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Celebrating Akwa Ibom @ 24 in Grand Style!
Newsdiaryonline Sun Sep 18,2011
On Friday 23rd September 2011, Akwa Ibom State, the 2nd largest
producer of crude oil in Nigeria will celebrate its 24th
anniversary.
Out of a burning desire to see Akwa Ibom succeed and continue in
unity, peace and harmony, young Akwaibomites have decided to
celebrate this year's edition of Akwa Ibom at 24 in a unique way
through the Usem Akwa Ibom Project [Akwa Ibom Language Project].
They have decided to utilize the power of the internet via
social network to inspire positive change among Akwaibomites at
home and in the diaspora. This time, every post, comments,
tweets, emails and SMS sent on Friday 23rd September 2011 will
be made in native Akwa Ibom languages.
The Coordinator of Usem Akwa Ibom project and Publisher of
www.wetinhappen.com
Akwa Ibom State's most
popular news blog, Aniekan James Ekah says the objectives of
this project is to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the
creation of the State in a unique way; to create awareness about
different ethnic accents that exist in Akwa Ibom State thereby
showing unity in diversity and also to show how young people are
maximizing the power of social networks to create positive
change and inspire unity in their communities.
Already, over 1000 members have signed up to the project's
Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/usemakwaibomproject/ and on
Twitter at
http://twitter.com/USAKIPRO, and they are getting ready to
flood the internet with posts, tweets, SMS, Emails and comments
made in their native dialects.
"There will be no better way to show our love for our state than
this as it has been torn apart in recent times by political
divisions" says Aniekan.
The project targets 10,000 members to the group to ensure
worldwide visibility and create the desired impact. "We want to
show other young people worldwide that we can use social
networks to create a world where peace, harmony, joy and
friendship can be felt".
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