Friday, August 12, 2011

Investments: Akpabio woos Akwa Ibom indigenes abroad


African Examiner
12 August 2011


Akwa Ibom State indigenes in the Diaspora and other potential investors have
been called upon to take advantage of the liberal state government
industrialization polices and invest in the state.

Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio who made the call
in an interview with journalists in Houston, Texas, United States, disclosed that
the state government has laid a solid foundation for the industrialization of the
state through aggressive and massive provision of requisite infrastructure.

Corroborating the state governor, Secretary to Akwa Ibom State government,
Mr. Umana Okon Umana said with the construction of over 210 new roads,
construction of international airport, completion of 191 megawatts Ibom Power
Plant and 85 percent electricity coverage of the state with 1, 400 communities
connected to the national grid, the state was ready for industrial take off.

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