Akwa Ibom state governor Udom Emmanuel will on Monday 31^st of January 2022 commission the first privately owned television station in the Akwa Cross Region, Spectrum Television, at its transmission station, Ibiaku Uruan.

Revealing the development to Planet News, the Chairman and CEO of TAF Media Group, owners of Planet FM and Spectrum TV, Tony Afia, noted that the visit will be greeted with excitement, as the governor’s efforts in ensuring the state is peaceful is one of the reasons Spectrum TV emerged without hitches.

According to the TAF Media Group chairman, the vision of Spectrum TV is to explore Akwa Ibom, adding that the media group is working assiduously towards massive expansion of the Spectrum TV project – currently broadcasting on Startimes channel 136 – to wider platforms and nationally.

The CEO Afia urged the Media Group’s teeming fans to keep listening and watching Planet FM and Spectrum TV respectively, as developing updates about the governor’s visit and the commissioning of the TV station unfolds.

TAF Media Group commenced official broadcast of Spectrum TV on November 1 2021 as the first privately owned TV station in the Akwa Cross region, having also blazed that same trail almost a decade ago, as the first to unveil a privately owned radio station within the same region.

Governor Udom Emmanuel has announced the automation of Akwa Ibom State Civil Service and Asset Management System (AMS) for transparency and efficiency of its operations.

Governor Emmanuel who made this known while declaring open a one-day Training Workshop on the Human Resource Management System (HRMS) for the State Executive Council members at Ibom Icon Hotel and Golf Resort, Uyo, said the automation of the service will reposition it for more efficiency and seamless operations, adding that challenges earlier experienced with promotions, retirements, pensions and gratuity will be a thing of the past as errors will be minimized.

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According to him, the full automation of the service will be completed by January 31, this year, assuring that the integration of the Human Resource Management System and Asset Management System will be secured as its operations will be backed with an efficient storage device to enhance productivity.

Earlier in his opening remarks, the Head of Civil Service, Elder Effiong Essien thanked Governor Udom Emmanuel for his support to introduce automation of the Civil Service, which he noted will upgrade operations of service from analogue to digital.

Elder Essien said the training and re-training of key and principal operators of Human Resource Management remains cardinal objective of enhancing efficiency of Civil Service, and appealed to the Governor to build a data center to store hardware components of Human Resource Management.

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has approved release of the 2020 promotions for Civil Servants, with arears.

The Head of Civil Service, Elder Effiong Essien, disclosed this during a pre-examination Seminar organized by the Civil Service Commission, to prepare candidates due for promotion this year.

Elder Essien appreciated Governor Emmanuel for approving the release of 2020 promotion and the conduct of the 2021 promotion which is in process, in addition to his lofty policies, and favorable disposition to workers’ welfare describing him as worker-friendly.

 He charged the Workers to be more committed to their duties, to reciprocate the Governor’s benevolence. According to the Head of Civil Service, the policy of re-training and re-assessing workers through pre-promotion Seminar and Examination in-line with the Public Service Reforms, has yielded tremendous result, by enthroning competitiveness, equity, justice and fair play for all within the service.

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has again refuted the insinuations that the state government was owing entitlements of workers in the state, stressing that his administration has been paying salaries and other entitlements of workers and pensioners in the state even with the dwindling resources.

The Governor who stated this at the Government House Monthly Prayer Service also urged the people of the state to form the habit of appreciating God for the relative peace, developments, and modest achievements recorded in the state during his administration.

The Governor who was speaking on the backdrop of criticisms by sections of the society on alleged non-payment of retirement benefits to some retired workers again appealed for more understanding adding that the protests were being sponsored to discredit the achievements of the state government.

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Governor Emmanuel, who attributed the achievements of his administration to God and the support of the people, decried incessant criticisms of government programs especially from sections of the society who should know better. According to him, the peace narrative being promoted by the government is the legacy he wants the state to be known for and called on the people to support peaceful co-existence.

Government House correspondent Jane Uwa reports that Governor Emmanuel urged the people of the state not to blow isolated cases of insecurity in parts of the state and some challenges out of proportion, but to work with the government and security agencies to find solutions.

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Spectrum television is currently holding its maiden awareness road show to enlighten the people on the arrival of the first private-owned tv station in the Akwa-Cross region.

The road walk, which began at Nwaniba fountain will take members of the crew round major streets within the Uyo metropolis to better connect with citizens of the state and interact with them on the features that spectrum tv offers.

Highpoints of the road walk would comprise a distribution of varying gifts to planet radio and spectrum tv esteemed fans, including the StarTimes decoders through which viewers can connect with Spectrum TV on channel 136.

Former Nigerian President, Doctor Goodluck Jonathan, has commended the pace of development in Akwa Ibom State under the leadership of Governor Udom Emmanuel.

Doctor Jonathan, who stated this at a special luncheon in his honour at Government House, Uyo, described the governor as a brilliant and competent gentleman that deserves to be encouraged for greater roles in the national polity.

The former President said having been acquainted with the state for several years, he was in a good position to judge the development of the state.

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Doctor Jonathan however prayed that the Governor will have a good successor who will consolidate on the achievements the state has recorded over the years.

Speaking earlier, Governor Udom Emmanuel had said the country was better off in all indices under him as President of the country, and expressed regrets that Nigerians have only come to realize what they have lost after his exit.

Government House correspondent Jane Uwa reports that the former President was accompanied on a private visit by his wife Dame Patience Jonathan.

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