MINISTRY OF SPECIAL DUTIES

 
 

 

 

Honourable Commissioner

 

Sir Raphael Edem

   Permanent Secretary

INTRODUCTION

Ministry of Special Duties is saddled with the responsibility of executing pet or special projects of the Administration.  Special projects are very dear to Government or the system and therefore are expected to be executed with speed and accuracy to meet specific needs of government.  They are geared toward providing qualitative job service for overall success of governance in the State.

The functionality of any system resides in its ability to co-ordinate the activities of its components of set goals and objectives.  In this regard, therefore, the Ministry of Special Duties being one of the component parts of the State Civil Service, is committed to careful, effective and efficient management of special projects and programmes assigned to it so as to contribute to the overall success of the administration.

OBJECTIVES

Ministry of Special Duties was created specifically to supervise and manage specific projects and programmes of government with the following objectives.

  • To ensure that special projects are executed promptly
  • To create a conducive atmosphere for the execution of such projects
  • To liaise between the Project managers and government in the overall interest of the State
  • To ensure that the expectations of government as regard these projects are met
  • To ensure that only qualified and technically capable firms are engaged in government special projects
  • To create and design projects for the rapid infrastructural and economic transformation of the State for consideration by government.
  • To effectively monitor government projects to reduce or minimize waste
  • To modernize facilities in the ministry, promote information technology to ensure quality service delivery

 

 
                                                                                                             
 
 

Together we Shall Prosper

His Excellency, Barr. Godswill Obot Akpabio

The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State

 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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