Ernest Udo-Robert

REC Urges Media to Drive Voter Registration Ahead of 2027

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares  ​By Ernest Udoh-Robert ​As Nigeria intensifies efforts to strengthen its electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Akwa Ibom State, Prof. Anugbum Onuoha, has sounded an alarm over the lack of internal democracy within the country’s political parties. ​Prof. Onuoha made this disclosure on Thursday, June…

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Governance and politics: The options * 

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares By Ernest Udoh-Robert   The press briefing by the Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno on Saturday, 29th May 2026 removed scales of doubts of the governor being on the wrong track. The usual cocooned belief that governors live in opulence and have it easy in life is an aberration of the…

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AKHA passes landmark mental health bill into law

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ernest Udoh-Robert ​The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly (AKHA) officially passed a bill to establish the State Department of Mental Health Services on Tuesday, 7 April. ​The legislation aims to modernize, regulate, and enhance the delivery of mental healthcare throughout the state. It replaces the archaic Lunacy Law of 1916, bringing the…

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