Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has appointed Comrade Uduak Ekong, the immediate past Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWoJ) in the state, as the Chief Press Secretary to the First Lady, Mrs Patience Eno.
In a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Prince Enobong Uwah, on June 20, 2024, the appointment takes effect from June 1, 2023.
Ekong, until her appointment, was a Staff of the Akwa Ibom State Broadcasting Corporation, AKBC and the Chairman, AKBC TV Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state.
The statement issued by the media unit of the governor’s wife read thus, “His Excellency, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has approved the appointment of Uduak Utip Ekong, as the Press Secretary of the Wife of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Patience Eno.
“In a letter dated June 20, 2024 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Enobong Uwah, the appointment takes effect from June 1, 2023.
“Until her appointment, Uduak Ekong was a Staff of the Akwa Ibom State Broadcasting Corporation, AKBC and the Chairman, AKBC TV Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council.”
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