Akpabio announced the donation at a reception in honour of the team in Abuja on Wednesday, describing the players as the pride of Africa and the world for becoming the first African team to win a FIFA women's football World Cup title.
The initiative, under the ARISE-GIFA development programme, is expected to feature prominently in the state's 2027 budget, following resolutions reached at an enlarged meeting of the State Executive Council presided over by Governor Umo Eno at the Government House, Uyo.
The former ward, chapter and state executives, under the Forum of Immediate Past Ward, Chapter and State APC Executives, made the declaration on Monday during a solidarity march through major streets in Uyo.
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has described President Bola Tinubu's approval of financing arrangements for the Ibom Deep Seaport project as a landmark development that will transform the state's economy and position it as a major maritime hub in the Gulf of Guinea.
Akwa Ibom is setting its sights on becoming Nigeria’s leading tourism and investment destination, with a proposed deep seaport, international aviation operations and expanding infrastructure expected to drive economic growth, attract investors and create jobs.
The President will first visit Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, where he is scheduled to inaugurate several projects completed by Governor Umo Eno's administration and attend a political rally.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mkpisong Frank Archibong, disclosed this on at the weekend during the ministry's ministerial briefing in Uyo, describing the interventions as part of the administration's commitment to improving the welfare, dignity and operational capacity of traditional rulers.
The organisation also called on the Federal Government and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to review corps members’ deployment policies and strengthen security arrangements to prevent avoidable deaths during national service.
Eno visited Moore at Okon Clan in Eket Local Government Area on Friday, October 16, in a personal gesture of appreciation for the teacher’s role in shaping his formative years between 1975 and 1977.
The government described the allegations published by The Guide Newspaper, an Akwa Ibom-based tabloid, as false, insisting that Obareki remains the Coordinator of the Office of the First Lady.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
