Akpabio clears air on delayed Amakpe refinery

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has advised management of abandoned Amakpe refineries in Eket to begin work or refund the state government investment in the project.

Akpabio who stated this over the weekend in Miami, Florida, United States of America (USA), disclosed that, the state government had invested $10 million in the project as part of its contributions to the take-off of the project, even though it was a private-sector driven one.

Answering questions from Akwa Ibom state indigenes in the United States of America (USA) on Amakpe project, at a business session of the annual convention of Akwa Ibom State Association of Nigeria (USA INC.), Chief Akpabio said, if the initiators were not interested in the project again, the state government investment in the project should be refunded.