Crowning
stewardship
with trophy
Winning the prize back to back -
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
AKSEPWMA has won for Akwa Ibom trophies of cleanest state in Nigeria since his reconstitution of AKSEPWMA in 2018 and has so sustained the tempo till 2022. And so when on December 1, 2022, Akwa Ibom emerged the cleanest state, again, for the 5th time consecutively.
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READY TO
SERVE!
With a clear understanding of the role the environment will play in the success of his administration, the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, made copious provisions for environmental protection and management in his economic blueprint known as ARISE Agenda.
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Green Crystal Award presented to Akwa Ibom State for
emerging the cleanest State in Nigeria from 2018 to 2022
For five times in five consecutive years, Akwa Ibom State has sustained the status of cleanest state in Nigeria, the latest announced on December 1, 2022.
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Akwa Ibom
Emerges Nigeria' s
Cleanest State
in 2022
Sustaining a
Seasoned
Dumpsite
A volume of 18,000 tons of enormous municipal and household waste is generated on a daily basis in Akwa Ibom State, and there is a site which temporarily harbours the generated waste, situated at a Government Reserved Area, Uyo-village road, Uyo, quite remote from residential area.
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Flood Control
& Desilting
The menace of flooding in Akwa Ibom State before Obong Prince Ikim assumed office as the environment helmsman, had gotten out of hand and was herculean to tackle. Strategic measures to root causes beckoned which more often than not demanded a “thought outside the box” to streamline appropriate remedial.
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Daring the rains
waste to
wealth
initiative
AKSEPWMA integrated workable schemes to maximize the waste-based revenues in the form of energy, fuels, heat, recyclables, value-added products and chemicals along with more jobs and business opportunities. Measures were mainstreamed to curb public irresponsible attitudes to waste. This called for the 3Es - Education, Enlightenment and Enforcement
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AKSEPWMA measured up with global standards
waging the war
against street
trading
Ikim intensifying efforts through strategic negotiation with authorities and stakeholders to end street trading and illegal motor parks in Uyo metropolis after the order from AKHA
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Eviction of illegal street trading in uyo, Akwa Ibom State
led by Dr. Ikim
On the 5th of September, 2018,
Governor Udom Emmanuel reconstituted the present-day AKSEPWMA with Obong (Dr.) Prince Ikim as the Board Chairman. At assumption of duties, the agency first created a new road map for the execution of its functions
A volume of 18,000 tons of enormous municipal and household waste is generated on a daily basis in Akwa Ibom State, and there is a site which temporarily harbours the generated waste, situated at a Government Reserved Area, Uyo- village road, Uyo, quite remote from residential area.
It was modeled to create a convenient waste management system in local areas, through partnership with Local Government councils and related environmental personnel
such as the supervisors for environment etc.
Through the Agency's operational model, in five years, Akwa Ibom State has emerged the Cleanest State for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, back-to- back (CUN State of the Nation Report, 2022).
Invest in and deploy ICT to create Waste Management Innovations and launch the refuse to Riches Initiative to promote recycling through building a Fully Integrated Waste Management System in Akwa Ibom
The last four years have witnessed a sharp expansion in activities devoted to increasing performance of AKSEPWMA. These activities are not without compliance with global best practices. They align squarely
with the United Nations Environmental Programs (UNEP) best practices.
AKSEPWMA integrated workable schemes to maximize the waste-based revenues in the form of energy, fuels, heat, recyclables, value-added products and chemicals along with more jobs and business opportunities.
In the year 2000, the Obong Victor Atta-led administration established the Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency (AKSEPWMA) by a Parliamentary Act, Cap 47, 2000.
