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  In line with the  ARISE AGENDA of Governor Umo Eno, the Managing  Director/CEO of Akwa Ibom Property and Investments Company Limited (APICO) Barr.  Patrick Udomfang, has  recently recorded fresh innovative strides in APICO with the installation of solar light facilities in all APICO office locations and also completed the building  and renovation of Shelter Afrique and Akwa Ima  Estate offices of the company respectively. Barr. Patrick Udomfang, who dropped the good news last Friday, 11th  April, while  presiding over the  first quarter meeting of board, management and staff  of the company, said the latest developmental strides come as APICO's consolidation of the ARISE AGENDA of Pastor Umo Eno. He mentioned with delight some of his recent achievements as the MD/CEO of APICO to include, installation of solar light within and outside APICO Investment House and installation of solar light in APICO Annex office. Others are, renovati...

  Ekere Ime In its unwavering effort to keep citizens abreast of their responsibilities of holding government accountable, a non-governmental organisation, Budgit Foundation has over the weekend extended residents' sensitisation engagement on budget tracking to Ibaka in Mbo local government area.  According to the Akwa Ibom state representative of Budgit Foundation, Mr James Akpan, " the purpose for the sensitization exercise was to educate participants about the budgetary process, including the steps involved, how to engage with their locally elected leaders, and how to write and submit their community needs to these leaders." He noted that the sensitisation engagement has empowered community members to be actively involved  in the operations of their local government, typically in educating them about the budgetary process and its various steps, teaching them how to engage with their locally elected leaders, and instructing them on how to effectively make demands and co...

Lucynda Clement  A non-governmental organisation, Budgit Foundation has continued its transparency advocacy with a sensitisation programme to Akpayak village in Uyo local government area.  The event took place in Akpayak village square on March 15, 2025, with participants numbering over  50, including youths, elders, women, individuals with disabilities, CSOs, and community leaders. According to the State representative of Budgit Foundation, Mr. James Akpan, the sensitization exercise was to educate the community members on the Host Community Development Trust provided by the Petroleum Industrial Act (PIA) to prosper host communities; Exposing them to section 240 of the Petroleum Industrial Act (PIA) which states that oil companies (settlors) shall pay 3% of their annual operating expenses into a Trust to be known as the Host Community Development Trust (HCDT). He explained further that the formula for the 3% usage was also spelled out to be 20% for investment for the hos...

Udom Emmanuel  Udom Emmanuel, a former governor of Akwa Ibom, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N700 billion fraud. TheCable understands that the former governor was taken into custody shortly after he arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday around 12:30 pm. Emmanuel was at the EFCC headquarters to honour an invitation over the allegation of money laundering, diversion of funds and stealing preferred against him by Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NCAT), a civil society organisation (CSO). Sources within the EFCC said the petitioner alleged that the former governor received N3 trillion from the federation Account in eight years but left a debt profile of N500 billion and unpaid ongoing projects worth N300 billion in Akwa Ibom state. He was also alleged to be unable to account for N700 billion. There has been no official statement issued about the arrest by the anti-graft agency. Source: TheCab...

  Ekere Ime In its unwavering effort to keep citizens abreast of their responsibilities of holding government accountable, a non-governmental organisation, Budgit Foundation has over the weekend extended residents' sensitisation engagement on budget tracking to Ibaka in Mbo local government area.  According to the Akwa Ibom state representative of Budgit Foundation, Mr James Akpan, " the purpose for the sensitization exercise was to educate participants about the budgetary process, including the steps involved, how to engage with their locally elected leaders, and how to write and submit their community needs to these leaders." He noted that the sensitisation engagement has empowered community members to be actively involved  in the operations of their local government, typically in educating them about the budgetary process and its various steps, teaching them how to engage with their locally elected leaders, and instructing them on how to effectively make demands and co...

  Participants at the Budgit Foundation community sensitization engagement held in Ikot Iyire, Nsit Ubium local government area last weekend.  In a bid to inculcate in citizens the habit of holding government accountable, a non-governmental organization, Budgit Foundation has concluded a one day community sensitization engagement in Ikot Iyire, Nsit Ubium local government area.  The programme which took place last weekend in the area, was aimed at empowering community members with accurate knowledge to be active in the running of government for proper inclusion, as well as the budgetary process, steps involved in constructively engaging political office holders, and effectively tracking budgets for proper execution.  Addressing journalists at the end of the sensitization engagement, the Akwa Ibom State Officer for Budgit Foundation, James Akpan mentioned that Budgit Foundation has the sole responsibility of empowering community members to remain active and invol...

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) team tracking constituency and executive projects has decried massive corruption in Akwa Ibom state.  The ICPC team which is tracking 22 projects of total contract sum of N22billion in the state complained of poor delivery and duplication of projects in budgets. The 7th phase of the exercise is carried out in conjunction with the National Institute of Quantity surveyors, a non governmental organization known as Budgit and the media.  Leader of the team, Okuku Okam said a particular road project first awarded in 2010 has been repeated in successive budgets upto last year, adding that so much money has been expended on the road by the federal government. Okam said, "We visited a road that has been awarded since 2010, it has been reoccurring and reoccurring in the budget and it has phases and phases.  "Going by the amount of money expended on that road, by now we shouldn't be seeing pothole...