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The
State Government is pursuing its industrialization and privatization
program through the Akwa Ibom Investment and Industrial
Promotion Council, AKIIPOC. Through AKIIPOC, a number of interests
have been secured as strategic partners and core investors
in reviving these industries. The Plasto Crown Industries
has been revived and is back on stream, producing crown
corks for domestic and industrial uses.
A
core investor has been secured for the Champion Breweries,
Uyo. An interim board has been put in place to direct efforts
at early resumption of operations. AKIIPOC is discussing
with other investors from across the world in participating
the revival of other companies.
Other
industries in the state include Ebughu Fishing Terminal,
Mbo, Akwa Rubber Estate Limited, Itu, and Akwa Feeds Limited,
Uyo. There are two Federal Government industries, the Aluminum
Smelter Company, ALSCON, at Ikot Abasi and the Nigerian
Newsprint Manufacturing Company, NNMC, Oku Iboku.
There
are a number of oil companies operating in the state. Ibeno
is the operational headquarters of Exxon-Mobil. Shell, Elf
and Chevron are here along with the leading oil services
company like Daewoo and Costain.
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Together we Shall Prosper |
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His Excellency, Barr. Godswill Obot Akpabio
The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State |
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It is with utmost gratitude to God and
immeasurable joy that I stand before you today as your Executive
Governor. On behalf of my wife, your first lady; my entire family, my
deputy and his dear wife, I thank you, my people, for voting en masse for
PDP in the general elections of April 14 and 21/26/2007. I salute your
maturity, courage and peaceful disposition during and after the
elections. I salute you for reposing your confidence in me right from the
primaries of December 14, 2006 and bringing it to a climax on April 14,
2007. I assure you that your decision shall never be in vain. Today, we
celebrate our self-worth as a people and our ability to strengthen
democratic ideals by voting according to our conscience. We have taken
the right step in our march towards a glorious future.
Fellow citizens, this is a new era
signifying a renewal and symbolizing an end as well as a beginning. Above
all, we are witnessing, not just the beginning of another chapter of
history but beholding the actualization of God’s will in Akwa Ibom
State.
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