Ex-minister, Nduese Essien dares Buhari to publish looters names

A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Nduese Essien, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to publish names of treasury looters who had returned the stolen funds.

2015: ‘Fear, tension pervade Akwa Ibom’ – Nduese Essien

Nduese Essien

As the political space becomes tensed in Akwa Ibom State ahead of the 2015 polls, Nduese Essien, a two- term member of the House of Representative and former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, has said he will not seek election into the office of governor, insisting the present political environment in the state is not very safe.

One question nobody seems to have an answer yet: will Ekid back Oro for 2015 A’Ibom governorship race?

Chief Nduese Essien

By Nse Peter

Governorship aspirants from Eket Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State appear reluctant to embark on state-wide political consultation ahead of the 2015 governorship election in the state, more than three weeks after political leaders in the area had urged their kinsmen seeking to contest for the position, to “unveil themselves and make their manifestoes known to the people of the state”. 

Chief Nduese Essien, a former minister of Lands and Housing was reported to have said during a recent meeting of the district political leaders, that “following Governor Akpabio’s flag-off of his interest in the 2015 senatorial race and announcement of a campaign manager, there was no need for the Eket aspirants to wait no further especially since the governorship election was superior to senate elections.”

2015: Eket Senatorial District Assembly says it has identified 12 governorship aspirants from the district

Chief Nduese Essien

By Nse Peter

Eket Senatorial District Assembly says it has so far identified up to 12 governorship aspirants from the senatorial district in preparation for having someone from the area take over from Gov. Godswill Akpabio in 2015.

The group in a communiqué endorsed by some politicians and opinion leaders from Eket Senatorial district last month, did not however mention the names of the ‘identified’ aspirants, even as the group stated that the aspirants are “working assiduously but quietly so as not to distract the governor (Akpabio) from his uncommon transformation programme in the state”.