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... Contractor for Agge Deep Seaport to be Awarded Next week Governor Henry Seriake Dickson says, his administration will award the contract for the Agge deep seaport, which is one of the most ambitious and capital intensive projects, under his watch next month. The Governor, who disclosed this in his remarks at the October, 2018 edition of the State’s monthly Praise Night at the King of Glory Chapel, Government House, Yenagoa, stated that, the project is part of his administration’s decision to double its strategic developmental efforts in a bid to move the state to greater heights. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr Fidelis Soriwei quoted the Governor as stressing that, despite having just 14 months left of his term in office, he will remain committed to developing of the state by awarding the Agge Deep Seaport contract this year. Honourable Dickson, who disclosed that, the state is developing housing estates, with over 1,500 plo...

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Special Duties and Aviation Development, Mr. Akan Okon, has expressed satisfaction with the pace of construction work at the 21-storey smart building located along Udo Udoma Avenue.            He gave the indication during a routine inspection visit to the facility. The building which is at its fourth floor stage upon completion will provide a hub for oil companies and other multinationals who in times past cited absence of a befitting accommodation as the reason for not domiciling their headquarters in the State. The Commissioner  lauded His Excellency, Governor Udom Emmanuel, for showing absolute commitment to the project in the midst of  lean resources and assiduously working towards fulfilling his promise to Akwa Ibom people. He reiterated that the project would give the State a unique identity upon completion, bring development to the area and generate huge internally revenue for the State....

By Pat PA Okon                                                         Rivers State Government has advised the Minister of Transport  Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to stay away from Port Harcourt if he feels the State is unsafe. Reacting to a statement by the Minister during a thanksgiving Church service in honour of the APC guber candidate Tonye Cole today in Port Harcourt  that Rivers State is unsafe, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Barr Emma Okah, said Amaechi should show his anger by hosting his party activities, Church programmes, birthday parties etc in Abuja outside the State since he says Rivers State is unsafe. "Normal people cannot take Amaechi serious any more because he lives in bitterness. Evidence abound to show that the Rivers State Government and the security agencies are doing their...

Posted By  Pat PA Okon Governor Udom Emmanuel has expressed dismay at the attitude of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, for attempting to make a political capital from a simple act of governance. Speaking with Government House Correspondents at the Ibom International Airport, shortly on arrival from an official assignment in Abuja, Mr. Emmanuel said he was disappointed that the interaction he had with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday could be misrepresented all over the media by some politically motivated writers. "I read somewhere that the normal interaction, which is very normal, I do that very often with the President, was used to attack the office of the President for such petty things they are writing in the media." Governor Emmanuel said, "if APC members in Akwa Ibom have so much respect for their President who is the leader of their party, they can't be using the President's name on a petty thing." He admonished p...

The Bayelsa State Government has declared receipt of N12.8 billion as allocation from the Federation Account for the month of September, 2018. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, made the comment in a statement on Tuesday. According to him, the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has directed immediate payment of salaries to civil servants. Ebibai said that the government’s decision to declare the allocation from Federation Account for September was in line with the transparency policy of the Restoration Government. He stressed that the Finance Committee had commenced steps to effect payment of the September salaries to workers in line with the governor’s directive. Ebibai said that while the government was aware of an earlier directive by the Governor to pay two months salary arrears and four months of pension arrears, efforts were ongoing to ensure that the directive was carried out. He attributed the delay in the payment of the salary arr...

By Editor Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that the 2019 presidential election will not be a contest between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Muhammadu Buhari, but "a straight fight between the president and Nigerians who are tired of his misrule." In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said President Buhari will have Nigerians to contend with in 2019 and not the PDP or other opposition parties alone. Governor Fayose said the tripod on which the Buhari administration was erected had collapsed like a pack of cards, adding that "The international community has said corruption under Buhari is worse that in times past. Nigerians themselves know that murderous herdsmen have joined Boko Haram under Buhari and the economy, which was booming under Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, went into recession under Buhari and has remained comatose. "For Nigerians, the 2019 election is...