Saturday June 28, 2025
By Eno EDEM
Uyo
The Mainstream Service Team defeated the Unified LG Service Team with 3 Goals to nothing to win home a winning cash prize of Three Hundred Naira (N300,000.00).
This was part of the ongoing 2025 Public Service Week Celebration, organized by the Office of the Head of Civil Service at the Uyo Township Stadium on Friday, June 27.
While announcing the winners, the Head of Civil Service, Elder Effiong Essien, also announced the sum of N200,000.00 to the loosers, commended the two teams for the good team spirit and sportsmanship demonstrated throughout the match.
The Head of Civil Service expressed deep appreciation to His Excellency Governor Umo Eno for his love for workers by approving the Football match as part of the weeklong activities emphasizing that, the exercise has created opportunity for workers to relax and entertain themselves outside away from their routine daily busy schedules.
Describing the Governor as Worker-friendly, Elder Essien listed the numerous feats of the Governor to Akwa Ibom workforce to include: approval of the 2025 Public Service Week, approval for the release of the 2024 Promotions, prompt payment of Salaries and Pensions as well as human capacity development of workers, among others.
He used the occasion to commend the State Commissioner for Sports, Elder Paul Bassey for opening the Uyo Township Stadium for workers to use at such a short period and expressed deep appreciation to the entire management and staff of the Ministry of Sport for keeping the facility neat and clean for the Workers to use.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Sports, Mrs. Rosemary Ubia had welcomed Akwa Ibom workers to the Uyo Township Stadium disclosing that, the use of the facility was part of the contribution of her Ministry toward the success of the 2025 Public Service Novelty Football Match.
On her part, the Chairman of the Planning Committee for the 2025 Public Service Week Celebration in the State, Mrs Grace Akpan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, expressed deep gratitude to God Almighty for the clement weather, thanked the Governor for approving the celebration for workers and thanked the Head of Civil Service for interpreting the vision of Governor as it relates to the growth of the workforce.
Mrs. Grace Akpan expressed deep appreciation to the College of Permanent Secretaries led by the Dean, Barr Uduak Eyo-Nsa, for their support and cooperation and reminded all about the remaining two activities of the Weeklong celebration including; the Road walk on Saturday June 28, and Thanksgiving Service on Sunday June 29 and requested that, all should turn-up and complete the weeklong event in grand style.
Highpoint of football match watched by the Honourable Commissioner for Sports, Elder Paul Bassey and the wife of the Head of Civil Service and State Coordinator, NDE, Dcns Uduak Effiong Essien, was a Kicks-off taken by the Head of Civil Service, Elder Effiong Essien.
