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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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Promotes grassroots development through efficient and effective administration of the Local Government Areas thereby supporting vibrancy of the third-tier of government and strengthening capacity of local institutions preserving local cultures and values as well as citizen focused services at the lowest level and rural areas.

  • 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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Local Govt. Administration 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  

Industrialisation open details

Milestones open details

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.

The local government system was designed to endanger the grassroot participation I government towards the growth and development of rural area.


Local government administration became imperative because of the unique and peculiar nature of each group of people in their different localities. The differences are glaring in almost all sectors-social, political, historical, customs, beliefs and culture among others.


The third-tier of government is therefore emphatically very relevant in the holistic development of every facet of the State.  Having served as the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, at a time, Governor Godswill Akpabio knew exactly where the anus rested for efficient and effective administration of the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.


Soon on assumption of office, the governor took the bull by the horn by over hauling the local government administration to the state to enable it work in consonance with its counterparts in the country.


Steps taken by the governor for an improved local government administration include:

 

  • Provision of modern state of the at ambulances to all the 31 LGAs
  • Donation of a jeep to each of the then Paramount Rulers in the state
  • Reversal of the local government administration from the Parliamentary system to the Presidential system through an executive bill to the State House of Assembly
  • Youth empowerment at the local government administration level
  • Payment of N2billion as severance gratuity to political office holders for the period of 1999 - 2002 and 2003 - 2007Donation of N20million each to 3 paramount rulers of Ini, Ika and Eastern Obolo for the reconstruction of their Palaces
  • Procurement and distribution of 31 Nos Kia Cerato Jeeps as official cars to all members of the State Council of Chiefs
  • Distribution of 31 Nos. Graders and 31 Nos Hilux Patrol vehicles to all the local government areas of the State
  • Sponsorship of trainings and workshops for local government clerks, sergeants-at-arm, leaders of council and their deputies within and outside the State
  • Provision of official cars to all the Clan/Village Heads in the state
:: Recent Photos
Traditional rulers seated at UNIUYO convocation grounds during the 17th and 18th convocation ceremonies of the institution on Saturday 22nd October Visiting traditional rulers from other states seated to witness the inauguration of Chief Godswill Akpabio as Governor of Akwa Ibom State till May 29th, 2015 Akwa Ibom State governor, His Excellency Chief Godswill Akpabio, addresses paramount rulers as he is received at the Akwa Ibom International Airport on 28th April Akwa Ibom State governor, His Excellency Chief Godswill Akpabio, greets paramount rulers as he is received at the Akwa Ibom International Airport on 28th April Akwa Ibom State governor, His Excellency Chief Godswill Akpabio, is prayed for by the paramount rulers even as they raise their staff of office in unison while being received at the Akwa Ibom International Airport on 28th April Akwa Ibom State governor, His Excellency Chief Godswill Akpabio, kneeling, is prayed for by the paramount rulers even as they raise their staff of office in unison while being received at the Akwa Ibom International Airport on 28th April Even royal fathers waited earnestly in the airport to catch a glimpse of their son who had been out promoting the state and making them stand tall in yonder land for 3 weeks at about 2 hours to the arival of the state governor, His Excellency Chief Godswi Traditional rulers who came to witness the civic reception for Uwem Udoma and Aniekan Umanah at Technical College, Abak Traditional rulers at the feneral service for the first civilian governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Akpan Isemin, at Community Secondary School, Mbioto II, Etinan, on Saturday, 22nd August, 2009 AKS Gov. Chief Godswill Akpabio (right) receives Hon. Emmanuel Adeleji, Chairman House Committee on state,and Local Govts during a courtesy visit at Government house, Uyo
     
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