The Edo State Government has given a firm assurance to stakeholders that it will soon lift the ban on gold mining in the Dagbala Community, located in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. Engr. Ethan Uzamere, the Commissioner for Mining and Energy, made this announcement during his visit […]
Akoko-Edo Update
The Akoko Edo Local Health Authority (LHA) has kickstarted the scale 3.0 strategy to intensify Covid-19 vaccination in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. In a ceremonial declaration, Dr. Innocent Alenoghena, the Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) and Acting Chairman, emphasized the state government’s unwavering dedication to […]
The Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki of has said that the state government has concluded arrangement to revitalize the Ojirami dam situated in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State in order to provide and supply portable water to the entire local government area. The Governor made this known […]
The Edo State Government has commenced a revalidation exercise for local government pensioners in the Edo North Senatorial District. James Enoma Okungbowa, the Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) and Secretary of the Local Government Staff Pension Board, provided details about the routine screening, which will take place from September […]
The Edo State House of Assembly member representing Akoko-Edo Constituency II comprising Wards 1,2,8,9 and 10, Honourable Emmanuel Agbaje, has listed his modest achievements while expressing his pain over his several frustrated efforts to deliver more substantial dividends of democracy to his constituency. He made the disclosure while presenting his […]
The Olokpe of Okpe Kingdom in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, HRH. Oba Okhishimede Eshimokhai Idogu III, gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Prince Bamidele Obaitan, in Benin City. The traditional ruler said he was in the office of the […]
Akoko-Edo Local Government has emerged the overall best performing local Government Council in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in Edo State. This feat that has won the Local Government both the Executive Secretary of the Primary Health Care Development Agency prize, and the Honourable Commissioner for Health award for […]
For someone who has spent several years working for, and retired honourably from a multinational oil company, a period that afforded him travel to choice cities of the world, it was a pleasant surprise to many that in retirement he has chosen to relocate to his hometown to dedicate the […]
In 2015, the Edo State Government established the Edo State Skills Acquisition Centre in Igarra, the capital of Akoko-Edo LGA to, among other things, train and develop interested citizens of the area in all kinds of vocation, for free. Even though the Centre has since then trained over 3000 students, […]
As the battle of who represents Akoko Edo Constituency II is on top gear, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ososo ward 10, Akoko Edo Local Government of Edo State have dumped the party for All Progressives (APC) and declared their support for Hon Emmanuel Omoladun Agbaje popularly […]