I might not like the way Udom is performing in the state in some aspects especially in terms of project delivery especially with regards road constructions, the delivery time is quite long and in some cases the quality of the job is quite low. i give an example, Ring road 2 (between Abak road and Aka road, Eket Re-modelling Project), this is one area the former governor performed very well, most projects that were started were most likely to be completed, there were some he didn't do well too, eg. Tropicana, etc. but are some other aspects Udom is getting very right, e.g. Industrialization especially in an environment where Power is abysmal - PHED is a total failure in Akwa Ibom, they need to be sent packing, without 24 hr electricity and at lease pipe borne water to every home, we can't achieve much. Ibom air too is a good idea to be a tool to boost tourism, Akwa Ibom is a very very clean state, we can take it a notch higher, lets work on our strengths, even though in my opinion, the ministry of tourism and tourism board are just snoozing while historical sites in the state are being lost forever. e.g Amalgamation house in Ikot Abasi while natural sites are being abandoned, they can setup a PPP arrangement to get those sites back in business - its a gold mine. Ibom deep sea port too is a no brainer too but we have to be ready both in terms of infrastructure (rail on my mind) and human capital development, more scholarships need to be awarded and paid to the brightest brains in the state (they are very many) to go study in the Havard, Yale, Oxford, etc. and let them come back to drive the economy. Udom is also trying in the area of ethical re-orientation of the youths, encouraging everyone to get up and stop looking at government officials for handouts- a very bad legacy of past government. The typical Akwa Ibom indigene right from when I was a child is known to be very brilliant and industrious, politics of stomach infrastructure and corruption (a Nationwide malaise) will not take us far. The youths need to quickly key into the Akwa Ibom dream and turn Akwa Ibom into a Singapore or Dubai.

I have read with amusement some comments from people don't know or even share the Akwa Ibom dream who have displayed nothing but HATE and in most cases ENVY and JEALOUSY about the state. This is actually a past time of most nairalanders from my observation , they hate to see and even hear anything good about any state that is not theirs. They never criticize constructively, its always with hate!!! please focus on your state. Akwa Ibom is not in any competitions with anybody, the truth however is that Akwa Ibom is far better than most states in Nigeria but that is not what is important, the state needs to target more world class standards and not engage in local competitions. To my fellow Akwa Ibomites who are not satisfied with the state of things or see pure falsehood, voice them out, hold the leaders accountable, tackle them too both on social media but more importantly right on the ground here in Akwa Ibom but remember one thing while doing it - " Anie Ufok ama okood ufok amo ataha ke essien, mboho eya esin ikang,"

Blackking98:
your poverty talk is outdated. Try something else

Brilliant and him view this too

Jxmmi90:


bla bla bla..he is right...akwa ibomites need valid human development be it financially or mentally..the people there has this low mentality per people staying at uyo,eket and a few from ikot ekpene ...the major income of a rich akwa ibom man is majorly politics... that's why they have this "the rich keep getting richer and poor getting poorer"syndrome... that state lacks job.I could remember a time even self till now in ikot ekpene the highest paying job is about 25-30k....though I commend the government they are really trying in providing social amenities..akwa ibom is one of the peaceful states with moderate level of living life...when it comes to good roads,free education and many other benefits they are top notch but when it comes to the overall state of the human development they are far far behind..that's why the bloody Biafrans do come over and do well and still dominate the indigenes...and pls if its for the screenshot u posted..u de talk like say u know sabi Nigeria government... how many ppl near u have been empowered by the SME funds they collected?....

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Bloody Biafrans controls about 3 local government in Lagos, they have more than 60% of the properties in Abuja, go to Ogun state, Kaduna, kano and see the their marks.
Edo, Rivers, Delta Biafrans are there, if they can dwarf the 2 major tribes in their territory in certain area of national growth then what is the noise about human development in AkwaIbom?
The OP is trying to change the narrative of AkwaIbom by constantly selling AkwaIbom to all the best you all can do is either write yours or keep silence
Nigeria has oil yet no refinery!
Nigeria national hospital can't match Ibom specialist hospital!
Nigeria can't generate power that AkwaIbom generates !
If AkwaIbom needs human development, Nigeria needs common/human sense development a million times

Hotice085:
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Bloody Biafrans controls about 3 local government in Lagos, they have more than 60% of the properties in Abuja, go to Ogun state, Kaduna, kano and see the their marks.
Edo, Rivers, Delta Biafrans are there, if they can dwarf the 2 major tribes in their territory in certain area of national growth then what is the noise about human development in AkwaIbom?
The OP is trying to change the narrative of AkwaIbom by constantly selling AkwaIbom to all the best you all can do is either write yours or keep silence
Nigeria has oil yet no refinery!
Nigeria national hospital can't match Ibom specialist hospital!
Nigeria can't generate power that AkwaIbom generates !
If AkwaIbom needs human development, Nigeria needs common/human sense development a million times

God bless you

Jxmmi90:


bla bla bla..he is right...akwa ibomites need valid human development be it financially or mentally..the people there has this low mentality per people staying at uyo,eket and a few from ikot ekpene ...the major income of a rich akwa ibom man is majorly politics... that's why they have this "the rich keep getting richer and poor getting poorer"syndrome... that state lacks job.I could remember a time even self till now in ikot ekpene the highest paying job is about 25-30k....though I commend the government they are really trying in providing social amenities..akwa ibom is one of the peaceful states with moderate level of living life...when it comes to good roads,free education and many other benefits they are top notch but when it comes to the overall state of the human development they are far far behind..that's why the bloody Biafrans do come over and do well and still dominate the indigenes...and pls if its for the screenshot u posted..u de talk like say u know sabi Nigeria government... how many ppl near u have been empowered by the SME funds they collected?....

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Bloody Biafrans controls about 3 local government in Lagos, they have more than 60% of the properties in Abuja, go to Ogun state, Kaduna, kano and see the their marks.
Edo, Rivers, Delta Biafrans are there, if they can dwarf the 2 major tribes in their territory in certain area of national growth then what is the noise about human development in AkwaIbom?
The OP is trying to change the narrative of AkwaIbom by constantly selling AkwaIbom to all the best you all can do is either write yours or keep silence
Nigeria has oil yet no refinery!
Nigeria national hospital can't match Ibom specialist hospital!
Nigeria can't generate power that AkwaIbom generates !
If AkwaIbom needs human development, Nigeria needs common/human sense development a million times

Hotice085:
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Bloody Biafrans controls about 3 local government in Lagos, they have more than 60% of the properties in Abuja, go to Ogun state, Kaduna, kano and see the their marks.
Edo, Rivers, Delta Biafrans are there, if they can dwarf the 2 major tribes in their territory in certain area of national growth then what is the noise about human development in AkwaIbom?
The OP is trying to change the narrative of AkwaIbom by constantly selling AkwaIbom to all the best you all can do is either write yours or keep silence
Nigeria has oil yet no refinery!
Nigeria national hospital can't match Ibom specialist hospital!
Nigeria can't generate power that AkwaIbom generates !
If AkwaIbom needs human development, Nigeria needs common/human sense development a million times

sometimes its good for one to observe bfor commenting ...see as u open mouth waaaaaa...
when i said bloody biafrans...I was hailing their possessive prowess...since u said akwa ibom has all these things u mention then why do their governors and other top govt officials go to abuja or Lagos for those amenities ....I never dwarfed the progress of akwa ibom..read well,comprehend well bfor u type ...u didn't see where I wrote the state is peaceful, has good roads and basic amenities .....I've been staying year for years now..my daily interactions with the akwa ibomites made me understand and know that wen it comes to mentality they are far far behind.. wen u go to lagos,abuja,Onitsha, awka,Enugu,umuahia,asaba u will see the gulf in difference between them..apart from Uyo ..I still stand no other place in akwa ibom can compete with these top cities ..funny enough their allocation from federal government is much higher than rest of the states I called..dats why wen people from other places come here de tend to make it better than ppl living here for long....com to ikot ekpene and most places u can't see a job of 30k .......though cost of living here is low....

Olominira:

You need to note that the following are required for a long term development of any nation;

1. Peaceful atmosphere
2. Justice system
3. Leaders with vision and high tastes
4. Education
5. Infrastructure

Akwa Ibom has been consistent with all except No 2 which is FG failure. Tourism is one area of economy that States are not looking into, AKS is doing that perfectly. Their airline would compliment this largely.

Just to mention few, AKS has world standard stadia, sport facilities, industrial revolution, agriculture, quality roads that would aid transportation, auto and several other industries that would serve entire western Africa. All these are not obvious because they're just starting.

All AKS needs to do now is to invest massively into international propaganda and image branding, and also block all sources of negative news on AKS. They need to partner with big media both national and international to synchronize with her vision. This State is getting it, and must get all necessary supports she needs

Modified:


Yes, we have a long way to go but Lagos gets it right in term of visionary leaders. You don't expect Lagos to become New York City over night, our income generation needs massive expansion which is consistent with what Lagos and Akwa Ibom States are doing currently.

There are a lot of infrastructure gaps that need to be bridged. Don't forget FG needs to assistant Inner States from Oyo, Kogi, Bornu, Enugu, Kano etc to attract industries and workforce to discongest Lagos population. All these require patience and visions.

Nigeria must try as much as possible avoid distractions like what Kanu is doing. To a large extend, Nigeria is structure such that State govts are capable of attracting foreign investments, drive innovations, research and development among others.

Calling for break up of the nation is unnecessary and would set things back once more. The best thing activists and politicians should do is to demand for total resources control by negotiations and not by spreading hates

How much is it costing you to stop the distraction Kanu is doing ?

Why not concentrate on Boko Haram that has cost Nigeria over $3bn and still counting, also cost the country so many civilian and military lives ?

It is not so difficult to spot people with deficient outlook in life or people filled with hate tendencies.

From their comments, you will know them.

You can build your Eldorado without ethnic coloration but be sure that only about 20% of people actually enjoy being Nigerians.

The politicians, top civil servants and other lucky people.

mrvitalis:

U really believe all this rubbish in akwa ibom ?

Bros nothing is happening in Akwa ibom , it's all media hype ....

Udom has not done any major project in uyo since 2015 ....all the roads akpabio did are losing value nothing
Ordinary 9km Ring road he hasn't completed ...making me spend over 200k a month on car repairs

Is not but starting small small industry that anyone can start

Pls tell me more about AKS because when i went there last year the roads where ok but hearing this from u suprise me alot. Ilaumoh and hunchogee, will always telled us d good side of the state.

OVB123:
Pls tell me more about AKS because when i went there last year the roads where ok but hearing this from u suprise me alot. Ilaumoh and hunchogee, will always telled us d good side of the state.

Akpabio did 90% of the roads u see if not more ...the innner streets are nothing to right home about Bros ...there is no work here apart from they make noise about their gdp growth I laugh

Oil contribute over 11 billion dollars to their gdp ...take that out what do u have ? Less than 2 billion dollars it's that bad

2Ways:
I am living in Eket, AKWA ibom state and I can authoritatively tell you, the roads are bad, I mean very bad. None of the road project have been completed. I can show you photos if you need them.

Pls, i need them, i want to c Eket with my eyes.

I'm really surprised the way people talk here. Pls I want the people that are saying nothing is going on on ground should tell me any state governor that has been able to deliver a successful airline with even a modern airport been built to back it up, not even the federal government can boost of an airport as modern as the one in awka ibom. How many states in Nigeria can boost of good road infrastructure. And so many more in awka ibom.

The major things needed to develop a place is
1. Peaceful environment
2. Good transport system
3. Stable power supply.
4. Security

Akwa ibom has met these demend apart from electricity which is not their fault. Believe me if the country was restructured for state to have more control of their resources not just awka ibom but most southern states would have stable power supply because the bulk of the electricity is generated from the south. We should give him some credit are you guys not tired of hearing bad news in this country. At least we should celebrate when something good is put in place, and from all indication I have been seeing good things been done in the state. If he had his way he would have built that seaport ever since and done much more.

As for people crying awka ibom receiving the largest allocation from the federal government, if we should be sincere with ourselves the allocations states receive from the FG is too small from the highest to the smallest even if we remove corruption. Or do you guys think Dubai was built with the kind of allocations states are receiving. That's why we should canvassing for massive restructuring in this country to allow the state autonomy to drive their own economic destiny. And more importantly we the citizens need a big change of attitude that is one of the major ways for this country to work.

As for Huchogee and Illaumoh ( I don't know if I got the spelling correct.) U guys are doing a good job whether u are been paid to do it or not. U guys are changing the media narrative of this country, let the world see that progress is going on in Nigeria. U are actually bringing development and investors to the state just by the way u portray it and Believe me u guys are some of the agents of development Nigeria really needs right now. Believe me guys most western countries u see are not all rosy it the way their media present them that makes us think so. Keep up the good work.

Jxmmi90:



sometimes its good for one to observe bfor commenting ...see as u open mouth waaaaaa...
when i said bloody biafrans...I was hailing their possessive prowess...since u said akwa ibom has all these things u mention then why do their governors and other top govt officials go to abuja or Lagos for those amenities ....I never dwarfed the of akwa ibom..read well,comprehend well bfor u type ...u didn't see where I wrote the state is peaceful, has good roads and basic amenities .....I've been staying year for years now..my daily interactions with the akwa ibomites made me understand and know that wen it comes to mentality they are far far behind.. wen u go to lagos,abuja,Onitsha, awka,Enugu,umuahia,asaba u will see the gulf in difference between them..apart from Uyo ..I still stand no other place in akwa ibom can compete with these top cities ..funny enough their allocation from federal government is much higher than rest of the states I called..dats why wen people from other places come here de tend to make it better than ppl living here for long....com to ikot ekpene and most places u can't see a job of 30k .......though cost of living here is low....

Shit my customers so distracted me, Just a minute and I will tell you even Ikot Ekpene is better than your local government a thousand time
Tell me where are you from?

God bless udom Emmanuel and God blessed akwa ibom state and God bless me

Olominira:
People would be blind to what's happening in Akwa Ibom, from Akpabio to Udom. It's all about laying down solid infrastructure in critical sectors of economic development.

This is the same template in Lagos. I'd not be surprised if Akwa Ibom becomes the richest State in Nigeria by 2030. Though Lagos houses biggest tech gurus and professionals on the continent and it's very peaceful.

However, if Akwa Ibom can sustain this mindset, having another gov for 8yrs after Udom, the State would give Lagos a hot chase.

I totally agree with you you've said it all God blessed akwa ibom state

flexyrule:
Go and sit down with this your useless propaganda. The level of poverty in Akwa Ibom state is alarming. Money circulates only among politicians, traditional rulers and a few corrupt public servants.
This was the same story Akpabio told us - build roads to attract investments. He spent 8 years building roads and other infrastructures, Ubon who is supposed to focus on human development is building roads too. Are we supposed to be eating roads?

This what i have been trying to make hunchogee understand but he won't leasting

Cashsteady:
Most Nigerians are funny sha comparing akwa ibom with Lagos? That's rude af you guy should not be deceived with pictures always ibom is still a glorified village funny when most Nigerians thinks having good roads is development lol visit akwa ibom yourself you will see bush everywhere this states does not deserves all this hype you giving it TBH development is going on everywhere in Lagos but the media doesn't hype it like this my brother don't be deceived always ibom is still a village

I agree with your summission of AKS but 4 u to say development is going on everywhere in lagos is a lie because lasgidi no b ham again.

Your foolishness is has no bound. So the road fashola built in Lagos is still the way it is?

Superwave:
The same criminal Peter Obi that PDP is selling to Nigerians as the next best thing after cjinchin.?!

We have none in APC

Zuriel23:
We have only two serious minded governors in PDP. Ebonyi state governor and Akwa ibom state governor. Others are yet to wake from there sleeping bed.

Blackking98:

Ame dó sure ke ado ayen Akwa ibom?
Ekpe nnim mbiam ebo yak afo wognho amana Tang sè afo tang ado Aya kan atang?

Mbok ame kop se mkpe kop. I'm both a resident and native of Eket. Afo ato uke, adong mo? I spoke about what's on ground and not ones that's on paper

Hotice085:


Shit my customers so distracted me, Just a minute and I will tell you even Ikot Ekpene is better than your local government a thousand time
Tell me where are you from?

ikot ekpene better than nnewi?
even in ur dream.....
nnewi only will take on like 10lga in akwa ibom state ...if u know je ju ESE

AndikanEssien:


Mbok ame kop se mkpe kop. I'm both a resident and native of Eket. Afo ato uke, adong mo? I spoke about what's on ground and not ones that's on paper

Ndo ayin ibiono. Ebo ke awo isi yete mbad ofong ke awa. Ama kene asien owo atok ndito eka mmfo anie owo abu da ye fien ama dok mfna? Udom idogho perfect, Akwa Ibom idogho perfect but inogho fi the right ndi da ye asien owo ntok ndi eka mmfo.

AndikanEssien:


Mbok ame kop se mkpe kop. I'm both a resident and native of Eket. Afo ato uke, adong mo? I spoke about what's on ground and not ones that's on paper

tell them oo...they tend to carry government propagandas and media hype when in reality nothing is showing

Jxmmi90:


ikot ekpene better than nnewi?
even in ur dream.....
nnewi only will take on like 10lga in akwa ibom state ...if u know je ju ESE

We don't do blood money in ikot ekpene sha

I think as Akwa ibomites we should learn to support our state and talk only of the good in it on social media cause that is what the outside world see. by doing so we will be bringing investors into the state. good publicity is all we need

Jxmmi90:


ikot ekpene better than nnewi?
even in ur dream.....
nnewi only will take on like 10lga in akwa ibom state ...if u know je ju ESE

Nnewi! that place where police from Uyo went and hand picked the men stealing all the manholes in Uyo through scrap dealers
When you proud yourselves with materialistic ego keep it to yourselves, I can see very well you just registered newly and na stupid waste of my time dealing with fresh puppies like you
The entire Anambra is just about 2 senatorial districts in AkwaIbom and if you de they fan yourself for a town wey the size isn't 30% in size to Ikot ekpene but your imagination they deceive into comparing it with 10 local governments .....you truly de smoke weed

mrvitalis:

Akpabio did 90% of the roads u see if not more ...the innner streets are nothing to right home about Bros ...there is no work here apart from they make noise about their gdp growth I laugh

Oil contribute over 11 billion dollars to their gdp ...take that out what do u have ? Less than 2 billion dollars it's that bad

Don't u think that the poverty level in the state is not cause by the government but the people?

OVB123:
Don't u think that the poverty level in the state is not cause by the government but the people?

The people are the government , try to rent a house in uyo , the houses are owned by present or past politicians

Blackking98:

Agreed.
Now may the heavens judge us.

Ekg911:
true talk bro gbam

Honestly the senior man sabi

Blackking98:

Go to sleep abeg.
Now your defense mechanism is "government stat is not correct" .
Go and do your own stat na.
Nobody is perfect, Udom is doing better than 2/3 of Nigerian governor's.
You were talking about poverty and I've busted that lie.
Akpabio served his term and finished, personally I know that the money akpabio received as govenor compared to what he did on ground is abysmal but he still did better than most Nigerian govenors. That's a topic for another day.
Udom is trying, he's having his own weakness but he is doing well to a point. Criticize constructively and stop sounding hateful.

Baba i too like you man

Blackking98:

Take it easy bro.
Udom is performing, don't mind mind them.
They won't attack states like kogi or kwara or all those dormant states that don't get into the news and if they do it's for the wrong reasons.
Their energy is with Udom and Akwa Ibom.
Hypocrates.

You've said it all