
31/08/2025
PRESS RELEASE
OKOBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT SET TO RECEIVE AKWA IBOM STATE SPORTS FESTIVAL TORCH
The Akwa Ibom State Sports Festival Committee will tomorrow, Monday, September 1, 2025, visit Okobo Local Government Area as part of activities marking the novel Festival.
The Festival Torch is scheduled to arrive at the Okobo Local Government Secretariat, Okopedi, by 9:00 AM.
In this regard, the Executive Chairman of Okobo Local Government Area, Rt. Hon. Engr. George Henshaw, warmly invites all Members of the Okobo Local Government Executive Council; leadership and members of the 8th Okobo Legislative Council; political, religious, and traditional stakeholders; sports enthusiasts, and the general public to join him in receiving the Akwa Ibom State Sports Festival Team in Okobo tomorrow.
The Chairman further enjoins all sons and daughters of Okobo to come out in their numbers and accord the Festival Team a rousing reception, befitting the unity and hospitality for which the Local Government is known.
E-Signed:
Victor Paul Unoh
Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman
Okobo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State
August 31, 2025