Governor Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom Released Details Discuss on the State Executive Meeting

Today, I chaired the Executive Council of the Akwa Ibom State Government.

After sufficient deliberation of items listed on the agenda, the council resolved as follows:

1. That the post of the General Manager of Akwa Ibom Water Company, which has become vacant, be advertised.
2. That the State COVID-19 Task Force should continue to maintain strict surveillance on COVID -19 spread, in the light of its global resurgence. An action plan for Risk Communication and Community Engagement was presented and reviewed.
3. That the Next State Executive Council meeting will be dedicated to Education issues, specifically to receive and discuss the 10 year Education roadmap drawn from the Education Summit 2019.
4. That the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture should immediately establish agriculture depots in the three senatorial districts and to take strategic steps to cause the prices of garri and rice to be reduced drastically, for the interest of the generality of the citizens and in preparation for the Yuletide. Council further directed that the ministry of Agriculture should immediately commence large scale commercial onion production, drawing from their experience during the experimental onion cultivation already executed.