@julianaolayinka@_PastorUmoEno@aksgovt U should also see poverty, youths unemployment, and stomach infrastructure development too. All what you see was started and completed by previous administrations, upgrading previous administrations project is not the same, name one projects start by this administration
2023 Presidential Election was crazy. As a deductive person, I dashed my vote to Atiku as per PDP structure.
Same with majority of Akwa Ibom voters, that Presidential ballot was a mess.
I look ballot, Tinubu was APC, Atiku a fulani contesting after a Fulani... I blur.
There was a reason Akwa Ibom promoted "Akwa Ibom PDP", we did State over National.
With Tinubu 2027, the Political trajectory is clear...
We need show working to be on the table.
Enye Ndi Eba X2.... Transactional politics is the way for minorities.
You do for me me, I do for you...
Logics will always thrash emotions.
QED
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He doesn't make pop music. He doesn't appear on reality TV.
He goes to court. For Nigerians who can't afford to go to court themselves.
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He's been jailed for his advocacy. He's had threats. He's kept going.
This is the kind of Akwa Ibom person who rarely trends, but whose work matters in ways that outlast any hit song or viral moment.
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The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Cross River State Council, have disassociated herself from the April 8, 2026 Plan Protest by Think Tank Team (TTT).
The State Chairman of NUP, Comrade, Effiong Ita, said the Union is a harmless body, recognized by the Labour Law.
Anything that require setting committee can't work, with All the consultant, expertise, & policy makers we have, implementation will be nothing. We need leadership not committee
GOV ENO UNVEILS BOLD POWER REFORM AGENDA, AS 31 LGA CHAIRMEN COMMEND INITIATIVE
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to transforming the state’s power sector, earning the commendation and support of all 31 Local Government Area (LGA) Chairmen.
The Governor made this known during a special meeting held on Friday, April 3, 2026, at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Uyo. The meeting brought together members of the State Executive Council, LGA Chairmen, and the State’s Technical Consultant on Power to review outcomes from the power summit and deliberate on critical sector reforms.
In his remarks, Governor Eno stated that the state is firmly on course in implementing the roadmap developed during the September 2025 Power Summit. He stressed that achieving stable, accessible, and sustainable electricity requires a deliberate and well-coordinated process.
He noted that the government has already taken bold and strategic steps that will soon begin to yield tangible results, urging stakeholders to remain patient and supportive.
The Governor also commended the Local Government Chairmen for their collaboration, describing the synergy between the state and local governments as crucial to the success of the Akwa Ibom development agenda.
Meanwhile, in a post-meeting press briefing, the State Commissioner for Information Rt. Hon.Aniekan Umanah stated that the State Electricity Regulatory Commission has been established. He added that the names of commissioner nominees will soon be forwarded to the State House of Assembly for consideration and confirmation.
He further clarified that the state is not considering selling the Ibom Power Company but is instead exploring a concession framework that would retain government control while leveraging private sector investment, expertise, and efficiency.
Providing a technical overview, the State’s Consultant on Power, Eyo Ekpo, highlighted Akwa Ibom’s unique standing in Nigeria’s electricity sector. He noted that the state is one of only two to have developed a grid-connected power generation plant since 1999, and the only one that has retained ownership of its 191-megawatt Ibom Power Company (IPC).
Ekpo explained that the reform process has been deliberate, structured, and legally grounded, guided by the principle of “policy first, law second, and discipline in execution always.”
He stressed that Ibom Electricity Holding Limited (LEHL) has been officially incorporated. Its main purpose is to serve as the holding company for the state’s electricity assets, including Ibom Power, PHED, to ensure proper management of the State shares and investments in the power sector.
As part of efforts to expand electricity access, particularly in rural areas, he also outlined plans for temporary off-grid solutions powered by solar energy for the unserved household
To drive the implementation of the program, Governor Eno announced the constitution of a seven-member committee led by the Executive Assistant and Chief Delivery Advisor, Aniefiok Johnson. Other members include the Commissioner for Power, Hon. Iniobong Robson; Commissioner for Budget and Economic Development, Hon. Linus Nkan; Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Frank Archibong; ALGON Chairman, Dr. Uwemedimo Udo; Elder Aniefiok Nkom, Chairman of Ikot Ekpene LGA; and Hon. (Mrs.) Glory Ekah Effiong, Chairman of Ibeno LGA.
The committee has been given two weeks to submit its report.
The meeting, which commenced at about 2.30 p.m., ended at 6:00p.m., marking a significant milestone in the state’s drive toward comprehensive and sustainable power sector reform.
Akwa Ibom is building a deep seaport at Oron.
The Ibom Deep Seaport, the Ibaka Seaport, sits on the Atlantic Ocean, right where the Bight of Bonny opens up.
When complete, it will be one of the most strategically positioned ports in West Africa.
Oil exports. Imports. Regional trade. Maritime jobs.
Oron already has the Maritime Academy.
Oron already has natural gas offshore.
Now it will have a world-class deep seaport.
1. FIRS generated 28.6 trillion in 2025.
2. Customs generated 7.2 trillion in 2025.
3. NPA generated 1.25 trillion in 2025.
4. NNPC generated 60.14 trillion in 2025.
5. Immigration generated 618 billion.
6. NDIC generated 453 billion in 2025.
7. Stamp duty revenue - 65 bn in 2025.
8. CBN treasury bills raised to cover budget deficit in 2025 - N15.4 trillion.
Oil subsidy removed, power subsidy removed.
No new teaching hospital built, now new university built, all federal roads are in a state of disrepair, insecurity continues to rise, agriculture sector dying due to imports, federal contractors havent been paid since 2024.
Yet Tinubu is asking to borrow another 6 billion dollars.
Are we jinxed or under a spell?😭☹️
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6 MONTHS UNPAID SALARY: IBOM POWER MD ABSCONDS AS PRESSURE MOUNTS FOR HIS RESIGNATION
The MD of Ibom Power, Camillus Umo, has not set foot at the Ibom Power plant site in Ikot Abasi since November last year, when he led a deceitful media tour to the plant site, raising concerns about on-site leadership and operational oversight.
This development comes amid a prolonged salary crisis, with employees said to have gone over six months without pay under increasingly difficult conditions.
Sources described the situation as critical, questioning at what point prolonged inaction becomes a leadership failure, saying the MD has failed and should resign.
Following this paper’s revelation that the Governor planned to sell the Ibom power plant as scrap hence the negligent attitude towards the suffering of the staff.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Aniekan Umanah released a statement denying the claim but failed to address the non-payment of staff salary or why the governor has not intervened on gas supply to the plant.
It should be recalled that after that deceitful media tour last year, the MD of Ibom Power sacked over 50 staff on charismas day saying he had no need for them even though they were Akwa Ibom people that had worked for over 10 years at Ibom Power long before he was appointed MD.
Multiple sources said this sack has heightened tensions within the host communities in Ikot Abasi.
Community sources in Ikot Abasi told this paper that most of the people sacked were Ikot Abasi indigenes who were employed as part of the company’s CSR to the community. The MD who has been accused of being tribalistic replaced the Ikot Abasi indigene with his tribesman from Essien Udim stoking rumors of an ethnic agenda.
Following the sack of the Ikot Abasi indigenes, youths across the clans in Ikot Abasi had written to the MD daring him to either reinstate their indigenes or never step a foot at the plant site again. Upon hearing this, the MD absconded and has not been to the plant site for almost 6 months now overseeing plant operations from Uyo office.
Despite having not been at the plant site since last year, the MD released a memo early this year threatening to sack staff who come late to work even though he owes them 6 months salary.
In response to the threat, staff informed the MD that the plant site had been without water for over a month hence the over 150 of them that work at the plant site are unable to use the convenience when they come to work due to the stench from unflushed toilets and the accompanying health hazards.
Apparently, if the MD had been to the plant site in the last one month, he would have known that there was no water.
Analysts have asked about the effectiveness of the plant’s leadership in managing both operations and staff welfare during this period.
This paper was reliably informed that, like someone who has found delight in the untold hardship and suffering of the staff the MD walks around Uyo office mocking staff and asking why they have not died despite being owed 6 months salary.
It was reported on social media that a senior management staff died because he could not afford adequate medical care while two other staff lost their spouses to health related issues under similar circumstances.
Sources revealed that less than a year after assuming office as the MD, Camillus Umo stopped all forms of staff welfare including feeding. He refused to renew the HMO and discontinued payment of medicals to staff. The failure to renew the HMO led to the death of the senior management staff and spouses of company staff who were initially covered under the HMO. Upon learning of the deaths the MD hastily paid one month medical allowances as a face saving gesture.
The actions of the MD have been described as callous and heartless, a claim he denies. But sources say when his senior management staff was bedridden in the hospital for weeks, the MD never visited him at the hospital and only reluctantly approved the release of a token to support the manager’s medicals when he learned the situation had gotten worse. Even when the manager died, the MD never paid a condolence visit to the family.
This paper was informed that even at the virtual meeting he reluctantly held with staff, the MD had to be reminded to observe a moment of silence for the departed management staff exposing his lack of compassion.
Sources say, his lack of compassion towards the departed management staff may not be unconnected to his reported lack of trust for his management staff who he treats with disdain.
Analysts observed that since the MD took office on 15 November 2024 after the former MD was sacked for telling the truth about the gas supply situation to Ibom Power, Power supply in Akwa Ibom state has worsened, while neighboring Abia state continues to enjoy improved power supply.
According to industry observers, before cammilos umo took office, Ibom power had reportedly sustained Akwa Ibom state on island mode during multiple grid collapses but since he took office Ibom power that once sustained the state on island mode has not operated for 10 days straight under this MD in almost two years, raising questions about his true motive for holding on to the office following such monumental failure.
Sources say staff have continued to drown in debt and untold hardship in addition to family obligations, school fees and house rent while the MD who earns over N4m monthly has found delight in payment of 25% salary since he still takes home N1m while staff that earn N100,000 take home N25,000 in this difficult economy.
Recall that after being called out by this Paper on continued payment of over N10m imprest to himself despite owing staff, the MD stopped the payment of imprest and has now devised another means to pay himself by making up fictitious meetings in Abuja to get travel allowances to attend to his own immediate needs while staff continue to struggle.
According to anonymous sources, several pleas have been made to the MD to officially seek the governor’s intervention but instead he is unconcerned and has no immediate solution in sight. He comes to Uyo office, sits till close of work and repeats daily looking forward to more staff death as he continues to inquire from office to office.
In just one year six months at Ibom power, Camillus Umo has been brutal towards staff welfare, stopped staff feeding, discontinued HMO and payment of medicals, sacked over 50 staff, questioned everyone’s competence except his own, yet, he has not been able to keep the plant on for up to 7 days since he resumed, owes six months salaries and counting a situation that insiders say has pushed families into hardship. The development has triggered questions about the company’s leadership and his capacity to manage both operational demands and staff welfare during a period of financial strain.
(C) The Guide Newspaper
My dear Governor
@_PastorUmoEno I write to you as a concerned citizen and resident of Akwa Ibom state, deeply passionate about the development and prosperity of our dear state. Like many Nigerians, I have endured the persistent pain of unreliable electricity supply caused by the frequent collapses of the national grid. These outages disrupt businesses, hinder education, affect healthcare, and slow down overall economic growth.
It is with great admiration that I have followed the visionary leadership of Governor Alex Otti of Abia State. Governor Otti has taken a bold and decisive step towards achieving energy independence for Abia by working towards a total exit from the unstable national grid. His administration is expanding independent power generation capacity through projects like Geometric Power in Aba, which is set to reach 266 MW with the addition of a new 125 MW gas turbine. Parts of Abia (including the Aba ring-fence area covering eight local governments) have already detached from the national grid, enjoying more stable supply
Please Sir please
Just doing something about Light
It’s a shame
Fr