… Tightens Environmental Enforcement, Says President Tinubu To Visit A’Ibom September
UYO
Akwa Ibom governor has made known that his government is finalising a comprehensive five-year development plan to provide a strategic framework for sustainable growth and policy implementation.
Pastor Umo Eno also hinted that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is expected to pay an official visit to Akwa Ibom in September to commission completed projects, explaining that details of the visit would be made public soon.
Eno, who made the disclosures, Saturday, during the Government House Monthly Prayer Service, which took place at the Latter House Chapel, Government House, Uyo, also expressed gratitude to God for what he described as a “new name” for Akwa Ibom, and prayed for divine sustenance as the state continues on its path of growth and development.
The governor cautioned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse into drainage channels, describing flash flooding as a natural occurrence that requires both government intervention and citizens’ cooperation.
Eno disclosed that the state government would review its flood control strategy to strengthen its response to flooding, while restating the need for strict compliance with the monthly environmental sanitation exercises.
The governor warned that anyone found violating the state’s environmental sanitation laws would be prosecuted and sentenced to community service, urging all residents to join hands in keeping Akwa Ibom clean.
Eno further announced that full free internet service would soon commence at the Victor Attah International Airport (VAIA) as part of his administration’s efforts to improve public services and strengthen digital infrastructure.
Speaking on the administration’s social welfare programme, he said the ongoing food distribution exercise across the 31 local government areas was being implemented through the state’s Social Register, adding that the Ministry of Economic Planning would soon commence an update of the register to capture more vulnerable residents.
He thanked the people of Akwa Ibom for their continued support, prayers and constructive counsel, noting that their cooperation had contributed significantly to the peace, growth and progress being recorded across the state.
Earlier, in his homily, Pastor Emmanuel Bassey, who preached on the theme: “Divine Rechristening,” drawn from Isaiah 62:4, urged Akwa Ibom people to renew their commitment to the state and embrace God’s purpose for its transformation.
He prayed that Akwa Ibom would attain greater heights, stressing that divine revelation would take the state to the next level, and called on worshippers to surrender their lives to Christ for spiritual repositioning and “divine rechristening.”
The monthly prayer service featured choir ministrations and intercessory prayers for the state, its leadership, ongoing projects and the successful completion of developmental initiatives.

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