Akwa Ibom APC

29/05/2026

29th May, 2026

PRESS RELEASE

CELEBRATING THREE YEARS OF PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP AND TRANSFORMATION

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Akwa Ibom State Chapter heartily felicitates with His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, PhD, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, on the occasion of his 3rd Anniversary in office.

Over the past three years, Your Excellency has demonstrated purposeful leadership, remarkable commitment to infrastructural development, economic growth, rural transformation, and the overall wellbeing of the people of Akwa Ibom State. Your administration has continued to inspire hope through people-oriented policies and strategic projects spread across the length and breadth of the state.

As you mark this significant milestone, we celebrate your resilience, vision, and dedication to the progress and prosperity of Akwa Ibom State. We pray that God Almighty grants you greater wisdom, strength, and grace to continue serving the state with distinction.

Congratulations, Your Excellency, on this remarkable journey of impactful leadership and service to humanity.

Signed:

Chief Patrick Edeke ANIPR
Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress
Akwa Ibom State Chapter

29/05/2026

BEING THE TEXT OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PASTOR UMO ENO, Ph.D., GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MAY 29, 2026

Promises Made and Promises Fulfilled, Onward to Arise 2.0

My dear Akwa Ibomites,

1. I come to you today, with a heart filled with gratitude, first to the Almighty God, who is the Author and the Finisher of our faith, and you, my dear people, for the prayers, support and faith you have so generously shown in our capacity to move further the needle of development of this great State, aptly named after the Almighty God Himself. In three years, together and collectively, we have achieved a lot, in line with the promises I made during the 2023 campaigns, elements of which I had equally condensed and distilled in my Inaugural Speech on May 29, 2023. What a surprise that we have come three years full circle.

2. We couldn’t have achieved all these, without the love you have shown, without the prayers you have said, without the faith you have invested, and without the peace, unity and deep spirit of kindredship you have so selflessly displayed. I thank and celebrate you!

3. Today, we celebrate the emerging story of our dear State, whose chapters of growth and exceptionalism are not only read and experienced by you, but also ring in the hearts, minds and lips of Nigerians across the geo-political zones.

4. From a once rusty backwater subnational, we are fast becoming a destination of choice, a shining City on the Hill, steady, illuminating, firm, inviting, hopeful and poised to fulfil the dreams of our founding fathers as a true Land of Promise.

5. Let me thank our past leaders for the great work they did, which today we are determined to deepen and expand the rings and layers of our growth and shared prosperity.

6. To the stakeholders, women, elders, students, youths, the clergy, civil society organizations, members of the fourth estate of the realm, and indeed the civil servants of our dear State, thank you for being key partners in this Golden Age of our dear State that is rising and expanding.

7. let me thank the Chairman of our great Party APC, Obong Stephen Ntukekpo for the ebullient manner he is managing the affairs of the party. In the last one month, we have had a very peaceful primaries all across the State where you overwhelmingly voted to nominate our President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR as the APC Candidate for President, our son Distinguished Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio GCON as the APC Candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, and of course, my humble self as the APC GovernorshipCandidate for Akwa Ibom State and all other candidates on our slate for next year’s general election.

8. This speech is aptly titled “Promises Made and Promises Fulfilled, Onward to Arise 2.0”. But let me pause here and declare that those promises we had made would not have been so successfully and so impactfully fulfilled without the support and encouragement of our dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, whose bold and audacious reforms have put more funds in the hands of subnationals to execute equally audacious projects, and of course the Senate President, our son, Distinguished Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, for the collaboration we have forged, all for our State’s enlightened interest.

9. On May 29, 2023, when I stood before you and gave my Inaugural Speech, I had made clear and concrete promises anchord around the Arise Agenda, our developmental blueprint. Today, I make bold to state unequivocally, that we have ticked all the boxes and are rearing to do even more when, by the Grace of God, you return me for another four-year tour of duty next year.

10. Time will fail me if I were to stand here to enumerate all that we have achieved across sectors for the collective good of our State and people. However, tomorrow in the full glare of the World Press, the Honourable Commissioner for Information, Elder Aniekan Umanah will moderate the Inter-Ministerial press briefing for the people to engage directly with the drivers of our vision, the members of the State Executive Council.

11. But it bears repeating that we have done so much in the agricultural sector, where just yesterday, we launched the Oil Palm Tree Crop Revolution, an initiative that will restore our place as a leading producer of oil palm in the nation.

We recently launched the Agricultural Equipment Leasing Company which will make equipment available to farmers at highly subsidised rates. We have also given farm implements, seedlings as well as the 2b Naira of grants to farmers. Ibom Model Farm and other farms undertaken by Local Government Chairmen are ongoing. These are aimed at reducing the prices of our stable food items.

12. We have opened up the rural areas with roads, wet markets, model healthcare centres as well as model primary schools. There is no local government today, that has not benefited from a completed project or has ongoing ones. Recently, we approved N7.3 Billion at N20m for each of the 369 Wards in rural areas to form Women Cooperatives and, working with GIFA, each of 369 ward’s will have solar-powered Braithwaite tank borehole.We are determined to open up the rural areas for the free-flow of goods and services.

13. In the area of infrastructure, we have commissioned, or have ongoing 1,300km of economically viable roads with 40 bridges. The details of these critical roads will be provided tomorrow during the briefing.

14. In the education sector, we have continued to fund free and compulsory education for our primary and secondary school pupils and students. We are paying bursaries to those in tertiary institutions as well as the payment of grants to our State-owned institutions. Akwa Ibom College of Education, Afaha Nsit is now fullyupgraded to a University of Education. The House of the Assembly recently passed a bill to that effect. In the next few weeks we will constitute the Governing Board of the University.

15. We have built and commissioned Model Primary Schools, which are solar powered, with computer labs and befitting teachers quarters. We have equally recruited 1,000 teachers and recently approved additional 1,000 teachers to be recruited soon. We would be establishing 3 Model Secondary Schools with State-of the -art facilities in each of the three senatorial district, the first of such school is currently under construction in Uyo Senatorial District.

16. In the healthcare sector, we have commissioned or have ongoing work on primary healthcare centres across all the 31 local government areas; recruited 2,854 medical personnel for the sector; enrolled over 200,000 persons into our Medical Insurance policy; commenced work on our 350-bed Ibom International Hospital, complete with 24 departments. Details of other achievements recorded in this critical sector will be presented tomorrow by the Honourable Commissioner for Health.

17. We are priming our State as the tourism hub of our region and indeed Nigeria. Later this evening, we will hold our Variety Night to mark our Third Anniversary in office at our soon-to-be commissioned Arise Palm Resort, a project that will bring immense joy and pride to our people and spur economic growth. The night would be likened to the song “Blessed Assurance, what a foretaste of glory divine.” The glory of our State will continue to be divinely spelt when the Park is opened.

18. Other tourism assets such as the International Convention Centre, the Ibom Hotels, the Arise Shopping City Centre, among others, will be presented with concrete details tourism.

19. From aviation development where we recently made our maiden international flight from our new terminal to Accra, Ghana, and the 2CRJ900 Bombadier aircraft we had bought and paid outright for Ibom Air and an Airbus A220-300 Series aircraft soon to be added to the Ibom Air fleet later in the year; Ibom Air is working on commencing International Flights and this is a thing of joy for our State. From Aviation Village, to the World-Class hospital within the airport, to the MRO, the Taxi way, perimeter fencing etc, we have done so much in the sector, details again would be disclosed tomorrow during the briefing by the Honourable Commissioner for Special Duties.

20. In the area of social investments and youth empowerment, when we came in, we met a backlog of N111bn in gratuities and other emoluments since 2012. Today, we have paid over N83 billion of the backlogs and remain firm and committed to liquidating the entire backlog before the end of our first term in office.

21. We have provided over N6 billion as business grants to our youths and farmers and several other empowerment schemes during our last Town Square Meetings. Thousands of our youths have been trained at both Ibom-LED and at the Dakkada Skills Acquisition Centre (DASAC) with N750,000 start-up packs added to them.

22. Three days ago, we launched our Youth Development Centre in Oron LGA. This would be replicated all over the 31 local government areas. The Centre is to help train our youths in e-commerce, creatives, fashion design, thus creating social mobility in line with what is happening in countries such as India and China.

23. In the power sector, we have taken steps to ensure we provide stable electricity to our people in the very near future. We have also worked on the off grid power supply to our unserved rural communities. On the Ibom Deep Seaport the Federal Government recently approved certifications and compliance processes as one of the five to be so approved. Let me take the opportunity to thank the President for this kind approval. We will pursue the actualization of the Ibom Deep Seaport by the Grace of God and with your support. In the housing sector, we have built over a thousand and forty eight houses in clusters. From the compassionate homes where we have done 438 homes, from the medical village, to the aviation village, to the judiciary village, to the legislative village; all of these put together will provide housing to our people. In sports development, an academy is being primed in Eket to discover and train young talents. Work is currently ongoing on what many have described as the best bus terminal in these parts once completed. With initial 50 CNG buses due to arrive in the State in the month of June, to significant improvements in our IGR through TSA, we are building a future of growth and expansion for our dear State.

24. We have achieved the above, and in the next five years, with your support and by the Grace of God, we will work to complete the 85 other audacious projects that will change the landscape of development across sectors in our State. This is the vision of our Arise 2.0 which will be our blueprint for our campaigns and our document of ex*****on for the 2027 to 2031 administration. We will in that document capture all of the needs that you so articulated and submitted during our Federal Constituency tours across the length and breadth of our State. We will take into consideration, the things that you so desire that we bring into governance, and we guarantee that it will form our step by step blueprint just as the Arise 1.0 captured.

25. As the political season commences, I urge our people to play politics of ideas and not one of name-calling or character assassination. We have kept the peace in our State because no single life is worth shedding for anyone’s political ambition.

26. Politics, as I said in my inaugural address, will come and go but the spirit and bond of our brotherhood will remain unbroken by the temporary passion of partisan politics. Let us imbibe the spirit of genuine sportsmanship in the game of politics.

27. I had promised you that I will be the Governor for all Akwaibomites and so far, I have by the Grace of God kept my word on that score. Today, our political slogan is Akwa Ibom United and as we go to the polls next year, we will remain united, secure in our belief that an injury to one is an injury to all. I came as a peacemaker and I will leave, by the Grace of God leave office in 2031, as a peacemaker. I will continue to pastor Akwa Ibom State with the fear of God and the leading of the Holy Spirit. So help me God!

28. Happy Third Anniversary to us all. God bless Akwa Ibom State, God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

29/05/2026

Third Anniversary Broadcast by His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, Ph.D, Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

29/05/2026

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU (GCFR) ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, MAY 29, 2026.

My fellow compatriots,

Three years ago, you entrusted me with the sacred responsibility of leading our beloved nation at a defining moment in our history. I accepted that responsibility, fully aware of the magnitude of the challenges before us, but also deeply confident in the resilience and potential of the Nigerian people.

Today, on the occasion of the third anniversary of our administration, I speak to you not only as your President but also as a fellow citizen who understands the sacrifices many families have made in recent years and shares your hopes for a better Nigeria.

When this administration assumed office, our nation faced profound economic and structural difficulties. Mounting fiscal pressures, unsustainable fuel subsidies, declining revenues, exchange-rate distortions, rising debt-servicing costs, insecurity in several parts of the country, energy supply constraints, and declining public confidence in institutions all threatened our progress.

At the height of the subsidy regime, Nigeria was spending as much as ₦18.4 billion daily to sustain petrol subsidies—over ₦4 trillion in 2022 alone—resources that could have been invested in roads, healthcare, education, housing, and critical infrastructure. Multiple exchange rate windows and forex arbitrage created massive distortions, with Nigeria losing more than ₦8 trillion over three years to rent-seeking and speculative practices.

The situation demanded urgent and courageous action. Difficult but necessary decisions had to be taken to stabilise the economy and prevent a deeper national crisis. The easy choices would have been politically convenient. But leadership demands courage, especially when the right decisions are difficult.

Had we refused to act, our nation would have drifted toward fiscal breakdown, worsening poverty, and severe economic uncertainty. Together, we chose reform over ruin and decisiveness over hesitation. We chose long-term national recovery over short-term comfort.

These decisions came with sacrifice. The rising cost of living triggered by our measures placed enormous pressure on families, workers, and businesses. Young people searching for jobs felt discouraged. Many questioned whether these difficult decisions would lead to a better future.

I remain deeply conscious of those sacrifices, and I assure you: your sacrifice has not been in vain. And today, I can say with confidence that Nigeria has stabilised and is moving forward again. Across the country, visible progress is taking shape.

VISIBLE PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Our economy is now more competitive and better positioned for sustainable growth than it was in 2023. Public finances are improving. States and local governments have greater resources to invest in their people. Investor confidence is growing. The stock market is booming, with the All Share Index rising from 53,000 and market capitalisation of N30 Trillion in 2023 to a record All Share Index of 250,000 and market capitalisation of N160 Trillion this year. Companies are declaring record profits and dividends.

Critical infrastructure projects are advancing at an unprecedented scale. Over 2,700 kilometres of highways and major roads are under construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road, the East-West Road, and many rural access roads. Significant sections are already completed or nearing completion, improving transportation, reducing travel time, boosting regional trade, and creating thousands of jobs.

Rail modernisation projects are ongoing to improve connectivity, logistics, and economic integration across the federation.

In the oil and gas sector, the reforms we instituted have attracted billions of dollars in fresh investment from the international oil companies that had shunned our country. The $5 billion NLNG Train 7 project is nearing completion to boost LNG production capacity, exports, and dividends.

Domestic gas utilisation is expanding. Local refining capacity has improved our energy security. With large-scale domestic and modular refineries operational, Nigeria is reducing its dependence on imported petroleum products and conserving foreign exchange.

For years, the power sector suffered from debt, underinvestment, and uncertainty, which weakened generation capacity and limited growth. Today, we are confronting those challenges directly.

Our administration is clearing legacy obligations, expanding transmission infrastructure, investing in renewable energy, and strengthening the national grid because no modern economy can grow in darkness. When power improves, businesses expand, industries grow, jobs are created, and families prosper.

We are determined to power Nigeria into a new era of industrial growth and economic opportunity.

EMPOWERING NIGERIANS: AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, AND HOUSING

Agricultural interventions have supported millions of farmers by improving seedlings, fertilisers, mechanisation, and irrigation and by expanding access to finance and markets. We are opening new agricultural corridors to create jobs, strengthen supply chains, and reduce pressure on household incomes.

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has provided over 1.5 million students with access to higher education, disbursing more than ₦282 billion to ensure that no willing student is denied access due to financial hardship.

Our Renewed Hope Housing Programme, along with that of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), is delivering over 10,000 housing units across 14 states and the FCT, creating over 300,000 jobs and expanding access to affordable housing. Major Renewed Hope Cities in Abuja, Lagos, and Kano are progressing steadily. Our consumer credit initiative, CREDICORP, is opening up new economic opportunities for workers and families.

In healthcare, thousands of primary healthcare centres are being revitalised, while health insurance coverage is expanding for vulnerable Nigerians.

DEEPENING TELECOMS ACCESS AND INVESTMENT

We also took decisive action to stabilise the telecommunications sector, which remains one of the most important drivers of modern economic growth.
After years of severe operational pressures and declining investment, confidence is gradually returning to the sector. Telecom operators are expanding networks, investing in infrastructure, recruiting Nigerian talent, and widening digital access across the country.
A connected Nigeria is a more competitive Nigeria. Digital infrastructure is now essential to commerce, education, innovation, and national productivity.

YOUTH, TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

To our young people, I want you to know this nation believes in you. You are not a problem to be managed. You are the engine of Nigeria's future. Across technology, manufacturing, creative industries, agriculture, sports, and entrepreneurship, we are expanding opportunities for you to compete and succeed. We are investing in digital skills, technical education, innovation, student financing, and enterprise support because the future must be driven by Nigerian talent, creativity, and productivity.

SECURITY AND NATIONAL UNITY

Security remains central to our national mission and to the creation of a virile and prosperous society. Our Armed Forces and security agencies have intensified operations against terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, oil thieves, and criminal networks. While challenges remain, many communities and highways are becoming safer and more economically active. We continue investing in intelligence, surveillance, logistics, technology, and inter-agency coordination. We are improving the capabilities of our armed forces and security agencies, and reclaiming the authority of the Nigerian state wherever criminality threatens peace and order. While we continue to confront the challenges head-on, progress is being made. I want to assure you that this government will not relent until every Nigerian can live, work, travel, and dream in safety.

My fellow Nigerians,
A nation develops when its people can see and touch progress. From highways under construction to rail modernisation and expanded energy investments, our goal remains clear: to build a Nigeria that works for Nigerians.

We have not solved every problem, and we are not yet where we want to be. But the foundation for recovery has been laid. The task before us now is clear: we must ensure that the benefits of reform are felt more directly in the daily lives of ordinary Nigerians.

We shall achieve this task by continuing to ensure that food prices, which have largely come down from their peak in 2023/2024, remain low.
We are also working to reduce transportation costs as operators of commercial trucks, buses, and taxis convert their petrol engines to CNG and switch to electric vehicles. We have also set our sights on creating more opportunities for decent work and enabling enterprise expansion.

A CALL TO NATIONAL PURPOSE

The journey of national renewal is not completed in a single year or a single administration's tenure. Nations rise when their people remain united in purpose, disciplined in effort, and hopeful about the future.
We must choose hope over despair, unity over division, and nation-building over narrow interests.

But true security and prosperity require that every Nigerian feel included and valued. Nigeria belongs to all of us—no region, faith, or group should feel marginalised or forgotten. Our diversity is a source of strength. Whether Christian or Muslim, North or South, urban or rural, we rise or fall together as one nation under God.

To our youth, workers, entrepreneurs, farmers, professionals, security personnel, students, and diaspora: your sacrifices sustain our nation, and they will not be in vain. To the international community and investors: Nigeria remains committed to democratic stability, economic reform, responsible governance, and mutually beneficial partnerships.

My fellow Nigerians,
History teaches us that great nations are not built in comfort. They are built through sacrifice, resilience, courage, and collective purpose.
Ours is a nation of extraordinary people. We survived civil war and rebuilt.
We overcame dictatorship and restored democracy. We endured hardship and remain bearers of hope. The Nigerian spirit remains strong and unbroken.

Today, the world is watching our country again, not as a nation defined by its difficulties, but as a nation determined to rise. Across agriculture, infrastructure, power, technology, manufacturing, and industry, the signs of recovery are becoming clearer. Confidence is returning. Productivity is improving. Opportunity is expanding.

LOOKING FORWARD

The work ahead is enormous, but I remain optimistic because I believe deeply in this country and in you, the Nigerian people.

I ask you to keep faith with Nigeria. Let us reject cynicism and division. Let us move forward together, united in purpose, disciplined in effort, compassionate toward one another, and confident in the greatness that lies ahead.

My fellow Nigerians, history tests nations before it elevates them. Nigeria is passing through such a test. But I believe with all my heart that we shall emerge stronger, fairer, more united, and more prosperous than ever before.

Let us continue this journey together. Let us build a Nigeria that is secure, prosperous, inclusive, and respected worldwide. Let us continue to believe in the promise of our nation.

May God bless you all.
May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Thank you.

26/05/2026

:
Official Endorsement of His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, PhD by Friends of Umo Eno in Oro Nation.

26/05/2026

: Commissioning of 2.1KM Ukpong Street & Effiong Esang Street with 800M Span Discharge Drain in Oron LGA by Gov. Umo Eno.

25/05/2026

2027 - 2031: DONE DEAL!

25/05/2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced Monday, 25th May, 2026, as the deadline for the submission of Governorship, Senatorial, House of Representatives, and State Assembly Primary Election Reports and Result Sheets.

Submission of Legislative Bye-Election Results/Reports will commence on Saturday, 30th May, 2026.

All Committees are directed to ensure timely and proper submission of all required documents.

23/05/2026

23/05/2026

IN THE NEWS

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has secured 389,197 votes in the just-concluded APC presidential primary in Akwa Ibom State, winning the party’s return ticket ahead of the 2027 general election.