Area Chairman Present 2026 Budget Review to Indigenes
Council Chairman of Etinan Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Honourable Uko Umoh, presented the 2026 budget review to citizens and stakeholders to enhance development and inclusivity.
Uko Umoh numbered strategic and human capacity projects executed successfully by his administration, not limited to healthcare, infrastructure delivery, and youth empowerment.
He said the briefing was necessary and timely due to his prospects and programmes planned for the next administrative year.
” Etinan is big. It is not limited to my office or the council secretariat. Above all, I am a product of the people, elected by them to represent their interests. We needed to meet to review and preview an integrated mode for leadership and governance.”
The council leader pledged total support to the continuity of the Akwa Ibom State governor’s administration through the Arise Agenda.
He is likened to sustaining the continuous democracy transformation, unity and progress of the area.
Stakeholders, citizens and invited guests highlighted the importance of the public hearing actualised by the area chairman. One of the speakers at the event, Mr Victor Edet, who is the Director-General of the Akwa Ibom State Fiscal Responsibility Board and the National Chairman of the Forum of Fiscal Responsibility Agencies in Nigeria, stated that the initiative was remarkable, as it promotes accountability, accessible government, and regular appraisal of local government budgets.
Meanwhile, the Director of Budget, Planning, Research and Statistics (BPRS), Mr Inyeneobong Ekott, reviewed the implementation of the 2026 local government budget and highlighted completed projects, pending programmes and projects earmarked for rollover into the 2027 fiscal year.
Uko Friday Umoh assumed office as local government chairman on October 7, 2024, after serving for eight years as a special adviser to the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel. For the past two years, his administration has achieved the following: construction of a bus terminal, restoration of electricity, rehabilitation of projects, empowerment of entrepreneurs, education and grading of roads.
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