Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has signed an executive order for the establishment of the State Labour and Industrial Committee.
While signing the Executive Order 2 at the Government House in Uyo on Thursday, the governor also inaugurated an eleven-man Labour Committee and a Bureau of Statistic Board for the state.
He said the Order was necessary to give credence and impetus to the committee while working assiduously on a legislative process to institute a law to fully empower the Labour committee at the state level.
The Labour and Industrial Committee had Rt. Hon. Nse Essien as Chairman, with members including Rt. Hon. Udo Kierian Akpan, Mmakim Antai, Rt. Hon. Nse Ntuen, Hon. Ekerette Ekoenyong, Sunday Etor Isokobo, Mr. Ubong Udo Uquang, Mr. Abraham Odion, and Mr. Uwemedimo Udoh, as well as the Commissioner for Labour and Manpower Planning and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour as secretary as ex officio members.
“I just signed Executive Order number to establish the Akwa Labour and Industrial Committee and that order is to give credence and impetus to the inauguration we are about to do this morning, while we work assiduously as the executive to send the bill to the House of Assembly for the passage into law of the Labour committee at the State level.
“So by that order, we have established the Akwa Ibom State Labour and industrial Committee. While we are doing that, this Executive Order will give the impetus for this committee to do a work,” Eno stated.
