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Vision for Industrialization:
An Akwa Ibom State with an empowered populace and a private sector-driven
economy, acting as a catalyst to Nigeria's Industrial Revolution.
Creating a dynamic prosperous, and productive
populace...
Vision Goals
Community empowerment - for industrialisation and
business ownership
Community entrepreneurship - logical
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| :: Recent Articles | | Mar 4, 2013: Continuity of project implementation | | Jan 21, 2013: Akwa Ibom sets 2015 deadline for Ibom airport completion | | Dec 3, 2012: AKHA Commences Statewide Inspection Of Projects in AKS | | Apr 18, 2012: I Will End Stronger In 2015 ...As Akpabio Swears In New Commissioners And Special Advisers | | Jul 16, 2011: AKS Major Projects To Be Completed In 18 Months – Akpabio
| | Jul 4, 2011: Gov. Akpabio Happy With Completion of Ikot Ekpene Prison
| | Jun 30, 2011: Contract Termination Awaits Non-Performing Contractors | | Jun 17, 2011: FG Assures AKS On FADAMA Project Boost | | Oct 26, 2010: Oron Gets 1.2bn Drainage Project …Approved By AKSG | | Oct 19, 2010: Mobil/NNPC Joint Venture Inaugurates N82m Community Projects In AKS
| | Aug 9, 2010: AKSG to Spend N4.6B to Remodel State Capital
| | Jul 14, 2010: As Akwa Ibom awaits President Jonathan... | | Jul 14, 2010: Welcome to Akwa Ibom, Mr. President | | Jul 13, 2010: Jonathan to Inaugurate 20 Projects | | Jul 9, 2010: Free Education and FLEI Makes NAPEP Project a Success in Akwa Ibom | | Jun 16, 2010: Ibom Tropicana: Tourism and Entertainment Redefined | | Apr 27, 2010: AK e-Library Described As the First in West Africa | | Apr 12, 2010: Akwa Ibom Returns To National Housing Scheme
| | Apr 8, 2010: House Tasks Presidency on MDGs Projects | | Mar 18, 2010: Information Boss Assures on Akpabio’s Projects |
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Supervises to ensure robust
implementation and delivery of the state’s turnkey projects through efficient
management and innovative strategies for socio-economic benefit and
transformation of the state with supporting structures and graceful interface
into the mainstream economy of the state.
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Project Management in Akwa Ibom State
To develop Akwa Ibom’s industrial potentials and at the same time attract
potential investors the government has put in place an industrialisation blueprint to
enable such investors examine and leverage inward looking, import-substitution,
and export-led industrialisation strategies being adopted by the state
government. The rapid industrial development of the state, therefore, involves investment
promotion, and public private partnership.
Government has vigorously enabled the environment for the development of
industrial estates and cottage industries whether by the state or with private
interests, such that each of our 31 local government areas will
have at least one industrial estate to employ the citizens and process available
raw materials into finished products.
As an empowerment strategy, government supports and sponsors its citizens to embark on commercial ventures. Support includes identification of market
opportunities, participation in domestic and international trade fairs,
provision of infrastructures, periodic material subsidies, and patronage of
local entreprises.
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Raw
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Food Crops |
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Arable Crops |
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Fruit Crops |
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Vegetable Crops |
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Tree Crops |
Palm Trees, cocoa, rubber |
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Livestock |
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Poultry |
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Fisheries |
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Aggressive agricultural sector reforms have enabled us adopt proactive measures
and best practices to assure of lessening dependence on oil derivation through
massive agricultural development and massive statewide agricultural schemes
which include Mechanised agriculture to leverage technology, aggressive
environmental security policies, In
AKS government guards against the effects of malnutrition by nutritionally
ensuring adequate food intake in children to prevent stunted growth and
eradicate extreme poverty to improve food consumption levels. We have elevated
rural development, including sustainable agricultural, fishery and forestry
production and management of natural resources. Helping people improve their
farms and productivity and ensure that farmlands are secured from pollution with
top priority of government to guarantee an increase in current levels of
production for future food needs.
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To effectively supervise and ensure the successful implementation of mega projects in the State, government re-energized the Ministry of Special Duties, to oversee the operation of these projects.
So far, the Ministry of Special Duties is effectively monitoring the progress of work at the Akwa Ibom International Airport (AKIA), the Akwa Ibom Urban Taxi Network Limited (AKUTAN) and the Ibom Tropicana and Entertainment centre project.
The following achievements have been recorded.
AKWA IBOM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AKIA):
Akwa Ibom International Airport (AKIA) is one of the landmark projects which have attracted limelight and accolades to the government of Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio. Achievements so far recorded include:
- Daily flight schedules at the Akwa Ibom International Airport by DANA Airlines (Lagos-Uyo-Abuja route)
- Completion of work on the Interim domestic terminal (IDT) for Commercial operations
- 100% installation of Air Rescue and fire fighting facility status
- Opening - up of a Police Station for the Akwa Ibom International Airport
- Installation of a bomb-detective/body screening machine at the Airport
- Due diligence test for the operation of Virgin Nigeria at the AK International Airport
- Declaration of interest by Aero contractors to use the AKIA route
- Near completion of the National Hanger/Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul (MRO) facilities.
AKWA IBOM URBAN TAXI NETWORK (AKUTAN)
AKUTAN was set up to manage and ensure the smooth operation of the urban taxi scheme of the state government. The agency had since commenced operations with trial blazing achievements including:-
- 200 nos Hyundai Accent Taxi cabs
- 10 nos Marcopollo buses
- 100nos Ford-Focus Taxi cabs
- 40nos Toyota Hiace (18 Seater) buses
- Plans to increase to 500 taxi cabs
- Plans to increase to 50 Marcopollo buses
- Boost Private/Public partnership in AKUTAN with the signing of a license Agreement with a public transportation Company.
IBOM TROPICANA AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE:
Ibom Tropicana entertainment centre was conceived through the vision of Chief (Dr,) Godswill Akpabio, to impact positively on the Socio-economic lives of the people of the State. The centre which will boost the Structural landscape of the State was created in the image of Sun City of South Africa and the famous Dysney land in Orlando, Florida, USA. The centre is a revenue generating outlet of government which will also create job opportunities for thousands of unemployed youths of the State. The multi-million naira centre which sits on a landmass of 82 hectares has the following facilities:
- A shopping mall with 59 nos standard shops, and 2nos Bank service corridors etc.
- CNEPLEX which houses 6nos screen cinema halls with a seat capacity of 1030
- An Ultra modern convention centre with a multi-floor capacity of 5000
- A 15 storey hotel with 250 rooms
- A Theme Park with various Dry and Wet Rides/Attractions covering an area of 3 hectares.
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