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The Akwa Ibom State Govt has given Oron a major face lift through its urban renewal project.
oron a major ancient port city in Nigeria has been abandoned for a very long time by both the federal and state govt. oron the home of the Nigerian pioneer maritime Academy, has been ravaged by erosion and poor roads and infranstructures for so many years, despite being a very important colonial port for so many years.

The Governor of Akwa ibom has vowed to change the fortune of the city by giving it the attention the great Ancient port city deserves.
Posted is a major underdround erosion and storm water drain that the govt recently completed to save the residents of oron from losing their homes to the menace of flooding and erosion.
this project channels flood and storm water into the oron river delta. the multi million project has brought smiles to the people of the city.
the governor also opened for Use, 5 newly paved Roads in Oron namely.
1.Mainland Ave.
2.Post office st
3 Bassey Lane.
4.Effiat St.
5.Uya Oron road.

On-going and completed road construction projects Embarked upon By the Govt. of Udom Emmanuel.

Completed and Commissioned Roads:

1. 1.1 km Information Drive, Uyo

2. 5km Mkpok -Okat road, Onna

3. 3.5km Ikot Udom road, Ibiono, 1 Bridge

4. Mainland Avenue, Bassey Lane, Effiat Street, Uya Oro road, Post Office road in Oron 6.6 km

5. Construction OF 12.742KM Awa Iman –Asong-Ikot Edim–Ikot Emem road, 2 bridges (Phase 1 completed)

ONGOING ROAD PROJECTS:

6. 2nd Runway, Ibom International Airport

7. Dualization of 24.4 km Uyo Ikot Ekpene -Ikot Umo Essien road

8. 6.41KM Nto Edino Ekwereazu road, 2 bridges, Obot Akara.

9. 14.5 km Uyo, Airport Road to Okopedi Dualization

10. 11Km Okopedi -Uya Oron Road

11. Dualization of 20KM Eket-Ibeno road

12 4.6 Km Nung Ukim road, Ikono

13. 29km Etinan-Ndon Eyo Road with spur from Mbioto- Ekpene Ituen – Ikot Akpan Ishiet Junction ( 2 Cable bridges)

11. 1.58KM IKOT IKO IBON-OKOM ROAD AND ASPHALT OVERLAY OF 4.95KM IKOT EBIERE-IKOT IKO IBON ROAD (PHASE 1)

12 (a) 3.14KM UKPANA-AKPABOM ROAD WITH 15M SPAN BRIDGE

13 (b) 3.83KM AKPABOM –IKWE ROAD (PHASE11)

14. Asbestronit road, Ebo Street, Murtala Mohammed, ors, Oron LGA

15. IDIABA-NDA NSIT-NUNG UDOE ROAD IN NSIT ATAI LGA

16. CONSTRUCTION OF 14km IKOT IKARA – IKOT IBRITAM – IKOT ETIM – IKOT AKPA NKUK ROAD PHASE 111 SECTION A (IKOT IKARA TO IKOT IBRITAM)

17. CONSTRUCTION/REMODELING OF SELECTED ROADS, STRATEGIC ROUNDABOUTS/JUNCTIONS IN EKET METROPOLIS (PHASE I & II)

18. DUALIZATION OF 19.8km UYO (Ikot Oku Ikono– ETINAN ROAD. 3 bridges, 2 Roundabouts, 1 Water fountain.

19. DUALIZATION OF 19.5 Km ETINAN-EKET ROAD WITH 3 BRIDGES

20. CONSTRUCTION OF IKOT USOP-IKOT EDEHE-IKOT EKPUK ROAD WITH BRIDGE IN MKPAT ENIN L.G.A. 1 Bridge

21. CONSTRUCTION OF THE 14.1KM IKPE IKOT NKON –OBOTME-AROCHUKWU ROAD IN INI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

22. CONSTRUCTION OF 9.5KM IKOT EBEKPO-IKOT EBIDANG ROAD IN ONNA LOCAL GOVT. AREA

23. CONSTRUCTION OF 6.1KM ATAN OFFOT ROADS IN UYO L.G.AREA

24. CONSTRUCTION OF 23.25km IKOT EKAIDE – IKOT, IKOT OKORO – IKOT IBRITAM ROAD IN ORUK ANAM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, 2 bridges.

25. CONSTRUCTION OF 12.742KM AWA IMAN –ASONG-IKOT EDIM –IKOT EMEM ROAD WITH 2NO BRIDGES IN ONNA/ MKPAT ENIN L. G. AREAS

26. CONSTRUCTION OF 18.95KM IKOT IBRITAM-EKEFFE-IKOT AKPAN AFAHA ROAD IN ORUK ANAM AND UKANAFUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS. 2 Bridges.

27. CONSTRUCTION OF 10.9KM AWA-NKANA ROAD AND 2.3KM ANCILLIARY ROADS IN AWA VILLAGE.

28. 15.31km ANUA MBAK ISHIET ROAD, URUAN

29. 55.1km Ibaka Super Highway with 3 spurs.

PROPOSED ROADS FOR CONSTRUCTION BY THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT

30. CONSTRUCTION OF 18.97KM ABAK 10-NKO OTORO-MANTA ROAD IN ABAK L.G.A

31. CONSTRUCTION OF 47.5KM ABAK-EKPARAKWA ETE JUNCTION BY EAST WEST ROAD IN IKOT ABASI.

32. CONSTRUCTION OF 55.1KM IBOM SUPER HIGHWAY WITH 3NO SPUR ROADS AND 3NO BRIDGES.

33. CONSTRUCTION OF 25 NO INTERNAL ROADS IN UYO AND 36 ROADS IN EKET METROPOLIS.

34 CONSTRUCTION OF 4.0KM NUNG ATAI ETA-ATABONG ROAD WITH LANDING JETTY IN OKOBO L.G.A

35. CONSTRUCTION OF 32KM ROADS IN IKA L.G.A

36. CONSTRUCTION OF 4KM INTERNAL ROADS IN OBONG UNIVERSITY, ETIM EKPO L.G.A

37. CONSTRUCTION OF 22.19KM IKOT AKPADEN-OKOROETE-IKO, OKOROETE-IRILE-AMADAKA KAMPA ROAD AND SPUR IN EASTERN OBOLO L.G.A

38. CONSTRUCTION OF 13KM UKAT ARAN-OBIO UBIUM-IKOT UBO ROAD WITH SPUR-EDEM IDIM OKPOT WITH 2 NO. BRIDGES.

39. CONSTRUCTION OF 13.1KM IBEKWE-IKOT MKPEYE-IKOT UNYA ROAD AND BRIDGE IN MKPAT ENIN L.G.A.

40. CONSTRUCTION OF 11.615KM IKOT UNYA-IKOT EDA-IFFE-IKOT ESSIEN-IKOT ABASI AKPAN-EKPUK ROAD AND BRIDGE (SECTION2).

41. CONSTRUCTION OF 4KM MBIATOK-EKIT ITAM-MBIAYA URUAN ROAD WITH SPUR IN URUAN L.G.A.

42. CONSTRUCTION OF 12.0KM IKOT AKPAN ABIA-OBOYO IKOT ETA ETA-EREN NSIT ROAD IN NSIT IBOM L.G.A

43. CONSTRUCTION OF NDON EYO-IKOT AKPATEK-IKWE-ODIO ROAD IN ONNA L.G.A.

44. REMODELLING OF UTU ETIM EKPO ROUNDABOUT IN ETIM EKPO LG.A.

45. CONSTRUCTION OF 8.516KM EDEM URUA-IKOT UBA-ITUHKO-ONO ROAD IN IBIONO IBOM L.G.A.

46 CONSTRUCTION OF IKOT ADA IDEM-FULGA-EDIENE IKOT OBIO IMO ROAD IN IBIONO IBOM L.G.A.

AKS Governor, Udom Emmanuel has assured the people of Eket and the entire state of his administration determination to create wealth and empowerment through sustainable economic programs.

The Governor gave the assurance at Eket LGA, when he flagged off an ultra-modern regional market construction project.
He said the time has come for all to partner the government with innovative ideas that will lift the country and State from present economic doldrums.
The governor congratulated the people of Eket Senatorial District for being first beneficiary of the regional market project, which will also be sited in Uyo and Ikot Ekpene Senatorial Districts.
http://newsliteng..com/2016/03/ultramodern-regional-market-berth-in.

Everything shouldnt be about politics in akwa ibom. When the gov. Does right as he is doing in this urban renewal of Eket. He should be commended.
Noting that Akpabio did nothing in eket , oron and non of the oil producing area.
If the govt. Brings unpopular policy like building another office in lagos, he should be admonished.
We should be objective in our appraisal of whats going on in the state.

Coastal City of Eket Akwa Ibom State urban renewal.

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Oil City of Eket looking Good

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Eket, A major oil city in Nigeria located in Nigeria's Number one oil producing state of Akwa Ibom, has been neglected like all the other major oil producing cities across the Niger Delta.
As the federal Govt prefers to spend its money in the development of the upland parts of Nigeria, While neglecting its oil bearing Delta region.
The State govt. under Gov, Udom Emmanuel has elected to change all that by opening up the oil producing areas of the state.
It has recently commissioned a dualized highway from the Eket to Ibeno in the coast and work is in advanced stage at completing a dual carriage way from Uyo to Eket, In a matter of months it will be possible to drive from ikot ekpene which is Northern Part of the state to Uyo and all the way to ibeno in the coast on a dualized thoroughfare Courtesy of the state Govt.

presented here are the urban renewal project within the Eket city centre to bring it up to modern standard despite Federal govt. neglect.
the renewal projects include :
1.Widening and dualizing streets within the city metropolis.
2. Building of major flood/ storm drainage systems and underground sewage channelization.
3. Building of a major park at the city centre like the ibom plaza in uyo and ikot ekpene.
4. Construction of a new 10,000 all seater + covered Stadium At the site of the present Eket Sports Stadium.
5. construction of a Mordern Market. and many more.

the most interesting fact is that this remodeling is handled by Nigerpet Structures Ltd an indigenous company, which is building expertise internally and employing and training Nigerian youths.

Blue3k:
Lol our government is stupid it. Instead of investing in state in education, bring prospective investors to state owned hotel Le Meriden, or any number of things they go to lagos. They even admit to owning other properties besides this.

I find it too wild to believe they are building 9 story building. Who cares I'm sure Ambode enjoys the property tax.

its a 21 storey building not 9 storey, mean while the tallest biuilding in Akwa Ibom Is 12 storey.

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Akwa Ibom State Govt. Has Gone Ahead To Award A contract for a New State Laison Office in Lagos Despite protest for the Youths in the State Against the said project.
It should be recalled that Barr. Inibeghe Effiong Led a massive protest of Indegeins of the state Against the project both in Lagos and in Uyo.

1.The protest is on the grounds that the state already has two offices in Lagos State( A State Owned Lodge and A liaison Office)and another one in Abuja, and a new office is unnecessary.

2.The contract Sum Of N9.1 Billion Naira, for the building would build industries, to provide jobs for jobless youths in the state, though the state govt has refuted the contract sum and claims it will cost less than N9.1 Billion Naira.But The Governor is yet to provide economic importance of a third Office in Lagos

3.That the state should be using its limited funds to develop its state rather than develop and Already developed former National Capital city.

4. That At a time that the country is going through a recession that it will be the height of insensitivity to the plights of the suffering masses in the state for the Govt to spend N9 billion In an elitist office that will be a glorified motel for the state politicians to lodge in Lagos, when the masses lack the basics like good schools, hospitals, power, portable water etc back home.
If govt. is desperate for befitting motel for its politicians in Lagos they could easily renovate one or both of the offices it already has in Lagos for less.

5. The protest in Uyo was the first time in the modern history of the state that such a large group of people has ever massively protested govt. policy. this shows how unpopular the policy is in the state.

From all indication, it seems that the state Governor and his rubber Stamp State Assembly has chosen to ignore the cries of the masses as it has decided to proceed with the project despite the plea of the masses in the state.

attached is the prototype of the officecomplex from the contractor http://vksconstruction.com/21-storey-office-tower/

Noway am voting for donald duke. The debt cross river is owing today is as a result of the loans he got for tinapa which is a failure.

Nonsense, they should all relocate to lagos the 2nd worst city to live in the world according to un.
They should take their pollution and lack of community care to lagos, lagosians may not care we in the delta do.
Of what use has their presence in the last 60yrs been in the life of niger delta region?
All their head offices has been in lagos for the past 60yrs so they are just going back home and we are happy with that.
At least lagos will now start to experience and reap the environmental issues alongside the benefit of the hosting the hqtrs.

vedaxcool:
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Osinbajo be like you are a worm beneath notice.

You are mad cos its obvious to everyone thats hes not in charge.
The cabal is in charge.

Simongm:
Also, let him cut off your head to further prove that he is in charge.

You hater of truth.

If osinbajo is in charge, let him go ahead and fire Burutai for a shoddy job hes doing in aNorth east.
Lying to nigerians that Boko haram has been defeated ,yet daily boko haram is killing and kidnapping nigerians in North East.
And while hes at it let him fire Fashola for lying to nigerians that he will fix powet in six months, its been 2yrs going to 3yrs all fashola has given Nigerians is darkness.
If osinbajo carries out this two assignment succesfully then we will know he is in charge.

The history of Lekki Peninsula and what you should know
Posted by: Lekan Olofinji

Since her grand introduction into the Lagos metropolis, Lekki has become a haven for the high and mighty. Lekki Peninsula is an area on the Lagos Island in Nigeria which contains expensive residential suburbs that throws poverty into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Peninsula adjoins the commercial Victoria Island district and the residential Ikoyi area. It has got a reputation as an area with the most expensive real estate assets in the world yet the irony of this is that Lekki was once a deadly shanty town.
Lekki was formerly known as Maroko, a slum inhabited by poor people, before it was destroyed by the then Raji Rasaki led State Military Government in Lagos. Some of the inhabitants of Lekki don’t know the history of that area, so I guess it will be rewarding to take them through memory lane.
Some twenty five years ago, families resident in Maroko then a suburb of Lagos, were evicted from their homes ostensibly to save them from slum-related diseases and avoidable death. People of extreme low class dwellings were kicked out of their homes by heavily armed soldiers under the watch of Colonel Raji Rasaki who was supervised by then Military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babaginda.
The eviction script in the early hours of July 14, 1990 was executed with military precision and, with no intent to take prisoners. But the soldiers in their late teens were emboldened by lack of resistance from the terrified women and children to wreak havoc, blowing off roofs, kicking down doors, taking women and girls against their will like in real war scenario. It may have been their first opportunity to engage in official violence and, a rite of passage for them to lose their innocence. Families ran everywhere looking to connect members who sprang from sleep to escape the devastation. They sustained varying degrees of injury from flying roofing sheets while others drowned in uncovered wells they did not know were in their flight path. That once murky place is today known as Lekki and all that history thrown down the drain with the name Maroko.
The Lekki Sub-Region comprises a naturally formed peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean East of Lagos City and on Lagos Lagoon. It is a rapidly growing area on the coast. Its sandy beaches, including Lekki/Eleko Beach and Oso Lekki Backwaters, and relics of Brazilian/Portuguese and other imposing architecture make it a tourism goldmine. Housing in Lekki is usually in blocks of adjoining flats. Most homes are furnished with running water and electricity. A standard three-bedroom flat rents for N900,000-N2.5 million per annum.
The area is poorly served by buses and taxis as most residents have their own car. Due to its proximity to the Epe Bridge and the Lagos/Sagamu/Benin expressway, Lekki is also the gateway to southeast Nigeria. The popular Ilasan market, otherwise known as Lekki market by expatriates, sells fruit, vegetables, art and artifacts from Nigeria and other parts of West Africa. However, prices are generally higher here than in other parts of the city. The Anap Ranch at kilometre 42 on Epe Expressway sells imported Dutch stock meat (a brand of imported beef), excellent ground beef, bone/rib steaks and rump roast. Lekki also has a seaside pleasure garden and water sports.
There are two phases in the Lekki vicinity, which are Lekki phase I and Lekki phase II. Lekki phase I is considered to be one of the most expensive places to live in Lagos state. This is due to the housing developments which are being created on the Lekki phase I axis. It has been predicted by many that the Lekki peninsula vicinity will soon become the best area to live and work in Lagos.
Due to the extensive construction going on at Lekki, major destruction of the remaining pristine swamps and little wildlife habitats left in Lagos state has occurred. The only place where any conservation of nature is found is at the Lekki Conservation center, run by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation.
Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) is one of Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) foremost conservation project site located on the renowned Lekki Peninsula. LCC covers a land area of 78 hectare. Administratively, LCC is situated in Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The Lekki Conservation Centre, LCC is a conservation initiative to protect wildlife found in southwest coastal environment of Nigeria in the face of sprawling urban development. This 21-year-old conservation education centre has continued to attract both local and international interests. The Centre has served, as an education and resource centre to varieties of group’s majority of which are schools and tourists. The project has promoted environmental protection and worked against poaching by surrounding communities as well as serve as a tourist centre for local and international visitors. Continuous environmental education, awareness creation and research activities are carried out in the Reserve.
Asides the traffic, what I notice whenever I go to Lekki is the never ending construction works. What is obtainable these days is that we have a lot of Lagosians working in Victoria Island but live in Lekki. The continual commercialisation of Victoria Island, which used to be very residential, has made that inevitable. Plus Lekki does have some of the best properties in Nigeria.
Imagine an area designated for global companies to trade without taxation. An area which will include a new international air and sea port, light railway and natural parks.
Lekki is essentially a new city development, which is designed to create millions of jobs, ease the chronic congestion at present in Lagos state and provide residential accommodation to the growing upper and middle class citizens of the state.

http://nigeriarealestatehub.com/lekki-peninsula.html/

If Na We post pictures Of Mosque that uses Bible Verse Quotation,Muslims go begin kill, maim and burn Churches.
Mchew!

realhumanity:
Wait! Just name one person in the southeast that you are better than. You guys just pop out from nowhere be throwing jabs at people who are better than you. All because of oil?

What other thing in the existence of man are you better than the average Igbo man. Say it!

Same midset you are fighting the north about. Who think they are better than everyone in Nigeria.
So you are better than Akwa ibom?
Is This how you will run your biafra? With your superiority complex?

NtoAkwaIbom:
I will fight for resource control... I will fight for restructuring, I will fight for true federalism...

apart from dat, I will fight for Aks to be a country of its own..., to join with Calaba if need be, to join with Niger Delta if we feel like...
but to join With Biafra will NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER BE POSSIBLE... You guys are the most unreasonable set of human beings on earth... too Sentimental, proud and selfish to exist with others (90% of u)

Where are u doing your fighting?
I will advise you to read up via google on LNC lower Niger Congress.
All your concerns about non consultation will be adressed there. IPOB is more than what you think. Just research LNC.

NtoAkwaIbom:
lols see this one... you wan claim Aks... FYI it is "AMI NDO AYEN...(and there is no where in Aks called Mfambo)...

Ipob Attache... Aks wanabe... go get a live Bhro.. You are claiming to be speak Ibibio dat u don't know... you are claiming to be from somewhere dat does not exist... Typical Ipob Miscreants (Anytym I type Ipob my phone guesses " Miscreants " to be the next word, my phone is smart, it knows dat u, and ur ilk are Miscreants... a pity u dat claim smartnes no even sabi reach dat level.)

Exactly you dont know what mfambo means yet you call yourself akwa ibom person.
Lol

Obasanjo is sensless.

Obasanjo needs a mindset change from corruption.
Where did he get money to build bells university?
Obama, david cameron , etc do not own universities.
BELLS UNIVERSITY OTA = product of corruption. And will begat corrupt nigerian graduates who will aspire to steal like obasanjo

NtoAkwaIbom:
hahahhaha..
See I hv been in practice for yrs.. I don't fight a lost cause..
Bakassi wasn't ours... it's like Igbos claiming Lagos because they feel rooted there..

though we occupied the territory, and established a partial government if our own... the territory still belonged to Cameroon.. and since Cameroon still had its citizens there... it cannot be said dat they
abandoned it.. (Bona Vacancia).

The International court did give judgement... going to war afta dat wud hv been likened to as goin to war against UN.

While Nigeria argued that it had been in possession of the area in dispute and that its citizens were predominant in the area , Cameroon maintained that regardless of who had been in occupation , the land had belonged to it since the colonial era. It added that the British ceded Bakassi to Germany through the Anglo -German agreement of 1913 and that Germany ceded it to France and then France ceded same to it ( Cameroon ) .

My friend i have read your comment on this blog an am disgusted by your argument.
Ipob = indegenous people of biafra= former eastern region.
While many may not subscribe to kanu leadership but the seniments of marginalization of the region that he expouses is shared by all. Dont for once be fooled by the cacaphony of voices, when it comes to resource control the whole region stands as one.
One way or the other, either through ipod or avengers or NDPvF or by referendum,there will be change! things cannot continue the same way. One Nigeria is only a pharase that the north and SW use in stealing what belongs to us in the Niger delta.
Its no more 1967 this is 2017 the world had changed and so must Nigeria.
FYI ami do ayen mfambo.

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A contemporary Nigerian Arts exhibition at the Scenic Ibibio Museum and Union Park in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Is such a fun event attracting people from Home and Abroad.
Enjoy some of the pic

Celcius:
Ayade and Liyel who better pass, but yet Liyel went for a second term. Ayade is going. Giddy Agbara with all his might and alliance with Vena & co. couldn't pull through. Giwa is experienced and connected, but its just not gonna happen.

Liyel got 2nd term because it was pdp in power.
In case you didnt notice APC is now the party to beat.