Uwak's Sponsored 1Km Okossi-Udung Ukpong-Otieke Road Nears Completion

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfMPNXYEQ8J_xWt3EUID1MW3eSKohPP2zN-aJCZ2m6SJiXFeqOhEGHOpsugKtyiQE841BjBp4LGaAOq5cs118vIGtmwmQm0l7mLDIavd2uNXF-qaFbHVCKMGheNtmuuMZYekKacuH4RBhIpcqN9Vg4L6xzjyqSTKnLpUQSKOqY413naESV1Wgr0j9iCw" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfMPNXYEQ8J_xWt3EUID1MW3eSKohPP2zN-aJCZ2m6SJiXFeqOhEGHOpsugKtyiQE841BjBp4LGaAOq5cs118vIGtmwmQm0l7mLDIavd2uNXF-qaFbHVCKMGheNtmuuMZYekKacuH4RBhIpcqN9Vg4L6xzjyqSTKnLpUQSKOqY413naESV1Wgr0j9iCw" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Okossi-Udung Ukpong-Otieke Road being sponsored by the former Member, Oro Federal Constituency, Hon. Robinson Uwak, would soon be completed, as contractors are working day and night to deliver on deadline.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4xTPp2EAmODxYvVE6ZekuFIRBMrZAhPafFJDJ_V-OnFFp4oZeQKWKPXhjoF2wLohxnm-oeOen75VYdaGsBx6ijNS7G3NTIphgBpi0YP-ZmWaBwhF21ISxPdPtLWjvG4iiBCgedFueXeV_t1XE1_HGMCny9toQTs4nBbpidza5HnYZDBDL-ax1gaPQZg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4xTPp2EAmODxYvVE6ZekuFIRBMrZAhPafFJDJ_V-OnFFp4oZeQKWKPXhjoF2wLohxnm-oeOen75VYdaGsBx6ijNS7G3NTIphgBpi0YP-ZmWaBwhF21ISxPdPtLWjvG4iiBCgedFueXeV_t1XE1_HGMCny9toQTs4nBbpidza5HnYZDBDL-ax1gaPQZg" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>An unplanned visit to the site by a team of reporters, on Friday, May 12, showed an exceedingly high level of progress as the thick layered road had workers in their number, going about their normal business.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYR4MC_q-6am9yC9D001z_hmkxHhzLlAH5lP4l-BPDrbC4EuabEziR79FX7EVF3eVh9x99mCsbJcc74aWfVNkDxkyveHmQXVnNRzXkAHIfG15LMsPcKNo-dmyOo99zHXr4ka0ivJmpopwTn_Uzf__f4r9ppoRLZ9Ti_9hClqiaD5Uk0QhTSMI36qCh0w" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYR4MC_q-6am9yC9D001z_hmkxHhzLlAH5lP4l-BPDrbC4EuabEziR79FX7EVF3eVh9x99mCsbJcc74aWfVNkDxkyveHmQXVnNRzXkAHIfG15LMsPcKNo-dmyOo99zHXr4ka0ivJmpopwTn_Uzf__f4r9ppoRLZ9Ti_9hClqiaD5Uk0QhTSMI36qCh0w" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>Residents of the area who spoke with newsmen, including Mr Frank Edem and Edu Ating were full of praises to Hon. Uwak for his humanitarian disposition, saying the road when completed would be a link between the communities.</div><div><br></div><div>The duo said the Okossi-Udung Ukpong-Otieke Road, which links Okobo and Urue Offong Oruko Local Government Areas of Oro Nation, would save the people, the stress of traversing the area through rough and narrow road.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyBDmezzMO5gHwIaZm6xr95-272xzqU0B2R193iYAWfbr2ggA4FDl2vImFbKjDlI3rs5qS1pu0wJs3r7peoSEkZyQXmwCDgm_H9a1VHQqy9DKFrGu22sMPlYRzmjXc2SmSIzXmzPDRrADKjeaktBq4qbijJhcHige7GuA-pefFZ94T80zsD3qELtaA0A" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyBDmezzMO5gHwIaZm6xr95-272xzqU0B2R193iYAWfbr2ggA4FDl2vImFbKjDlI3rs5qS1pu0wJs3r7peoSEkZyQXmwCDgm_H9a1VHQqy9DKFrGu22sMPlYRzmjXc2SmSIzXmzPDRrADKjeaktBq4qbijJhcHige7GuA-pefFZ94T80zsD3qELtaA0A" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>They prayed God's continued preservation of Robinson Uwak, for bringing such a wonderful invitative to the doorsteps of the masses.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcMwtM0IqvsGyAnjcIveX6R1GqcPw9sle27BHUftL2XUMi3HsT7MXvM0UeZdzGfUhW2Jmr_PI2ZVXBRUAi-T3kEGsm88TtC6zyc6HxTJ9LV6TAa1XVPksh3XQwiU9veSyAJ9nO1l0nB-Pu3mgtfkVxf93otYgg7F0dbKqFfw_g91rvgEjS84jRoc3blQ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcMwtM0IqvsGyAnjcIveX6R1GqcPw9sle27BHUftL2XUMi3HsT7MXvM0UeZdzGfUhW2Jmr_PI2ZVXBRUAi-T3kEGsm88TtC6zyc6HxTJ9LV6TAa1XVPksh3XQwiU9veSyAJ9nO1l0nB-Pu3mgtfkVxf93otYgg7F0dbKqFfw_g91rvgEjS84jRoc3blQ" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>The people also thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his interest in serving the masses and in extending development to the part of the country.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2k_S8EUKVi3JSWGZYxYeaaTscGyFE5hLWe_V3S_rlyKAKBbEr-uubRoycS1utmWtkqDmfAGjLYLbH6P_t11wVQXPqhBrpo96HyZXpDw6LOIfJcD7zq42iEmiM2ec6TLgXZJfy5I6W9GxYpyCCD8V0KdTSnwfSMdCJS7BaBplN8fIggIOFUs4LW3AsyA" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2k_S8EUKVi3JSWGZYxYeaaTscGyFE5hLWe_V3S_rlyKAKBbEr-uubRoycS1utmWtkqDmfAGjLYLbH6P_t11wVQXPqhBrpo96HyZXpDw6LOIfJcD7zq42iEmiM2ec6TLgXZJfy5I6W9GxYpyCCD8V0KdTSnwfSMdCJS7BaBplN8fIggIOFUs4LW3AsyA" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>Speaking with journalists on his inspiration to embark on the project, Hon. Robinson Uwak, said it was in his character to attract development to his people.</div><div><br></div><div>He recalled his meritorious service, while he was the Member of Parliament, which made the Council of Oro Traditional Rulers to decorate him with a honorary chieftaincy title of Uduonyi Oro.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanking the residents of the area for their cooperation, and for protecting the tools of the workers, Uwak assured the people that the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's administration would be a blessing and would yield enormous dividends of democracy to them.</div>

Uwak's Sponsored 1Km Okossi-Udung Ukpong-Otieke Road Nears Completion

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10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: House Of Reps Members, MEMBERS-ELECT Oppose Abbass Tajudeen As Speaker

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghkhgQdl02HPYWFdeMVdkuBCleBhNJVU58yN-l_yQpA34Onf9G7ht4sxXhGtnROOef5ee2rPASbpwHF3xXT4zYmpomHzP-jNttS8f5SfmLkAawmsZpF7r4UIEyFnDfUyEMQ6eQFrMg131mjitlPS7XYSWkCTAbMzEBMOciBcbTAnnGF0OIk91hqa1idQ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghkhgQdl02HPYWFdeMVdkuBCleBhNJVU58yN-l_yQpA34Onf9G7ht4sxXhGtnROOef5ee2rPASbpwHF3xXT4zYmpomHzP-jNttS8f5SfmLkAawmsZpF7r4UIEyFnDfUyEMQ6eQFrMg131mjitlPS7XYSWkCTAbMzEBMOciBcbTAnnGF0OIk91hqa1idQ" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>Speaker of the National Assembly Femi Gbajabiamila has told lawmakers that will form the 10th National assembly that the President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will issue a directive to all contestants for the position of speaker to withdraw from the race and support Tajudeen Abbass. But this has met with stiff opposition from members elect who insist that they should be allowed to choose who becomes the speaker of the lower chamber and not have candidates imposed on them by political parties.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Femi Gbajabiamila addressed members and Members elect in Abuja on Tuesday Night at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, the speaker was accompanied by Tajudeen Abbass whom he says is the preferred choice of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.<br></div><div><br></div><div>He says the President Elect will prevail on other contestants to step-down for the candidate he has endorsed to become speaker.</div><div><br></div><div>Gbajabiamila told the Lawmakers that he had met with the President Elect on Tuesday to hold talks about the leadership of the 10th National assembly, he says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has promised to invite Muktar Betara who is a leading contestant for the position of speaker and instruct him to step-down for Tajudeen Abass who is his most preferred choice for the position of Speaker.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This decision has caused so much discontent among lawmakers, many of who claim the move on undemocratic and it will also impede on the independence of the legislature, and promote the existence of a rubber stamp national assembly. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The lawmakers say they are united behind the choice of a popular candidate because they believe he has the best credentials fit for the office of speaker and he also enjoys tremendous support from other lawmakers in the parliarment.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Members that addressed the press after the meeting say they are unhappy with the manner with which Femi Gbajabiamila is handling the national assembly, having also contested for the position of speaker three times in the past, against the principle of zoning.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The lawmakers committed to support the emergence of a popular candidate and appealed to the President Elect not to attempt to truncate the democratic selection of the leadership of the national assembly. They insist that facts are there to show that Honourable Muktar Betara has been the stabilising force in the 9th National Assembly, and is a natural choice for the position of speaker.</div><div><br></div><div>They advised the President-Elect not to be misled by Femi Gbajabiamila's but should consult widely among lawmakers to know the facts on ground.<br></div>

10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: House Of Reps Members, MEMBERS-ELECT Oppose Abbass Tajudeen As Speaker

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Asuquo Ekpenyong Felicitates Father On Occasion Of 75th Birthday

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias_KseDaNF0mako7wGhMZKlsTl-rwbftursqhQCpH9Dox_rWa9uOYPuv0OFj-EYoI9ranHQ-0cqBlIjfr5OLIUPTWGiR6eU8OnrHJ8V4DCG9rEAecU_qwVqAuwz_0ypcB07NJAxlxauGH/s1600/1683222652293764-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias_KseDaNF0mako7wGhMZKlsTl-rwbftursqhQCpH9Dox_rWa9uOYPuv0OFj-EYoI9ranHQ-0cqBlIjfr5OLIUPTWGiR6eU8OnrHJ8V4DCG9rEAecU_qwVqAuwz_0ypcB07NJAxlxauGH/s1600/1683222652293764-0.png" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Senator-elect for Cross River South, Asuquo Ekpenyong has Felicitated his father, His Royal Majesty Etinyin Dr Asuquo Ekpenyong OON on the occasion of his 75th Birthday. </div><div><br></div><div>In a congratulatory message to the Monarch and Clan Head of Bukong Clan Eniong Abatim, Asuquo described High Chief Ekpenyong as " A man of God and a spreader of love wherever he goes". </div><div><br></div><div>"Your royal majesty, on this auspicious occasion of your 75th birthday I warmly congratulate and felicitate with you, it is indeed a milestone worth celebrating" </div><div><br></div><div>"As the words of wisdom go, do not count the candles, but see the light they give"</div><div><br></div><div>"Your Majesty, my dear father this is a momentous occasion and I therefore, urge you not to count your years but the fulfilling and salutary life you have lived doing good, serving God, humanity and your country", Asuquo said.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM3k2rB0aDS975afBFvw8mR6u_RRcCgqdkc7oJ4xhbx0w8Tiz7MueuW5hGukD1GqXaIW0K-3SnRXj6XiZOhLMZY_NMWXpyitwkW7R7cvFoaQPk9hDk3KvAeUPaND2y0zdVN0u_yL__h8e/s1600/1683222648320761-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM3k2rB0aDS975afBFvw8mR6u_RRcCgqdkc7oJ4xhbx0w8Tiz7MueuW5hGukD1GqXaIW0K-3SnRXj6XiZOhLMZY_NMWXpyitwkW7R7cvFoaQPk9hDk3KvAeUPaND2y0zdVN0u_yL__h8e/s1600/1683222648320761-1.png" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div><br></div><div>"May all the joy you have spread around, the joy you exude and the love you go around giving as a man of God come back to you a hundred fold.</div><div><br></div><div>"I heartily celebrate you and wish you sound health as you continue to do good and provide sound leadership for our people " </div><div><br></div><div>Happy Birthday Sir!!!</div>

Asuquo Ekpenyong Felicitates Father On Occasion Of 75th Birthday

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Chief Ela Ushie mourns demise of HRM Uti (Dr) Joseph Agba.

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwNcVzyMFrM9UUaXy-QIHeH7v4tCq-6bd_P1XmcLmN566mGVJPYDWY15UcL0NuYUtRbAYfFB4ZkHfh9slsv0ONWhJo26glAAeOQpgWO1oNlTE0_705sQ1utfQ6ZsMYKVhAAa_sHMAXzUJ/s1600/1683020127098876-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwNcVzyMFrM9UUaXy-QIHeH7v4tCq-6bd_P1XmcLmN566mGVJPYDWY15UcL0NuYUtRbAYfFB4ZkHfh9slsv0ONWhJo26glAAeOQpgWO1oNlTE0_705sQ1utfQ6ZsMYKVhAAa_sHMAXzUJ/s1600/1683020127098876-0.png" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I received the sad news of the passing of our beloved royal father, His Royal Majesty Uti (Dr) Joseph Davies Agba, OON. Uti Item 111 of Utugwang, Uti Ukani 1 of Obudu, Paramount Ruler of Obudu Local Government Area and Chancellor of the University of Cross River State. On behalf of my Family and followers, i send our deepest condolences to the immediate family and the entire people of Obudu LGA at this difficult time.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLM0ZVLQYCRIhw-IcJeYfCwWyNn3YE-x4s8rOxR6XdpLzd3dsos2368AdaVdUt3KaTdX1Mi8xQSqDqwZZhhq8QWI96MY4eQiQt_5QHnBBRyhNWX0gTQ7-NwU4HQAG921Sr95tdu-Ag5n0/s1600/1683020101646665-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLM0ZVLQYCRIhw-IcJeYfCwWyNn3YE-x4s8rOxR6XdpLzd3dsos2368AdaVdUt3KaTdX1Mi8xQSqDqwZZhhq8QWI96MY4eQiQt_5QHnBBRyhNWX0gTQ7-NwU4HQAG921Sr95tdu-Ag5n0/s1600/1683020101646665-1.png" width="400"> </a> </div><br></div><div>HRMs' 64 years on the throne as our royal father, shaped the development of our land, our childhood memories and history in many extraordinary ways.</div><div><br></div><div>As a father, i understand the pain left in the hearts of your children and immediate family members and i pray that God almighty grants the family the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss.</div><div><br></div><div>Rest in peace, His Royal Majesty Uti (Dr) Joseph Davies Agba, OON. Uti Item 111 of Utugwang, Uti Ukani 1 of Obudu, Paramount Ruler of Obudu Local Government Area.</div><div><br></div><div> Adieu!</div><div><br></div><div>Chief Ela Ushie.</div><div>Founder, Ela Is Good Foundation</div>

Chief Ela Ushie mourns demise of HRM Uti (Dr) Joseph Agba.

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