GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE

PRESS RELEASE


FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON HOTEL, IKOT EKPENE:
WHO IS LYING?

The attention of Akwa Ibom State Government has been drawn to publications in the Nation and Sun newspapers of Saturday, August 25, 2018 where the All Progressive Congress (APC) alleged that the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene was over 98% completed as at the time Senator Godswill Akpabio vacated office in 2015.

Ordinarily, the State Government would have ignored such spurious claims as it has never been our intention to join issues in the media but to focus on “Project Akwa Ibom”.

However, it has become necessary for the public to know who is telling a lie and we feel obligated to state as follows.

1. That immediate past Governor commissioned the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene without a signed Franchise agreement and full complement of requisite furniture and fittings.

2. 95% of the total contract sum was approved and disbursed by the immediate past Governor as building and site improvement cost
a. The worldwide standard for building and site improvement cost component of a full-service 4star hotel in an emerging market is 64% of the total cost of the hotel- (Hospitality Valuation Services HSV)

3. We challenge immediate past Governor to validate his claims of having fulfilled the requisite contractual obligations with Starwood Hotel & Resort for the Four Points by Sheraton franchise by publishing a copy of the signed management agreement.
a. When was the agreement signed? Who were the signatories and witnesses to the transaction?
b. Which Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) was used in signing the agreement before vacating office.
i. The SPV that manages the transaction on behalf of the Akwa Ibom State Government; Raffia City Hotels and Tours Limited was incorporated on June 11, 2015; more than one month after Senator Akpabio had commissioned the hotel. (Certificate of Incorporation attached).
c. To set the records straight, the Senator should also publish a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) he used for the transaction.

4. Regrettably, it paints an unpalatable picture of mischief for the immediate past Governor; a lawyer by profession, to present an unsigned and unverified press statement in the Nation newspaper of July 12, 2014 as evidence of a legal contractual obligation on a high networth project as one in question. This is a brazen and unremorseful attempt at demeaning the intelligence of the good people of Akwa Ibom State.

5. It is ludicrous that despite being confronted with bare facts, the immediate past Governor is unabashedly making spirited attempts at sweeping the facts under the carpet by alleging that his administration had fulfilled all franchise requirements with Starwood Hotels and Resort and that the current administration was only expected to pay the fees when it fell due in 2015.

6. The Distinguished Senator would do well to answer these pertinent questions;
a. How come the hotel that had been commissioned never started operations before the end of his administration?
b. How come there was no guest traffic count and/or feasibility study carried out to justify the N25.4bn investment in a 146 room hotel?
c. Why were external caterers hired to bring in food if the kitchen and dining facilities were ready, equipped and commissioned?
d. How come the hotel is a subject of discussion today; three years after it was supposedly commissioned?
e. Who benefited from the contract awards for the hotel?
f. Who brought the contractors?
g. Who benefitted from the over 95% payment his administration disbursed on a half-completed hotel?

While the Akwa Ibom State Government is reluctant to engage in a mudslinging combat with anybody, we will provide more facts to justify who is telling the truth and who is lying when the questions asked are answered.


Signed
Charles Udoh
Hon. Commissioner for Information & Strategy

August 27, 2018

AKPABIO HAS WASHED HIS ROBE WHITE, HES NOW A SAINT


AKPABIO NEVER KNOW WETIN JAM AM, MAKE 2019 REACH

When trouble sleep, yanga go wake am my brother wetin you they find ooo....


UDOMIZE AKWA IBOM

Oya Akpabio it is time to shut your mouth up else you will be exposed, disgraced and humiliated

Akpabio should know very well that his former stooge, Udom, knows so much about his questionable transactions while he was Governor.

abokibuhari:
AKPABIO HAS WASHED HIS ROBE WHITE, HES NOW A SAINT


AKPABIO NEVER KNOW WETIN JAM AM, MAKE 2019 REACH

When trouble sleep, yanga go wake am my brother wetin you they find ooo....


UDOMIZE AKWA IBOM

Udomisation Agenda by Akwa Ibom people.

Akpabio fall hand the day he challenged his Chi to a wrestling match

Sad moment for Akpabio right now

So sad

Udom has no excuse not to complete four point hotel and also complete Tropicana

Akpabio has joined Apc so lying is their identity

sholatech:
Akpabio should know very well that his former stooge, Udom, knows so much about his questionable transactions while he was Governor.

He thinks Udom is a fool my brother

mrvitalis:
Udom has no excuse not to complete four point hotel and also complete Tropicana

You read the article so?

Akpabio is a fraud. shame on him

mrvitalis:
Udom has no excuse not to complete four point hotel and also complete Tropicana

Tunda bend your left blokos dia

Akpabio come and defend yourself. You will be humiliated in Akwa Ibom state. shameless man

TonyeBarcanista:
GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE

PRESS RELEASE


FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON HOTEL, IKOT EKPENE:
WHO IS LYING?

The attention of Akwa Ibom State Government has been drawn to publications in the Nation and Sun newspapers of Saturday, August 25, 2018 where the All Progressive Congress (APC) alleged that the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene was over 98% completed as at the time Senator Godswill Akpabio vacated office in 2015.

Ordinarily, the State Government would have ignored such spurious claims as it has never been our intention to join issues in the media but to focus on “Project Akwa Ibom”.

However, it has become necessary for the public to know who is telling a lie and we feel obligated to state as follows.

1. That immediate past Governor commissioned the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene without a signed Franchise agreement and full complement of requisite furniture and fittings.

2. 95% of the total contract sum was approved and disbursed by the immediate past Governor as building and site improvement cost
a. The worldwide standard for building and site improvement cost component of a full-service 4star hotel in an emerging market is 64% of the total cost of the hotel- (Hospitality Valuation Services HSV)

3. We challenge immediate past Governor to validate his claims of having fulfilled the requisite contractual obligations with Starwood Hotel & Resort for the Four Points by Sheraton franchise by publishing a copy of the signed management agreement.
a. When was the agreement signed? Who were the signatories and witnesses to the transaction?
b. Which Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) was used in signing the agreement before vacating office.
i. The SPV that manages the transaction on behalf of the Akwa Ibom State Government; Raffia City Hotels and Tours Limited was incorporated on June 11, 2015; more than one month after Senator Akpabio had commissioned the hotel. (Certificate of Incorporation attached).
c. To set the records straight, the Senator should also publish a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) he used for the transaction.

4. Regrettably, it paints an unpalatable picture of mischief for the immediate past Governor; a lawyer by profession, to present an unsigned and unverified press statement in the Nation newspaper of July 12, 2014 as evidence of a legal contractual obligation on a high networth project as one in question. This is a brazen and unremorseful attempt at demeaning the intelligence of the good people of Akwa Ibom State.

5. It is ludicrous that despite being confronted with bare facts, the immediate past Governor is unabashedly making spirited attempts at sweeping the facts under the carpet by alleging that his administration had fulfilled all franchise requirements with Starwood Hotels and Resort and that the current administration was only expected to pay the fees when it fell due in 2015.

6. The Distinguished Senator would do well to answer these pertinent questions;
a. How come the hotel that had been commissioned never started operations before the end of his administration?
b. How come there was no guest traffic count and/or feasibility study carried out to justify the N25.4bn investment in a 146 room hotel?
c. Why were external caterers hired to bring in food if the kitchen and dining facilities were ready, equipped and commissioned?
d. How come the hotel is a subject of discussion today; three years after it was supposedly commissioned?
e. Who benefited from the contract awards for the hotel?
f. Who brought the contractors?
g. Who benefitted from the over 95% payment his administration disbursed on a half-completed hotel?

While the Akwa Ibom State Government is reluctant to engage in a mudslinging combat with anybody, we will provide more facts to justify who is telling the truth and who is lying when the questions asked are answered.


Signed
Charles Udoh
Hon. Commissioner for Information & Strategy

August 27, 2018

Good one from AKSG

Akpabio should be arrested immediately

SS politician dont know how to play politics like their counterparts from the SW. For example Tinibu can never make the mistake of challenging his successors to this king political game because he is wise.
All what EFCC need to do to unravel the misdeeds of previous political holders to make the actors decamp to opposition parties and they will start exposing themselves by themselves just as Akpabio is doing now

samfuntua:
SS politician dont know how to play politics like their counterparts from the SW. For example Tinibu can never make the mistake of challenging his successors to this king political game because he is wise.
All what EFCC need to do to unravel the misdeeds of previous political holders to make the actors decamp to opposition parties and they will start exposing themselves by themselves just as Akpabio is doing now

Akpabio is not smart

wiseone28:
If Umana couldn't handle Akpabio..then who is Udom? (what i admire in Akpabio is, if he wants something he must get it no matter what it cost)

Na so una talk until Obiano change am for Peter Obi.

TonyeBarcanista:
Na so una talk until Obiano change am for Peter Obi.

Akpabio is a Lion himself

Akpabio is no longer corrupt having defected to the ruling party,


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St Godswill Akpabio

akpabio na mouth wer hm get. hv bn in I.K b4 n afta he left AKSG. evn d skeletal work ws nt completed as at 2015.

Good riddance to bad rubbish!

Akpabio is now a saint. The uncommon thief.

EFCC dodging this news like

Lolzz Gov. Udom is out for Akpabio we certainly haven't heard the last of this defection debacle...the power play is getting feverish

TonyeBarcanista:
You read the article so?

First ask if he well

Udom and his administration has been on seat since 2015 may. Why is he coming out with these so called facts (they may be or not). Why is it now? Why not 3 years ago if Udom's hands were clean?

So all this while inibehe Effiong were talking that udom is covering Akpabio were true? For the past 3 years, many have been asking how much the state receives as revenue? What is the debt profile? How much debt did Akpabio leave?

All these questions were swept under the carpet by Udom and his media aids. Efcc even investigated the state account for the period Akpabio was governor and Udom through the Judiciary fought it.

Suddenly, Akpabio decamps, Udom grows conscience, becomes a person of integrity, threatening to expose Akpabio. NONSENSE

The fact is, Udom cannot do a thing to Akpabio, because he is the chief benefactor of the proceeds of corruption, Akpabio broke all the constitution of pdp to make Udom a PDP flag bearer in the state, he paid, bribed, displaced and even murdered so that Udom can inherit the throne of blood. There is nothing udom can do, nothing.

He was in it with Akpabio, he covered him up, even till now, he is still covering for him, because he knows that his hands are as dirty and bloody as Akpabio's.