Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeriaon the east by Cross River State,on the west by Rivers State and Abia State,and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe River which bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny. Akwa Ibom was split from Cross River State in 1987 with its capital Uyo and with 31 local government areas.
Timipre Marlin Sylva is a Nigerian politician,he is a former Governor of Bayelsa State,Nigeria,and the Former Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Akwa Ibom comprises three Senators representing Akwa Ibom North-East,Akwa Ibom North-West,and Akwa Ibom South and ten Representatives representing Ukanafun/Orukanam,Etinan,Itu/Ibiono Ibom,Eket,Ikot Ekpene/ Essien Udim/ Ubot Akara,Abak,Ikono/ Ini,Oron/Mbo/Okobo/UrueOffong Oruko/Udung-Uko,Ikot Abasi,Uyo/Uruan/Nsit Atai/Ibesikpo Asutan.
Aloysius Akpan Etok(Listen) is a Nigerian senator who was elected on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State. He became a member of the Nigerian Senate in 2007.
Ibiono-Ibom is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in the south-south region of Nigeria. It has its administrative headquarters at Oko Ita.
Itu is located in the South South of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The Local Government Area occupies a landmass of approximately 606.1 0 square kilometers. It is bounded in the North and North-East by Odukpani in Cross River State and Arochukwu in Abia State,in the West by Ibiono Ibom and Ikono Local Government Areas,in the South and southeast by Uyo and Uruan Local Government Areas,respectively.
Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio,is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as minister for Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He resigned on 11 May 2022 on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest in the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress. He previously served as governor of Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2015.
John James Akpan Udo-Edehelisten was elected Senator for the Akwa Ibom North East District of Akwa Ibom State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
Bassey Edet Otu is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the Executive Governor of Cross River State since 29 May 2023. Otu represented the Calabar Municipal/Odukpani constituency of Cross River State,Nigeria in the Federal House of Representatives from 2003 - 2011. He was elected Senator for Cross River South in the April 2011 elections,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He later defected in 2016 to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and emerged the Cross River South Senatorial flag bearer of the party in the 2019 election.
Bassey Albert Akpanlisten CON is a Nigerian politician who has been a member of the Senate of Nigeria since June 2015. Previously,he was Commissioner of Finance in Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2014. He was first elected to the Senate in March 2015,to represent Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District and he won re-election for a second time in the February 2019 senatorial elections. He is a member of the ypp.ng.
Christopher Stephen Obong Ekpenyong(Listen) is a Nigerian politician and former Deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State. He was elected to the Nigerian Senate in 2019 to represent Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District.
Bassey Dan-Abialisten is a Nigerian politician. Before entering politics,he practiced as a lawyer in Kano,Cross River and Lagos States of Nigeria.
Akon Etim Eyakenyi is a Nigerian politician who is the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State. She is currently the senator for Akwa Ibom South since 2019. Before being elected to the senate,she was the Minister of Lands,Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2015 under President Goodluck Jonathan.
Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State covers 9 local governments areas which consist Ibiono Ibom,Itu, Uyo, Uruan,Ibesikpo Asutan,Nsit Ibom,Nsit Atai,Etinan, Nsit Ubium. Akwa Ibom North-East is also known as Uyo which is its headquarters. As of 2019,this district has 94 Registration Areas (RAs) and 987 polling units (PUs) and its collation centre is located in the Uyo LGA INEC office. Obong Bassey Albert Akpan of the People’s Democratic Party is the current representative of Akwa Ibom North-East.
The 2023 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Akwa Ibom State,concurrent with elections to the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent PDP Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
The 2011 Nigerian Senate election in Akwa Ibom State was held on April 9,2011,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Akwa Ibom State. Ita Enang representing Akwa Ibom North East,Aloysius Akan Etok representing Akwa Ibom North West and Helen Esuene representing Akwa Ibom South all won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Akwa Ibom State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Akwa Ibom State,Nigeria.
The 2019 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election was held on March 9,2019,to elect members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 26 seats were up for election in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Akwa Ibom State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Akwa Ibom State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election,as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives;with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Akwa Ibom State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
(Listen) (born 23 August 1962) is the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs. He previously served as Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate) from 27 August 2015 to 29 May 2019. He is a Nigerian politician who represents the Itu and Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011. [1] He was elected Senator for the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District (Uyo) from 2011 to 2015. [2]