Akwa Ibom
Labour, Industrial Committee Engages Sterling Petrochemicals Over Operations In Akwa Ibom Community
Labour, Industrial Committee Engages Sterling Petrochemicals Over Operations In Akwa Ibom Community
Labour, Industrial committee engages Sterling petrochemicals over operations in Akwa Ibom community…๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด & ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.
The Akwa Ibom State Labour and Industrial Committee has conducted an on-the-spot assessment of Eastern Obolo communities to address concerns regarding the operations of a multinational firm, Sterling Global Company.
The committee reiterated that the company must strictly adhere to the terms of reference established between the state government and the firm.
This statement was made during a visit by the Akwa Ibom State Labour and Industrial Committee to the communities of Otu Ita, Obianga and Iko Nta, as well as the premises of Sterling Company.
The delegation, led by the committee chairman, Rt. Hon. Essien Nse PhD, expressed disappointment over certain actions by the company, particularly the obstruction of the creek which is critical to the survival of the people of Iko Nta and Obianga communities.
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Rt. Hon. Essien condemned the companyโs decision to block the creek, despite prior directives from the state Governor. “During his last visit, Governor Umo Eno had explicitly instructed that the creek should not be blocked in order to allow access to the communities and also sustain their livelihood.
Regrettably, you have disregarded that directive. I urge you to immediately restore access to these waterways and also provide drinkable water for the benefit of these communities,” Rt. Hon. Essien stated.
The Committee also raised concerns over the companyโs encroachment into areas of the lands not designated for its use, calling for strict compliance with the agreed terms with the State government.
At the palace of the village head of Iko/Nta, Chief Emmanuel Okoro, Prof. Gamaliel Harry, a respected academic speaking on behalf of the community, highlighted local grievances following a guided tour. “We welcomed Sterling Company with open arms when they arrived to invest in our communities. We have lived here for generations and willingly provided land for their operations.
However, they have encroached on areas beyond what was allocated and blocked our only access to the headquarters of Eastern Obolo Local Government and other regions, today, if you want to visit Okorete, you will have to spend as much as eleven thousand naira as against five hundred naira before Sterling blocked access to the sea.
Our ability to fish has been severely hampered by these unlawful actions too,” Prof. Harry explained.
๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐: The committee inspected an abandoned jetty, which, according to the village head, Chief Humphrey Oyet, has become unusable due to the companyโs blockage of multiple waterways.
Chief Oyet accused Sterling Company of disregarding the rules of engagement, noting that the Governor had previously instructed the firm to keep access routes open during his visit.
“The companyโs closure of these waterways violates the agreement between our communities and Sterling Company,” the traditional ruler added.
In his response, Rt. Hon. Essien assured the community that the Governor remains committed to the welfare of Eastern Obolo people, which is evidenced by his two visits to the local government area to mediate the dispute. Supporting this stance, the State Commissioner for Labour and Manpower, Elder Ikoedem Ekong, reassured the village head and residents that the administration of Governor Umo Eno would not tolerate exploitation by multinational companies.
“The government will resist any attempts to undermine the rights of Eastern Obolo people and the broader Akwa Ibom population,” he affirmed.
The delegation subsequently visited Sterling Companyโs office to meet with its management, where a committee member Hon. Udo Keiran Akpan delivered a stern rebuke over the firmโs encroachment onto unallocated lands.
Industrial Committee Engages Sterling Petrochemicals
He described their actions as insulting to the Governor of the State. “You have exceeded the boundaries of the land assigned to you. We urge you to fully respect and comply with the terms of reference. Our discussions with community members indicate their dissatisfaction with your conduct.
As part of your corporate social responsibility, we have agreed that you must provide essential amenities such as water, access roads, and other necessities. It is vital that these communities feel content with your presence, and you must align with their conditions,” Hon. Akpan asserted.
The State Committee delegation included the ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ท. ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข, ๐๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐จ๐ธ๐ถ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ; ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด (๐๐๐); ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ซ. ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข.
Governor Umo Eno Strengthens Primary Healthcare with New Model PHC in Akwa Ibom Community
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, will today, Tuesday, September 8, 2026, commission a newly constructed Model Primary Health Centre in Esit Eket Local Government Area of the state.
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The commissioning is part of activities lined up under the state governmentโs โ39-30 Projects Daysโ initiative, which highlights key projects being delivered across the state by the Eno administration. The Esit Eket health facility is scheduled as Day 8 of the initiative.
The new Model Primary Health Centre is designed to improve access to quality, affordable and efficient healthcare services for residents of Esit Eket and neighbouring communities.
The facility is expected to provide residents with improved access to essential primary healthcare services while reducing the challenges associated with travelling long distances to access basic medical attention.
Governor Eno’s administration has continued to place emphasis on the development of healthcare infrastructure as part of its broader human capital development and people-oriented programmes.
The construction of the Model Primary Health Centre is therefore expected to contribute to improved healthcare delivery and better health outcomes within the local government area.
The commissioning ceremony is scheduled to commence at 3:00 p.m. at the Model Primary Health Centre, Esit Eket.
The Senator representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, Senator Ekong Sampson, is expected to serve as the Guest of Honour at the event.
The ceremony will be broadcast live by the Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC), alongside participating radio stations, including Inspiration FM, Comfort FM, Tangsio FM and Atlantic FM, allowing residents across the state and beyond to follow the event.
The project is one of the infrastructure interventions being undertaken by the Governor Eno administration to strengthen public services and improve the quality of life of citizens.
Umo Eno
With the commissioning of the facility, residents of Esit Eket and surrounding communities are expected to benefit from improved healthcare infrastructure and easier access to primary medical services.
The project further underscores the state government’s commitment to taking development projects closer to the people, particularly in critical sectors such as healthcare, education, infrastructure and human capital development.
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Akwa Ibom
Governor Umo Eno Strengthen Education Reform with Model Primary School in Akwa Ibom Community
Governor Umo Eno Strengthen Education Reform with Model Primary School in Akwa Ibom Community
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, has reaffirmed his administrationโs commitment to providing quality and accessible basic education with the commissioning of a Model Primary School in Obot Akara Local Government Area.
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Located along Ikpe Mbak EyopโUmuahia Road, Obot Akara, the Model Primary School is part of the Governorโs strategic investment in modern educational infrastructure designed to provide pupils in rural communities with a conducive environment for learning, growth and development. The project reflects the administrationโs conviction that every child in Akwa Ibom, regardless of location, deserves access to quality educational facilities.
The school is equipped with modern learning facilities to enhance teaching and learning, while providing pupils and teachers with a safe, comfortable and stimulating environment. The initiative also underscores Governor Enoโs broader vision of strengthening the foundation of education through sustained investment in infrastructure and the creation of opportunities for children to acquire the skills and knowledge required for the future.
The commissioning of the Model Primary School would further demonstrate the Governorโs commitment to the implementation of the ARISE Agenda, particularly its focus on human capital development and inclusive growth. By bringing quality educational infrastructure closer to the people, the administration is addressing immediate learning needs while laying the foundation for a more educated, skilled and productive generation of Akwa Ibom youths.
Arise
As Akwa Ibom State celebrates its 39th anniversary, the Model Primary School in Obot Akara stands as another visible testament to the Umo Enoโs administrationโs commitment to improving lives and promoting equitable development across the state.
The project reinforces the message that the future of Akwa Ibom depends on investing in its children today.
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Governor Eno charges Citizens to Claim Ownership of New Youth Development Centre
The vision behind the Youth Development Centres conceptualized by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, to deepen inclusion has been described as an investment that will engender socioeconomic boom in the State.
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Accordingly, stakeholders and youths in Ikono have been charged to take ownership and protect the newly inaugurated Ikono Youth Development Center.
These sentiments were espoused today in Ikono Local Government Area, where Governor Eno commissioned a Youth Development Centre, as part of 39 projects lined up to commemorate the Stateโs 39th anniversary.
Recounting the numerous opportunities young people can derive from the huge investments intended to scale-up on human capital development, Governor Eno called on the youths to brace-up for a future of prosperity.
Represented by the National Assembly Member for Oron Federal Constituency, Hon. Martins Esin, the Governor listed the Enterprise Accelerator Programme of Ibom-LED, Skills training at DASAC and various MSMEs support as critical interventions that is already opening up the economic space for young people.
Esin, who serves as Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development acknowledged opportunities given to young people in the state as strategic, noting that the Governor has gone ahead of other sub-nationals to prepare the state for a future of opportunities.
He acknowledged the Youth Development Centres as an idea the Federal Government was currently considering, while calling on young people to make the best of the opportunity and keep supporting the Governor to do more for the people.
Highlighting various components of the centre, the Commissioner for Youth Development, Dr Ekerete Ekanem, in his project overview described the centre as a one-stop solution, creativity and entrepreneurial hub that would energize Governor Umo Enoโs visionary youth development ambition across the state.
Welcoming the Governor and his delegation to Ikono, the Council Chairman, Engr. Otobong Essien applauded the administrationโs intentional infrastructural renaissance in the area as a legacy that is turning around their socioeconomic fortunes, while promising their continued support to the administration.
Engr Essien said that her people have already agreed to support the reelection of Governor Eno, Senator Akpabio, Honourable Asuquo Nana and Rep Emmanuel Ukpongudo, as well as President Bola Tinubu.
Promising the massive support of Ikono people to Governor Enoโs re-election, the National Assembly member for Ikono Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Ukpongudo enumerated interventions of the administration that has repositioned livelihoods, tasking youths to embrace the innovation by protecting it against vandals.
Umo Eno
Describing the Governorโs performance in Ikono as humbling, Senator Aloysius Etok in describing him as a people-friendly leader recounted how the ARISE Agenda has turned things around for the state, promising that the people will reward him and the All Progressives Congress with their votes in 2027.
Members of the traditional institution, youths and women in their goodwill messages expressed gratitude to the administration for deepening inclusion for hitherto hard to reach communities, promising to protect the facilities and make the best of it.
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