Gov Umo Eno approves, releases N15 million for Aitee Lawrence’s surgery
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has approved and released the sum of N15 million for surgery of Deputy Director in Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, AKBC, Ms Itoro Lawrence.
Recall that in November 2024, Ms Lawrence popularly known as ‘Aitee Lawrence’ made a post on her Facebook page, soliciting support from friends to undergo surgery.
Her post tagged “Please Help me live” reads: “I am a Deputy Director in Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation. I contracted poliomyelitis as a child which affected my left leg, making me walk with a ‘swag’. This abnormality in gait bent my spine over time, but it never stopped me from living a normal life until armed robbers broke into my house in 2016. They kept hitting my back with a thick rod asking for gold chains. My back was reddish and swollen after the attack. A day after, I could no more walk on my own.
I’d severe pain, numbness, shocking sensations, weakness from my waist down to my toes. I was diagnosed with lumbar spondylosis and multiple sclerosis.
