This is the story of 22-year-old Ekong, who was accused of witchcraft at age 12, in a remote village in Akwa Ibom. 12 years later, he is now months away from becoming a mobile phone technician.
“I am busy attending to family business,” these are the supposed words of Mr Efiok Udoh, the brother of late William Udoh, who died two years ago and is still in the mortuary.
The Biogas Toilet project. By Chisom Okoro As part of efforts of keying into Governor Umo Eno’s ARISE agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ikono Local Government Area (LGA) has launched a special facility converting toilet waste into cooking gas. This is the Biogas Toilet project. This is a notable progress plus others in…
By Edet-Honesty Effiong In an essentially pedestrian, agro – centric, rural economy, infrastructure means Roads. And in socioeconomic governance, road means growth and development. This basically underscores the overwhelming importance of road infrastructure in the overall well-being of a people. Today, Akwa Ibom State is rated as the State with best network of roads…
By Emmanuel Ndon In Akwa Ibom State, people are living life in a whole new, different way. The food security scheme – an initiative of Governor Umo Eno and intervention program of the Akwa Ibom State Bulk Purchase Agency, enable vulnerable individuals to have essential staple foodstuffs for their families. This reminds one of the…
