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PRESS RELEASE: SOUTH SOUTH GOVS HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING IN ABUJA ON SUNDAY The South South Governor’s Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting of the Forum for Sunday. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relation’s to the Governor òf Bayelsa State, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that the security òf the Niger Delta, during and after the election, the issue of derivation, and recent development involving the Chief Justice of the Federation would feature for deliberation at the meeting. Expressing his opinion at the development in the Supreme Court, Governor Dickson said that while he was yet to know the full details surrounding the developments at the Supreme Court concerning the CJN, it is a grave and dangerous escalation, coming a few weeks to the general elections. He said that the South South Governor’s would address a press conference after the meeting to convey the position of the zone to the Nigerian public. Governor Dickson said that all effort...

AKWA IBOM GOV. INTENSIFIES TOMATOES PLANTING EFFORTS TO MEET DOMESTIC DEMAND By Michael Egiethua Gov Udom Emmanuel inspecting some of the packaged Tomatoes ready for the market The government of Akwa Ibom State has announced plans to inaugurate ten more hectares of farmland for hybrid tomatoes by May this year to meet up with at least fifty per cent demand for domestic markets. Governor Udom Emmanuel announced this on Friday, while on inspection of the Green House Plantation on Ibom International Airport Road.The Governor stated that although the State Government was aiming at having One hundred per cent for domestic markets, there are some that are purely for exports. The Governor who said that the State Government was running the administration based on its vision and blueprint, stressed that any Government that cannot feed its own citizens is not working, irrespective of the infrastructure it provides. According to Governor Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom was takin...

AKWA IBOM STATE GOVT SEEKS AVENUES OF COOPERATION WITH CHINA By Michael Egiethua Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has informed a delegation of Chinese investors that the State Government will explore ways of cooperation with the Chinese government in order to strengthen bilateral relations. He stated this while playing host to the entourage led by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Zhou Pingjian, who called on him on Friday, at the Government House, Uyo. Governor Emmanuel expressed delight to the team for visiting the state first in their tour of the country, saying that the people from the Republic of China have been good friends with Nigerians and to Akwa Ibom people in particular. “You have developed your people in terms of human capacity and showcased them to the whole world. It gladdens my heart that, if you go to anywhere in the world, if you don’t see a Chinese, it means that place is not good enough. I’m very delighted that you take interes...

Akwa Ibom Small and Medium Scale Enterprises gets boost as Gov. Udom Emmanuel flags off 3rd Phase of Loan Scheme to traders - Akwa Ibom traders set to endorse Udom for 2nd Term By Michael Egiethua                     .                             Over 50,000 traders in Akwa Ibom will on Thursday, 1st March 2017, endorse Governor Udom Emmanuel for a second term in office.                                The gesture, they say, will be a total display of total support for the Udom Emmanuel administration whose promises of loans and incentives to the business communities across the state have been fulf...