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  A Bill for a Law to provide for a Map for Akwa Ibom State and other matters connected therewith has been passed into law by the State House of Assembly during its Thursday plenary. The new law, which is cited as the Akwa Ibom State Map Establishment Law 2023, takes effect from the 13th day of April, 2023. This followed a report of the Joint Committee on Lands and Housing, Boundary and Conflict Resolution and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, presented by its Chairman, Sir Udo Kierian Akpan (Oruk Anam). According to the report, the Bill, sponsored by Hon. David Lawrence (Eket), will help reduce agitations and communal conflicts, enhance and promote development within the mapped-out boundaries. The report further stated that “The Bill will enhance cultural affinities of the people within the boundaries and make for easy identification and placements. It will also assist in the proper identification and allocation of resources domiciled in the component units.” The report also r

  The people of   Eastern Obolo local government area of Akwa Ibom State are not only prepared for a showdown with Akwa Ibom State Government, but  are  battle ready  to resist  vehemently with their blood and by  every legitimate means should the 7th Assembly of the Akwa Ibom  State House of Assembly insist on going ahead to deliberate and perhaps subsequently pass into a sponsored subsisting controversial bill before it, said to be aimed at annexing the people of Eastern Obolo Local Area with any other local government area.  Speaking on April 5, 2023 on the proposed  remapping of the local government during a press conference held in Uyo, stakeholders of Eastern Obolo said the bill was obnoxious, anti-people, ill-advised, insensitive  and grossly discriminatory in all ramifications against the ancestry and rights of Eastern Eastern Obolo people as bonafide entity.    In a statement rising from the press conference, jointly signed for and on behalf of Ilima Obolo, a pan-Eastern Obolo

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has ratified a Bill for a Law to amend the ‘Akwa Ibom Investment Corporation (AKICORP) Law 2012’ and also passed into law the ‘Akwa Ibom State Bonds, Notes and other Securities Bill 2022.’  This follows the reports placed before the House at Tuesday plenary by Hon. KufreAbasi Edidem (Itu) and Hon. Uduak Odudoh (Ikot Abasi/Eastern Obolo), Chairmen of the House Committees on Industry, Commerce and Tourism, and Appropriation and Finance. According to Hon. Edidem’s report, the amendment of the 2012 AKICORP Law will update the scope of the legal and institutional framework of the Corporation in line with global best practices. "The amendment will strengthen the corporate governance structure of AKICORP to meet with the present and future corporate demands. It will entrench the governance structure of Ibom Airlines Limited to safeguard the investment against undue political interference and instill confidence in investors to invest in the state"