05/04/2025
GOVERNOR ENO SPLASHES N335M FOR ORO FARMERS, ENTREPRENEURS
…PROMISES FIVE MAJOR PROJECTS,OTHERS IN 2026 BUDGET
The Town Square meeting organized to afford Oron Federal Constituency opportunity to avail the Akwa Ibom State Governor of their needs, became another empowerment avenue for Governor Umo Eno as several indigenes smiled home with cash grants.
The cash totaling N335m naira were given to traders, farmers and business owners in the five local government areas of the federal constituency, including Oron, Okobo, Udung Uko, Urue Offong Oruko and Mbo.
51 million naira went to 108 farmers from the 2 billion naira farmers loan, 543 business men and women got 225 million naira, while 10 entrepreneurs received 5million naira each
The Governor who spoke at the occasion, said the presentations were done in line with his government’s policy of entrepreneurial and agricultural development.
“We have received the needs documents and we’re going to look at it local government by local government and work with it as it will form part of the 2026 budget christened ‘The People’s Budget.
“As you know, there are 31 local government areas and even if we cannot execute all the projects on this document, we will make sure we execute at least one from each of the five local government areas.
“Because we swore to be fair to all, we will not leave any federal constituency in the state behind.”
Governor Eno who expressed delight at the progress of the 14km Airport – Nsit Atai -Okobo Road, commended the contractor, Hensek Integrated Services, for the pace of work.
“That road has seen three successful government and has been used for campaigns, but today with the finishers anointing that God has given us, that road will be commissioned soon.”
The Governor used the occasion to announce that, “very soon, we shall be flagging off the construction of city gate into the Ibom deep seaport project and the sales center.”
