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About AKWA IBOM |
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FACTSHEET |
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| History: |
Created
on September 23, 1987 by the government of President
Ibrahim Babangida from the former Cross River State. |
| Location: |
Latitude
4o 32’ and 5o53’ North and Longitude 7o25’ and 8o25
East. |
| Area: |
8,412
square kilometer |
| Population: |
3.9million. Average population density is 350,
inhabitants per square kilometer. 85 percent of the
population live in rural areas. |
| Capital
City: |
Uyo |
| Other
Major Cities: |
Eket,
Ikot Ekpene, Abak, Ikot Abasi and Oron. |
| Ethnic
Groups: |
Multi-ethnic:
Ibibio, Anang, Oron, Eket, Ibeno, Mbo |
| Climate: |
Tropical
climate marked by two distinct seasons; the dry season
(November – March) and the wet season (April – October).
The wet season is usually interrupted by a short dry
spell in August.
Mean annual rainfall is 2,200mm in the north of the
state and 3,500mm in the south of the state.
Sunshine
is between 1,400 to 1,500 hours per year. Average
temperature range from 23oC to 31oC.
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| Vegetation: |
Three
easily distinguishable vegetation; the saline water
swamp forest, the fresh water swamp forest and the rainfrest. |
| Mineral
Resources: |
Crude
oil, natural gas, limestone, gold, salt, coal, silver
nitrate, glass sand, kaolin. |
| Government: |
Democratically
elected government inaugurated May 29, 1999. |
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Executive
Governor:
Biography
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Barr. Godswill Akpabio
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Deputy
Governor:
Biography
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Speaker
House of Assembly:
Link
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| Chief
Judge: |
Chief Judge of the
State |
| Secretary
to the State Government : Link
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Elder Effiong Essang |
| Head
of Service |
Mrs. Grace Anwana
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| State
House of Assembly: |
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| Senators: |
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| House
of Representatives : |
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| Local
Government: |
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Together we Shall Prosper |
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His Excellency, Barr. Godswill Obot Akpabio
The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State |
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It is with utmost gratitude to God and
immeasurable joy that I stand before you today as your Executive
Governor. On behalf of my wife, your first lady; my entire family, my
deputy and his dear wife, I thank you, my people, for voting en masse for
PDP in the general elections of April 14 and 21/26/2007. I salute your
maturity, courage and peaceful disposition during and after the
elections. I salute you for reposing your confidence in me right from the
primaries of December 14, 2006 and bringing it to a climax on April 14,
2007. I assure you that your decision shall never be in vain. Today, we
celebrate our self-worth as a people and our ability to strengthen
democratic ideals by voting according to our conscience. We have taken
the right step in our march towards a glorious future.
Fellow citizens, this is a new era
signifying a renewal and symbolizing an end as well as a beginning. Above
all, we are witnessing, not just the beginning of another chapter of
history but beholding the actualization of God’s will in Akwa Ibom
State.
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