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Running on the National Republican Convention (NRC) platform, Isemin was elected Governor of Akwa Ibom state on 14 December 1991, serving from 2 January 1992 to 18 November 1993, and losing office after the military coup that brought General Sani Abacha to power. He was known for his "Ubom Noah" (Noah's Ark) philosophy, within which all people ...
Ministries [4] Commissioner Ministry of Special Duties and Ibom Deep Seaport Bassey Okon Ministry Of Culture and Tourism: Charles Udoh: Ministry of Justice, Attorney General: Uko Essien Udom Ministry of Finance: Nsikan Linus Nkan Ministry of Agriculture Offiong Offor Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare Ini Adiakpan
Idongesit Nkanga [3] [4] Administrator 5 September 1990 2 January 1992 Military Akpan Isemin: Governor 2 January 1992 18 November 1993 NRC: Yakubu Bako [5] Administrator 15 December 1993 21 August 1996 Military Joseph Adeusi: Administrator 21 August 1996 9 August 1998 Military John Ebiye: Administrator 9 August 1998 29 May 1999 Military Victor ...
Less than two months afterwards, the Igbo-majority former Eastern Region attempted to secede as the state of Biafra; in the three-year long Nigerian Civil War, now-Akwa Ibom was hard-fought over in the prelude to the Invasion of Port Harcourt while people from Akwa Ibom were persecuted by the Biafran forces as they were mainly non-Igbos. [22]
Also called Akwa Ibom State Secretariat complex, it is the permanent administrative office of the Government of Akwa Ibom State, [3] and hence houses the majority of the Ministries in Akwa Ibom State Civil Service. As of 2019 there are 26 Ministries in Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, [4] with 5826 female civil servants.
[4] In May 2001, Nkanga became a member of the board of the Cooperative Development Bank. [5] In 2002, he was said to seeking to be candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDP) in the 2003 elections for Governor of Akwa-Ibom State. [6] In 2007, Nkanga was appointed Chairman of the Akwa Ibom Airport Implementation Committee.
In the 9 March 2019 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election Emmanuel was re-elected as Governor of Akwa Ibom State defeating 44 other candidates in the election. He polled 519,712 votes as against that of his closest rival Nsima Ekere of the All Progressive Congress party who had 171,978 votes. [9]
The 2019 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election occurred on March 10, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won re-election for a second term, defeating Nsima Ekere of the APC. [1] [2] Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won the primary election after he was returned as the sole candidate. He picked Moses Ekpo as his running mate.