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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
Oct 27, 2012: A Passion For A Greater Nigeria
Oct 26, 2012: President Jonasthan To Commission New Governor`s Office
Aug 6, 2012: 1,000 Akwa Ibom Youths to Benefit From Diaspora Training …As Gov. Akpabio Unveils AK Investment Incentives in Houston
Aug 4, 2012: Don King Vows To Remake Samuel Peter
Apr 21, 2012: Akpabio Assures On Sports Development
Apr 10, 2012: AKSG Condoles With Ex-Commissioner`s Family
Apr 2, 2012: Akpabio Wants Group To Sensitize African Americans To Be Moderate in Lifestyles
Mar 8, 2012: AKSG Doles Out Incentives To NYSC Camp
Oct 27, 2011: 7th Nigerian Air Force Games Lifts 1,000 Athletes To Create Harmony Through Sports
Jul 3, 2011: Akwa Ibom Workers Go Home With Fantastic Prizes ...As Public Service Day Celebration Rounds Off
Jun 28, 2011: Adequate Compensation awaits Outstanding AKS Athletes in the National Sports Festival ...as Torch of Unity is received
Jun 17, 2011: AKS Hoists Colours In Preparation of Forth Coming Sports Festival
Oct 19, 2010: Akwa Ibom Assured of Increased Food Production … As Govt. Trains 2,000 Young Farmers
Aug 5, 2010: 1,069 AKS Communities Connected To National Grid
Jul 27, 2010: AKS Government Embarked on Minor Cabinet Reshuffling
Jul 7, 2010: Chukwu, Kojo thumb up for Jonathan
May 11, 2010: 30,000 Seater Akwa Ibom Sports Stadium to be Built Soon
Apr 9, 2010: Weightlifting Competition: Akwa Ibom Returns With Seven Medals
Apr 4, 2010: Ibom Angels Record Victory
Mar 27, 2010: NYSC to Redeploy Corps Members from Plateau

 

 

Improves the welfare and physical health of young people through empowerment for self actualization as well as to promote and popularize sports in all its ramifications while providing instructors, coaches, and role models to develop sportsmanship for character building, competitions, and tournaments.

  • Services
    • Local Raw Materials Development
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      Market Development
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      Human Capacity Development
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  • Impact
    • Industrialisation
      Akwa Ibom State being a labour surplus economy with abundant untapped natural resources is an irresistible investment haven. To make it even more attractive it is government policy to support investors and it is the people's dissposition to be hospital to visitors
      Investment Opportunities
      Akwa Ibom State being a labour surplus economy with abundant untapped natural resources is an irresistible investment haven. To make it even more attractive it is government policy to support investors and it is the people's dissposition to be hospital to visitors
      Employment Opportunities Development
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      Cooperative Development
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  • Policies
    • Industrialisation Blueprint
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      Investment Promotion
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      Public Private Partnership
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  • Projects
    • SME Development
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      Micro Credit Scheme
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Youth & Sports 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.

Raw Materials open details
  Food Crops  
  Arable Crops  
  Fruit Crops  
  Vegetable Crops  
  Tree Crops Palm Trees, cocoa, rubber
Livestock  
Poultry  
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.

Since assumption of office Governor Godswill Akpabio has continued to vigorously tackle the issues of youths and Sports development in the State.


These policy thrust of government in this sector is to improve the welfare of the young people between the ages of 18 and 35 years through empowerment for self actualization as well as promoting and popularizing Sports in all its ramifications.

 

So far, the Akpabio-led administration has recorded the following strides in youths and sports development:-

  • Provide the enabling environment for youth activities with the peaceful institution of the State youth council, the apex body supervising youth activities/programmes
  • Skills acquisition training for more than 500 youths at the Schools of Arts and Science Nung Ukim,. Ikono during the 2008 Easter Youth retreat programme
  • Sponsorship of 75 youths for the first Niger Delta Sea-farer Youth Initiative and Training at Diete-Spiff Stadium, Port Harcourt
  • Sponsorship of an Akwa Ibom Youth, Mr. Onofiok Luke Akpan to emerge as the first Speaker of the Nigeria Youth Parliament
  • Facilitate the emergence of the Secretary General of Akwa Ibom Youth Council, Mrr. Anifiok Iwa Udofia as the President of the African Post-Graduate Stunts Association in Poland Conduct a Workshop on peace and conflict resolution for 200 youths between the ages of 22 to 35 years in the State
  • Construction/rehabilitation of roads and hostels at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Ikot Itie Iddung, Nsit Atai LGA
  • Introduction of 7 new competitive sporting activities including Golf, Dart, Ayo (Nsa Isong), Kick-Boxing, Baseball, Hockey and Cycling Sports to the exiting 18 Sporting activities for National competitions
  • Emergence of the State’s under 13 male football team as the second in the NPA under 13 National Football competition at Abuja
  • Selection of three under 13 male footballers of the State to the NFF National camp (Michael Peter, Inemesit Sunday and Unwana John)
  • Facilitate the selection of the best five(5) Akwa Ibom football players for 3 months trial training at Wilsa Krakow football Club, SA, Poland (Iniobong Akpan, Kufre Iniama, Imo-owo Jackson, Idongesit Archibong and Victor Johnson
  • Construction of a world class boxing ring in the State
  • Facilitate the obtaining of a professional Heavy-weight boxing license by an Akwa Ibom boxer, Mr. Enobong Umotte, in Wisconsin, U.S.A.
  • Procurement of world class weight lifting facilities for State’s contingents which led to the success of Emmanuel Akpanobong and Margaret Uwa at the African weight lifting championship in South Africa.  3 gold medals each were won by the 2 weight lifters, with Emmanuel Akpanobong setting a new African record by lifting 106kg weight at 58kg category
  • Talent hunt for secondary school students has produced Esatang from Eket, who took second position in the President Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s National Squash competition at Abuja in 2008. Esatang has been invited represent Nigeria at the International squash racket competition in Switzerland
  • Facilitate a 30-day swimming camp for 9 swimmers from the State which resulted in one of them, Mr. Nyong Isang emerging with 3 gold medals from the Cross River State invitation Swimming competition at Calabar
  • Procurement of 20 new sports bicycles including 6 female bicycles, 10 male bicycles and 4 mountain bicycles
  • Emergence of the State Squash team (female) as the winner with a golden trophy in the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) National Squash racket at Abuja.  The team was selected to represent Nigeria at the International Squash Championship at Manchester, England
  • The State under – 17 boys and girls football team emerged winners amongst the 12 participating States.  The maiden edition of Chief Godswill Akpabio National under – 17 boys and girls football competition organize in conjunction with YSFON
  • Sponsorship of U – 13 male and U – 18 female football teams to the 18th National Oba Ereiwa Anniversary Gold Cup competition at Benin City, which they emerge winners, beating 13 other Stats in the competition
  • Sponsorship of the Stat ambassadors in the under - 16  female football club 'Ikot Abasi Queens', to the International Football championship in Brazil where they won the prestigious Cuba golden trophy donated by the President of Brazil
  • Presentation of certificates of recognition to more than 150 Youth Organizations
  • Completion of work on the selection of site and design of an Olympic sized Stadium for the State
:: Recent Photos
Gov. Godswill Akpabio presenting a plaque to four time world Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield during his visit to Uyo Gov. Godswill Akpabio receiving the four time World Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield to Govt House Uyo The four time World Boxing Champion posing after being presented with a plaque and a copy of Uncommon Transformation Magazine during his visit to Uyo The Commissioner for Sports, Mr. John Harry(left) at the passenger terminal building of the Akwa ibom International Airport while waiting to receive the stae governor at the airport on 28th April A 100 piece brass band set to perform from an elevated platform as the largest group of carol singers in the world are about to perform the 2009 Carol Night A cleric addressing the gathering at the 2009 Carol Night with the largest group of carol singers in the world A crane delivers a tall Christmas light structure for decorating the stadium as final preparations for the 2009 Carol Nigth with the worlds largest group A cross section of the 9,300 carol singers waving their scripts in excitement after singing the last carol for the night, A musical playlet, AKBC crew setting up the microwave link of their outside broadcast (OB) van so as to offer live broadcast of the big event AKBC engineers in the console room of the state`s outside broadcast (OB) van AKBC engineers running cables to cameras to ensure realtime live broadcast of the Carol Night on TV and radio Akwa Ibom State governor Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio is escorted by the speaker of the State House of Assembly Engr. Ignatius Edet on arrival at the stadium for the 2009 Carol Night by the largest group of carol singers in the world Akwa Ibom State governor His Excellency Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio waves to the crowd on arrival at the stadium for the 2009 Carol Night by the largest group of carol singers in the world Akwa Ibom State governor takes a Bible reading at the 2009 Carol Night with the largest group of carol singers in the world Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio dancing as he does about 50m walk to the centre of the stadium to address the gathering for the 2009 Carol Night with the largest group of carol singers in the world
     
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