Contrary to what was published in one of the national dailies sometime in november that "Akwa Ibom Enjoys Uninterrupted Power Supply", the executive governor of Akwa Ibom State- Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio, at about 11.00am this morning in an interview on AKBC TV/Radio said the Ibom Power Company (the company managing that state's independent power plant) only 'test-run' the plant for about 24hours when the minister of state for power visited the state to inspect the project and the ONLY BENEFICIARIES were the residents of Eket and it's environs. He said the PHCN facilities couldn't carry the voltage that was supplied and they had to give way, which made the plant to shut down it's operations until the facilities are replaced. More so,he said the state will ONLY enjoy steady power supply from the plant WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES TRANSMISSION  LICENSE TO THE STATE and even Uyo-the state capital, can't enjoy uninterrupted power supply till a transmission line is made to link Eket and Itu. He said the state government has gone into negotiations wif the other states that were issued generating licenses(Cross river, bayelsa, and rivers) to see if they could collectively secure a transmission license from the federal gov so that they can go ahead and transmit the power that has been successfully generated.