 years) and to some measure the actors (Lord Lugard and Britain) to the utter neglect of the location (Ikot Abasi). It is a very great injustice for a country to mark an event and time only to forget where the event occurred. You cannot celebrate Hiroshima in Washington DC.

“This small town is steep in British colonial history as one of the spots on the African continent blighted by atrocities of the British colonial administrations. It is here that our determined and gallant mothers’ resisted colonial imposition of tax on and paid the Supreme price as the British Colonial army opened fire on the unarmed protesting women. Records have it that 50 women were murdered in cold blood, while an unspecified number, who attempted to run for dear lives, drowned in the Imo River facing the Divisional Officer’s office, where they had gone to peacefully register their rejection of the colonial tax regime. That protest was led by the mother of late Justice Udo Udoma.

“Somehow, history was to later place prominence on the Aba women riots, which was a spontaneous reaction to the killings in Ikot Abasi, the reason being that the popular Justice Udo Udoma had his law chambers in Aba then, from where he practised across the entire region. Therefore when the news about the killing of Justice Udoma’s mother alongside other women activists reached Aba, the women there went on rampage in solidarity.

There is a serious legal implication for the British Government today many years on,” Nwoko1 stressed.

Our correspondent, who visited Ikot Abasi, observed that in front of the entrance into the Ikot Abasi local government council and directly opposite what used to be the DO’s office stands a memorial and a cenotaph respectively to those women who lost their lives fighting for their rights. A short walk from the centre of the town, where a memorial stands in honour of the late illustrious son of Nigeria, international jurist, and former Chief Justice of Uganda, late Sir Udoma, is the 1960 Independence Obelisk painted in the national colours of Green White Green.

Beyond it, as one approaches the Ikot Abasi Local Government secretariat is the Consulate Road winding down to the slave post, where most of the indigenes of the area and other Nigerians were shipped in humiliating and sub-human condition to plantations and factories in Europe and the Americas as slaves. The consulate terminates at the “Bridge of no Return.” The bridge, similar to the Bailey Bridge, rests on concrete bunkers capable of each accommodating no fewer than 10 slaves packed together. It has only top entrance which when covered, allows no entrance to air.

The Ramp (Bridge of No Return) stretching into the River, is tattered to shore with steel reinforcement in concrete base, while the off-shore sections has been twisted by age and the continuous effect of tide and ebb of the Atlantic ocean. From the end of the Consulate Road, one can have a clear view of one of the colonial legacies, the Opobo boat yard.

However, the premises of the Boat yard can better be accessed from another street to the right of the Independence Obelisk uptown. According to the tour guide, it was used by the British to maintain, refurbish and construct vessels for slave trade and later oil palm trade at the abolition of slave trade in 1833.

Matters Arising
The people of Ikot Abasi and Akwa Ibom in general are calling on the Federal Government to declare Ikot Abasi a centenary city and develop it.

According to available records, by the eighteenth century Ikot Abasi was the centre of slave trade. It was one of the first cities of the Oil River Protectorate. It later metamorphosed into the center of commerce in palm oil. Men like King Jaja of Opobo came down from where we have Ohafia Arochukwu today and gradually grew into a slave merchant and later in palm oil. He occupied Opobo Island, and it is still part of Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State.

From there, he came down to the mainland before he was exiled by his colonial competitors, and with time Ikot Abasi grew to become a major sea port.

Nwoko recalled “By the early twentieth century, I think 1910 or there about Ikot Abasi was a major Sea port that received goods from Europe and also sent out goods like palm oil and other things. By that year even Port Harcourt was under Ikot Abasi.

“During the time of amalgamation when the Europeans were here and Lord Lugard came, Ikot Abasi was one of his centres of operation. When it was time to amalgamate Northern and Southern Protectorates in 1914, it was done here, thus Ikot Abasi became the place where Nigeria was born.

Today, we still have the house where, Nigeria was born and the place where Lord Lugard lived at Consulate Road.

“But curiously, Ikot Abasi has not been remembered. It has become the forgotten city. So, I am calling that Ikot Abasi be declared the centenary city of Nigeria. Let focus be brought back. Let those ancient sites be made national monuments and let people come and see where Nigeria was born.

“Let the Federal Government be involved in the development of Ikot Abasi, so that it will be like one of those ancient cities of Greece here. It shouldn’t be abandoned; so I am using this medium to ask for a renaissance to let people come back to Ikot Abasi to see where Nigeria was born.

He explained that in any historical acts, there were two major factors: time and place, emphasising: “So, if you are reviewing, acknowledging or celebrating history, you acknowledge the time and the place. Those are the two major foundations of history.

“When it comes to Nigeria’s amalgamation, the history can only be complete when we look at the time and the place. The Nigerian government has acknowledged the time, which is 1914; we are yet to acknowledge the place which is Ikot Abasi, and the celebration will be totally incomplete and fatally flawed. In fact, it will look fraudulent if we don’t acknowledge both the time and the place.”

The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Aniekan Umana, who spoke on behalf of the state government lamented what he described as the non-inclusion of the state in the nation’s centenary celebration. He said the activities marking the amalgamation would not be complete without the involvement of the state as it had unique historical sites and monuments on the amalgamation of Nigeria, which are worth preserving.

“It was in Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom State that the former governor-general of Nigeria, Lord Lugard consummated the amalgamation of the Northern and the Southern protectorates of Nigeria. “Unfortunately, there have been conflicting statements on the amalgamation, without properly situating the locations to be recognised in Nigeria’s amalgamation history. History will not forgive us as a country and as a people, if we isolate Akwa Ibom from this discussion. We are saying this because the amalgamation was consummated in Ikot Abasi and the amalgamation house and the colonial administrative office are still there as we speak,” he said.

He added: “Also, artifacts, including Sir Lord Lugard’s radio, torchlight and Flora Shaw’s pots are there for all to see. The National Commission for Museum and Monuments needs to preserve these historical artifacts. In fact, the Women Riot of 1929 actually took place in Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom and not Aba in Abia State, as erroneously believed in some quarters.”

One of those seriously disturbed by the neglect of the monuments is the chairman, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Ufot Udoinyang. He has, therefore, called on the Federal Government to establish a museum and cultural academy in the area, where the amalgamation treaty of the Northern and Southern protectorates was signed by Lord Fredrick Lugard in 1914. He lamented that the area had over the years been neglected and abandoned by successive federal administrations because the leaders knew little or nothing about the significance of Ikot Abasi in Nigeria’s historical and political antecedents. He said the government should take over and put Lugard’s building and office in a proper shape, just as the Israelites did on the relics of Jesus Christ. He noted that if such was done, it would encourage people from Scotland, Britain and West Indies to come to Nigeria to see the graves of their forefathers and to know that Nigeria was amalgamated in ex-port town.

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Women’s War of 1929
Lorna Lueker Zukas
The Aba Women’s Riot of 1929, as it was named
in British colonial records, is more aptly considered
a strategically executed anti-colonial revolt
organized by women to redress social, political,
and economic grievances. The protest encompassed
women from six ethnic groups (Ibibio,
Andoni, Ogoni, Bonny, Opobo, and Igbo) of
southeastern Nigeria and was named by locals Ogu
Umunwanyi (in Igbo) or Ekong Iban (in Ibibio),
the “women’s war.” The confluence of global
events in southeastern Nigeria in the late 1920s
gave rise to women’s dissatisfaction and ultimate
action. A worldwide economic depression caused
a reduction in the price of palm oil (a chief
export of the Nigerian economy), rising unemployment,
and increased school fees and prices
for goods. The unceasing British demand for
forced labor, increased taxation on the local
population, corruption by local administrators,
trade restrictions, and newly assessed levies and
other fees on women, without corresponding
benefits, gave rise to frustration and hostility
among women’s groups. Having no place within
the colonial structure to air their grievances, they
took to the roads, utilizing precolonial practices
and political structures to demand a hearing before
a colonial administration that ignored them.
As early as 1925 women were increasingly active
in protests and in the anti-colonial struggles that
erupted from various quarters. The 1925 market
women’s riot in Calabar province protested
imposed market tolls on commonly owned land,
staging anti-government propaganda dances and
protest songs to contest taxes and forced labor,
while spiritual movements gave women a voice
to express dissatisfaction with colonial reality.
In 1928, amidst colonial promises to improve
roads, schools, and court buildings and to end
forced labor practices, taxes were collected for
the first time among the Ibibio, Ibo, and Delta
peoples of southeastern Nigeria. People paid
the taxes, albeit somewhat reluctantly, assuming
this was a one-time fee for the promised
improvements. In 1929 when it was realized that
tax collection was to be continuous and that
women and their personal property were to be
counted and taxed, violent protest erupted.
The first outbreaks of violence occurred at
Ukam, Opobo Division, when, failing to collect
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The story goes that one of the biggest protests against colonial rule and its obnoxious policies actually happened in Ikon Abasi in Akwa Ibom State. According to Akwa Ibom State Government records, it was championed by women from the Opobo Province (as it was then called). The Women’s War or the Aba Women’s riot (as it was later renamed) was a rebellion in British Nigeria which occurred from November 1929 to December 1929.

Women from all walks of life gathered to protest against the colonial policy which imposed more taxes on women for their domestic animals, household utensils etc. The protest brought together women from six ethnic groups namely: Ibo, Ibibio, Ogoni, Andoni, Bonny and Opobo and it was organised and led by women from Owerri and Calabar provinces.

It was originally a nonviolent protest which involved Nigerian women sitting in civil disobedience but the peaceful protests took another turn when colonial troops decided to use violence to dispel the protest and it turned into a riot. Another account goes that a colonial administrator Dr. Hunter who was fleeing from the place in panic knocked down some protesters with his vehicle and this led to a reprisal.

Over 50 women lost their lives in the ensuing melee. These women lost their lives at the Consulate Beach, Egwanga Opobo (Now Ikot Abasi) on the 15th of December, 1929, at Utu Etim Ekpo on 15th of December 1929 and at Abak on 14th of December, 1929. It was a distortion in history for it to be named Aba Women’s riot, since it did not happen in Aba – but that is what the colonial masters named it. Maybe because these locations were in the then Aba province.

It was an unfair battle with soldiers with guns and the women with sticks and stones. These women were shot and some were drowned in the adjoining river when they ran.

A notable fighter in this war was Madam Udo Udoma who hails from Ikot Abasi, (she was the mother of the late legal luminary Sir Ergbert Udo Udoma) who wrestled and seized a gun from one of the policemen and broke it into two. A statue depicting this was made in her honour in Ikot Abasi.
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You guys Should name the Igbo women that died in the riot and where in Igbo land it occured. and also which family were involved.The said history is well documented in colonial archives with the names and the women and their families and as we speak Ikot abasi women are suing the british govt for damages for the victims family the case has been dragging at the british crown court for years.

This event occured in Ikot Abasi in Akwa ibom State where the women protested colonial taxes on their palm produce, craft etc and a colonial officer shot and killed the some of the women. leading to more protest.

The graves of these great women are in Ikot Abasi as we speak and there is a National museum for women built on the site where the event occured in Ikot abasi. Guardian newspaper march 12, 2015 http://allafrica.com/stories/201503120973.html

The revisionist Historians Should be aware that their propaganda is only on the pages of social media and for those who are intelectually lazy and unable to dig into the real history. Real history is in the Archives of world museums around the world.

Aba as at then was the HQTS of the colonial Adminstration, thats why it was called Aba women riot and had nothing to do with Aba or Igbo women.
The only Igbo women Involvment was at the HQTS level in Aba where the likes of the political exposed Margret Ekpo (again from cross river state) and other Igbo women were negotiating with the colonial authorities to quell the Unfortunate crisis at Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom state which was ground zero for the riot.
All the same May the soul of the brave women those who resisted and died in ikot Abasi and those who led the struggle and negotiated in in Aba rest in peace.
We all Salute the galantry of Our Women Ikot Abasi, Calabar and Aba.
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sisimmi:
I happily join to show the other side of Akwa Ibom. The pictures below also indicate the "sterling" performance of Emmanuel Udom. This is Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Nto Osung, Ekpenyong Atai 1, Essien Udim LGA. It is owned by the government of Akwa Ibom State. The school has been abandoned to nature for decades. Children in their hundreds study here. Let the pictures speak:

Oga, I sympathize with your community over the state of the school, But here are the Fact: this school is a community school and not a state school, it is owned by the Essien Udim Community.
Govt. cant just push its way through a property that it does not own,and begin developing it, there is a rule of law which make such action illegal, Since govt. is a creation of the law, it cannot act illegally.

Now from the picture you have posted and others,you can see that government of AKWA IBOM STATE has fulfilled its responsibility to that community, take a look at the good road with drainage which is Akwa Ibom state Standard passing through such rural community. Take a look at your photos again.

Govt. has stocked the library by your own assertion and even provided reagents for the laboratories according to you. So govt. has dont its part the community should do its part by renovating its school infrastructure.

If they cant do it they should declare their inability/ bankruptcy and Humbly, approach govt through the ministry of Education, to take over the school and run it for them.Am sure there is a frame work for such take over.

No child should be allowed to study in such school, especially into todays Akwa Ibom where primary to secondary education is free and compulsory and where school infrastructure has greatly improved.

I would suggest that concerned citizen like you should organize stakeholders in that community and lead a protest to the community board that runs the school and prevail upon them to hand over the school to the govt. who will better run it.
Abasi udiong fien.

ubox:
I guess it's because the revenue has declined compared to before.
Julius Berger, CCECC and the rest will have high quotes cost wise

Julius berger , CCECC are currently working in Akwa Ibom as we speak. there is enough work for every construction coy in Akwa Ibom. cost not withstanding.

But you cant give resurfacing of street to Julius berger when the local contractor is capable, able and willing. Five star construction for five star project snd so on , each according to their capability.

gameboyo:
My brother, I'm from eket and I'm yet to see what Udom has done. We attend same church, Udom is from my moms village, so u won't love Udom more than me. We created a media group, help propagate Udom, I spent my personal money for Udom's campaign.
I'm yet to see what Udom has done in eket. Before this time in akpabio's regime, ikot ekpene had changed completely from a mere village and was almost competing with uyo. When last this u go to eket? Tell me one major road in eket that Udom has repaired. I'm not talking about eket ibeno road ooo, cos that was budgeted for by the previous regime. Grace bill rd, Liverpool rd, oron rd, etebi Street, Afaha Ukwa, etc. No single major road in eket is motorable. It's a pity

Ikot Ekpene did not change overnight under Akpabio(he didnt do it in 2yrs 10months), Ikot Ekpene was the first experimental Local Govt in British West Africa even before Nigeria was birthed . Are you telling me that right from then ikot ekpene had nothing on ground?
Akpabio did not create IK as some of us will like to claim because we love Akpabio so much, He contributed his quota to the State and IK, ISD development in particular. it was huge quota and we all love and appreciate Him for that, But it did not start from him and will not end after Him, The Area and the state will keep progressing, All that you see in Akwa Ibom today is just the foundation, We can only build higher.

Now Facts:
1) Eket to Ibeno road is one of the best dualized roads in the state completed and commissioned and put to use, leading all the way to the Atlantic Ocean At Ibeno. The past admi. Budgeted for the road how much of it was built before Udom Showed Up?
2) Julius berger and CCECC are at Advanced stage of linking Eket to Uyo with the best Dual carriage way of international standard under this Administration.
3) The Government of udom Emmanuel has began Urban renwal of Eket, re positioning the once forgotten city to be able to compete with other cities.
Here is a tip of what is being done in eket as we speak:
a. https://www.nairaland.com/4014681/pictures-ongoing-urban-renewal-eket
b. https://www.nairaland.com/4314670/update-massive-urban-renewal-eket
c. https://www.nairaland.com/4383086/15000-capacity-stadium-construction-eket
d. https://www.nairaland.com/4016699/akwa-ibom-state-govt-releases

Like i said pls criticize the govt. thats your civic responsibility, but be truthful and factual in your criticisms. The fact that you cant see what is being done in Eket By this Administration in just 2yrs 10months does not mean that others dont see it.

Note you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own fact. Facts dont lie.

Eteubom,Abasi udiong fien, Anam Uwana Omo Ayama ke usung Mfo ayung Uno fien Ifiok IJN.

Curiouscity:
Thank you for taking your time to respond to my suggestions. And also responding to everyone on the thread. Very kind and generous you especially as someone who is not an agent of the government.

Sadly, you left the insecurity part out from your response.

Anyways, on the industrialization aspect, I count only functional companies that are in production, not those under construction. So Peacock paint which is hardly sustainable on it own and the pencil /toothpick companies are what I can count. But then how many people do these 2 employ? Though I recognize that the construction of those other ones have a good number of Akwa Ibomites as workers, but they are not yet industries.

I totally agree with you on the attitude of our youths towards factory work. This is caused by availability of quick money from politicians. I have experienced this myself when I did some data collection in Uyo 4yrs ago.

Like you said, we need private investors to come in. But how do I come in where I can not guarantee the security of my staff or investment? We need to tackle this small insecurities before they get out of hand. More so, intimidation by vested power in government is another challenge in government. Imagine being asked to bribe someone in millions before a company is given C of O? Because they company belongs to someone who may not support a given political interest, a C of O is denied. Will this help the state? Or do I have to support a politician before investing in my state?

You mentioned the training of youths in cocoa farm management, but from experience, vested interest will not allow these one offer their best. As an example, many people were trained as aircraft maintenance engineers and fire officers for the QUO by the government , but as at today, they are just mere civil servants in different ministries. Their skills rendered redundant by some vested interest. So proper arrangements be made adequate utilization of this investment in their training.

Da, yak nwed idahado. But all I want is a well rounded development in Akwa Ibom state. It is our only state and I hope to be an employer of labour soon in my own state.

If you want to talk about insecurity why not ask the people of Boronu, Yobe , Adamawa, and recently Benue and Taraba what true insecurity feels like.

If a bunch of street gangs want to kill themselves over turf war they are free to go at themselves thats what cultism breeds.
The governor has done his bid to quell the crisis, he aske the police to interverne, the group leader has been liquidated as we speak.
Like all Gang warfare all over the world the gang members will resolve their crisis one they have settled their beef.

If you want to invest you cant wait until there is no obstacle before you wade in, If there were no obstacles every one would have invested, What stand an entrepreneur out is his/her Ability to take risk. investment is a risky business and take on Obstacles head on.

Dangote sees Nigeria are a Goldmine while most see it as a bad place to do business. Taking risk and making obstacles work in his advantage where others fail, is what stands him out.
Thats the essence of the dakkada philosophy that Udom is preaching, few will imbibe it, majority will scoff at it, But you only need a few people that think like Dangotes to change Akwa Ibom the process is on the move.

Abasi udiong fien, Anam Uwana Omo Ayama Ke Usung Mfo, Usin fien ima ke esit so that you can invest in your home land. IJN

saintkeppy:
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Of course, he is trying, &it is expected, I have seen this pix before &i appreciate his works in tackling the erosion menace, my broda that's his responsibilities as the Executive Gov'nor to provide Basic Amenities &a conducive environment for biz to thrive, as a matter of fact, Oro Nation people deserves a better deal interms of Infrastructures, or the area is not part of the state or they do not contribute to the state's IGR or no Oil well is found there?

Eket Town is undergoing serious Urban renewal, road dualization &expansion, a plaza with a stadium under construction, can you say of Oron Town? The ans is NO

No single Ferry in Oron Town to convey passengers to/from Calabar.

No single dual road in the town as old as that town is, except for FG's East-West Rd

The Oron Museum, a natural cool spot by the River banks still under-develop.

This is the 1st time a Gov'nor as emerge from Eket senatorial district which Oro Nation is part of.
I can only give a Gov'nor that performs a 'thumbs up' no need to clap cos d'Ca$hMo₦€¥ required for him to perform &provide those BASIC Amenities is at his disposal so no excuses or whatsever.

My broda, I just wanna put it to you that to whom much is GIVEN, much is EXPECTED.

ABASI ODIONG FI.

Oron May have been neglected in the past But under this Administration of Udom, Oron is getting a fair share, Just like every other local govt.
Udom is a fair Administrator without tribal bias or agenda, he is righting every percieved or real slights.

The Dualized east west road terminates at Oron. Udom is dualizing the Airport road from the airport junction to Okopedi, Okobo which is in an Advanced stage of completion.
Udom Administration just began a 55.1km, 12 lane Super highway from Upenekang Junction in Ibeno to tie into the east west road in Oron.
This is By far the most ambitious road project in the state if not the Nation. Where else have you heard of such roads in Nigeria. remember this will the the major economic route in the state as it will be the main thorough fare of the Ibom Deep seaport.

Eteubom Oron is doing great under Udom. he recently appointed and Oro man from Ewang as the state number 3 man.
All this in just 2years and 10 months!

saintkeppy:
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Forget about the dualization of those big roads, I am fully aware, Of course, they're handled by the gaints &u'll be rest-assured of a good quality jobs.

I am not saying we should not support our own contractors, of course they need encouragement, but what i'm trying to say is they should deliver without compromising quality & standards, like Billyonaire has pointed out that their drainage&gutter ain't smooth, this goes to show am not the only 1 observing it, they should work on their lapses &try to learn from the Big boys speedily.

I know Bulletine, Hammakkop, Hensek even Basse Contractors, them dey try &of course they're not the ones handling all the street in Uyo &other towns.
Besides the bridges, give me 1000 quality roads across the state with good drainages outta that lot&i will not cough a word.
Like what I said earlier, I am not against awarding contracts to mushroom companies or Locals, but correct them when u notice any lapses, show them instances, &how u want it to be, it's part of the crawling process till when they begin to get the experience &expert in the biz.
No be to dey use hand dey mix concrete like some contractors in Abia State.

Now address the other 2 points I mentioned & what is the fate of Brooks street expansion? Or is it gonna remain like that?

Not everything will be done to everyones satisfaction. I look at those pictures my self and say job well done, but what do i know?
Oga Mbok, you can direct your question here http://works.akwaibomstate.gov.ng/
Have a wonderful day. Abasi Udiong fien.

piagetskinner:
did u say 1700 km of roads...sound like an exaggeration... anything at thumbs up still better than most governors

Yes 1700km, some completed, some recently awarded and others at various stages of completion.
Its not a fluke in Akwa Ibom No exaggeration of figures. Because house of Assembly Appropriates money for roads based on KM. If you do 3km and say you did 10km when budget performance is done at the end of the year then you will have to account for the 7km. that how its done here.

No Gov. will exaggerate road km, because it will come back to hunt them but if they want to exaggerate they can say stuff thats not easily measurable like i did 500 roads, How do you measure that? i road can be in 10 phases for all you know.

If a governor gives you a measurable quantity like roads in Km. You better believe.

Even the FG will not mention a measurable qty like KM in roads construction if you doubt Ask works minister fashola how many km of roads he has constructed since inception of office? If he gives you a direct answer, I will give you all the money i used in building my bussines website LOL

Freeman50:
Teaching them ibibio indeed and at same time shading/mocking them with their intonation (yuncion adoo abi?) Are you from where?
Atouke sef?

Afo Anam nte afo us kod ke itie ado ado Yuncion? Akporo ase akod Junction then you clap for yourself , You are a Yampion.

It takes a self confidient person to make fun of hisself or ourself. I am Confirmed Akwa Ibomite.and i actually love the way a typical Akwa Ibom person speaks English accent an all.

Every race, tribe and ethnicity has Accent limitations, we are not an exception. embrace your Akwa Ibomness with pride.

saintkeppy:
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Guy, I am not against Udom at all or any politician that is ready to serve his people, I criticise constructively, I love &have good taste for quality jobs including Top-Notch finishing &i don't support shady jobs or mediocrity just because you're rushing to complete road projects across the state before May 29th or before Campaign starts.

This is my observation when I visited Uyo:

1. Some or should I say Many of those roads are not properly done by those Local Contractors &its sub-standard, the laterite &stone-base compacting good, but gutters? poor finishing by my rating looks like those poor shady NDDC Road contract jobs.
Please take note Gov.Wike of RVS also engaged Local contractors, my broda, their finishing better pass this, with pavement &walkways.

The same system former Gov'nor Attah used &2day pot-holes every where on some of those roads, poor drainage, priming& Asphalting, projects awarded to political friends, party associate, they made money, buy houses &SUVs, I am not against awarding contracts to whosoever, but give me quality job, this is what Keppy wanna to see.


I know they're trying to minimize cost in expense of quality jobs, but this is tax payers money, it is not their money, all we are saying is QUALITY JOB DELIVERY to stand the Test of Time. They should borrow a leaf from former Gov'nor Akpabio &fomer Comm.of Works, Mr. Don Etim, they were not Civil Engineers by profession but they gave me Quality roads to ride on with street lighting.

All the roads&streets in Calabar initiated &completed by former Gov. Duke of CRS is still fresh till 2day (18yrs) &still counting, this was a man of quality, he pays unscheduled visit to any project site&expresses displeasure if he observe any shady jobs done, check other of his Projects across the state, Quality.

Abeg, They should try as much as possible to expand the roads in the Villages a bit, atleast they're not paying much compensation for buildings there, just a virgin land. #buildforthefuture

If the roads in Uyo Metropolis is a bit narrow I will understand cos it already a massive built-up area &paying compensation to pull down physical properties for a common street expansion is not advisable.

2. On the Udo Udoma Avenue Extension part of the ring road, I expected to see a well-expand road on a virgin land, but not impressed with the width of the road.
Why is it taking ages to complete that Etebi-Enwang Road?

Tell ur Commissioner, no be every time him go dey wear suit go inspect some shady job, he should appear rugged with his pair of jean, &call those contractors to order.

Everytime wearing Suit.

3. Most of those roads you mentioned in Oron Town are already an existing roads such as Mary Hanny, Convent, etc
What are they trying to do, are they trying to dualize them or to provide drainage where there was none? I doubt if u visit most of this project site.
I will mention here any further observations.
My broda, there are many other Roads in Oron Town &its environs, that needs serious attention, either rehabilitation or Expansion.
Infact let me just chill till when I visit Oron Town for the Coronation Ceremony of His Majesty, The Ahta of Oro Nation, Edidem Isemin.

Obong owo song idem o.
Etubom please learn to appreciate your own. there was a time the road network in calabar intimidated us from Akwa Ibom espercially during donal duke yrs. he did well in that regards and we Okopusem people appreciate him, even though he left so much debt for the state , but he did well.
I think today No Akwa Ibom child will be intimidated by the share number of good roads in any city in Nigeria. Today we drive on flyovers, see them daily drive on good roads for hrs without portholes within our state. we should thank god for that.
It wasnt always like that, should we ask for more? YES but we should appreciate what we have.


you are free to criticize your govt. its your civic responsibility. but be truthful and honest in your assesment.

here is a picture of what this governor did in Oron in 2yrs 10 months Area of oron was impassable and locked like and Abandoned town because of erosion menace today it feels like a nature preserve. https://www.nairaland.com/4016783/oronnigeria-coastal-city-gets-face check this out and appreciate Governor udom. It wasn't always like this in Oron.
the people of that Area understand what am saying better.

AmTruth:
@ATOUKE...And all you want for Rivers state is Road, Africa wrestling championship and Pleasure park. After all this gradual industrialisation taking place in Akwaibom. ATOUKE there is God ooooo!

O boy ebi like say you be wike hater? wetin wike do you?
Ami do owo wike. or Awike as we call him over here. LOL

If you think rivers is lacking behind in industrialization Ngwa make we exchange industries. Akwa Ibom will take all that is in rivers and we will give you all the industries we have in Akwa Ibom.

myproperty:
Some state governors commission statutes of people from other country and this one is trying and some people still call him mediocre.

They call him Mediocre because he is not a typical Nigerian Who talks too much and does Little.
I love Udom he lets his Action speak for him.

saintkeppy:
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Guy, I am not against Udom at all or any politician that is ready to serve his people, I criticise constructively, I love &have good taste for quality jobs including Top-Notch finishing &i don't support shady jobs or mediocrity just because you're rushing to complete road projects across the state before May 29th or before Campaign starts.

This is my observation when I visited Uyo:

1. Some or should I say Many of those roads are not properly done by those Local Contractors &its sub-standard, the laterite &stone-base compacting good, but gutters? poor finishing by my rating looks like those poor shady NDDC Road contract jobs.
Please take note Gov.Wike of RVS also engaged Local contractors, my broda, their finishing better pass this, with pavement &walkways.

The same system former Gov'nor Attah used &2day pot-holes every where on some of those roads, poor drainage, priming& Asphalting, projects awarded to political friends, party associate, they made money, buy houses &SUVs, I am not against awarding contracts to whosoever, but give me quality job, this is what Keppy wanna to see.


I know they're trying to minimize cost in expense of quality jobs, but this is tax payers money, it is not their money, all we are saying is QUALITY JOB DELIVERY to stand the Test of Time. They should borrow a leaf from former Gov'nor Akpabio &fomer Comm.of Works, Mr. Don Etim, they were not Civil Engineers by profession but they gave me Quality roads to ride on with street lighting.

All the roads&streets in Calabar initiated &completed by former Gov. Duke of CRS is still fresh till 2day (18yrs) &still counting, this was a man of quality, he pays unscheduled visit to any project site&expresses displeasure if he observe any shady jobs done, check other of his Projects across the state, Quality.

Abeg, They should try as much as possible to expand the roads in the Villages a bit, atleast they're not paying much compensation for buildings there, just a virgin land. #buildforthefuture

If the roads in Uyo Metropolis is a bit narrow I will understand cos it already a massive built-up area &paying compensation to pull down physical properties for a common street expansion is not advisable.

2. On the Udo Udoma Avenue Extension part of the ring road, I expected to see a well-expand road on a virgin land, but not impressed with the width of the road.
Why is it taking ages to complete that Etebi-Enwang Road?

Tell ur Commissioner, no be every time him go dey wear suit go inspect some shady job, he should appear rugged with his pair of jean, &call those contractors to order.

Everytime wearing Suit.

3. Most of those roads you mentioned in Oron Town are already an existing roads such as Mary Hanny, Convent, etc
What are they trying to do, are they trying to dualize them or to provide drainage where there was none?
My broda, there are other Roads in Oron Town that needs serious attention, either rehabilitation or Expansion.
Infact let me just chill till when I visit Oron Town for the Coronation Ceremony of His Majesty, The Ahta of Oro Nation, Edidem Isemin.

Now i will totally disagree with you on ideology. All Dualized roads in the state are done by proven contractors, Julius berger is in Uyo to Ikot Ekpene road, Uyo to etinan underground drainages and storm water channelization. CCECC are in Etinan to eket, etc The ones you call local contractors are the some of them are from the same rivers state like the wike you are praising Bulletine and a number of them are based in PH.
Our local contractors are also doing great and their quality is often better than the Big name contractors. Seyang, Hensek,Hammkkop etc are local contractors but they are doing excellent jobs. Besides the current commissioner is an energizer bunny you cant get a shoddy job past him.

Where i disagree with you is that we should let julius berger build our streets? If they do What will our own civil Engineers do? You cant buy experience in the market. Our engineers must start from constructing our streets and from there move onto bigger ventures. They can do it . They just need to be monitored to stick to specifications and standards. I am pro capable local contractors especially where they have the technical nowhow. for the big jobs it can go to the giants.

I like what Udom is doing, today If you go to Akwa Ibom Indigenous construction firms full ground and are doing great jobs. we need to encourage our own.The Julius berger's of today started crawling before they can run as fast today.

On Etebi - Ewang road was a very ambitious project for a good time like we had during Gov. Akpabio where Money was not a hindrance,I salute his courage for attempting such construction feat,But unfortunately he couldnt complete it.

That road passes through a swamp which requires a lot of sand filling and also has a 1.1km long bridge which even the Federal government will find it dificult to build. But Gov. Udom being a business wizard he is, has Deployed his Alternative Funding Approach to revive that road the people of Ewang and Etebi axis are smiling as we speak as work has began there again after many years of abandonment by the previous administration.

Curiouscity:
Oga, I can see second term campaign in progress. I can also see you are his agent or close to his kitchen cabinet, as such I want to pass some messages to our dear governor.

Have you ever heard the slogan, "ndito edidia no"? He should look into this area as promised in his campaign promises. The much touted industrialization is not visible or should I say yet to start. I know you may quickly point at the pencil and toothpick companies, but that is too negligible to a government's project. Let our dear governor give tax relief for say 3-5 yrs to companies ready to move to the state or already operating in the state but ready to employ a certain number of the indigenes. We have cocoa at Ikono/Ini, can he encourage a chocolate company to move in? The governor may also want to revisit the initial mandate of AKIIPOC and see if there is something he can pick for proper and sustainable development. The money the state is losing and indigenes rendered unemployed by the departure of managing contractors at Meridien Hotel and the state silver jubilee hospital could be avoided if a robust strategy was in place.

The road infrastructures are good, but good roads in the cities and rural areas without security is useless as no one can come to the to do business in the atmosphere of insecurity. For example the internal road at Obong University may not deliver the expected dividends if the level of insecurity in that region (along Etim Ekpo- Iwukem, Ukanafun axes) goes unabated. The is insecurity in nearly every senatorial district in the state. I think the Oduma security outfit should be extended to rural areas in addition to Uyo metropolis.

Abasi Odiong Akwa Ibom State ye ofri owo!

Abong Owo song idem o, am not an agent of Udom but a proud and satisfied citizen of Akwa Ibom. Am proud of our gov.
First Industrialization is a process and not a destination, You guys are quick to dismiss the tooth pick and pencil factory, But here's the deal. do you know that the Factory was for a long time producing below capacity not because of lack of raw materials or electricity, but because of the lackadaisical attitude of the youths employed there, they were late, lazy, not fast and feeling they could do better or earn more money else where, it got so bad that they were unable to generate enough income to pay even their own wages. Some were weeded out and others learnt and improved on the job. the factory is backon track now. and a plastic factory has been added to the pencil and toothpick factory.

Lessons learnt. Our youths had no idea what working in a manufacturing factory setting was, but now they have learnt and are improving and honing their skills, that experience you can never buy in the market.
It must start somewhere, those guys now working and growing those cottage industries will some day use that experience to run a heavy industry some where. Udom has put Akwa Ibom youths through manufacturing industry training in just 2yrs 10 months on the saddle.
That is Huge

on the chocolate factory, No factory exists without raw materials, there is an ongoing coco revolution in Akwa Ibom as we speak i will not elaborate further Mbak Mme ndito Idiok esit. hundreds of akwa ibom youths were trained by experts from Ghana on prunning and modern. techniques of cocoa farming.
Do you know that for years our cocoa products were counted for cross river state because we didnt produce enough to warrant or attract a produce board in Akwa Ibom. All that is changing as we speak. Ete ubom Its a good time to be an Akwa ibomite under Udom. Alot of common sense changes are happening and more are on the pipe line.

For you to call the cottage industries as the only industrialization effort of this governor is being economical with the truth. Have you heard of the syringe factory? the largest one in africa. the only other one in Africa is in South Africa and this one in Onna is many times the size of the
SA one in terms of capacity.
How about the electricity meter manufacturing plant?
How about the revived peacock paint.
the kings flour mill under construction.
The Coconut oil refinery under construction
St gabriel coconut plantation ?
etc
Udom Has more Akwa Ibom people working permenent jobs in the private sector than any governor in our history as a state. is it enough? the Answer based on the level of unemployment is capital NO, but the journey has began, the process is on course and we also need brilliant Akwa Ibom people like you to come and help. it is called private sector for a reason not Government sector.
Abasi udoing fien.