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F AK O WA T N IB E O M M N S R T E A V T O E G 4 YEARS TOUCHING LIVES May 2015 Job Creation 2016 Infrastructural Consolidation & Expansion 2017 Poverty Alleviation 2018 Economic & Political N Inclusion Wealth Creation May 2019 The Five-Point Agenda of Governor Udom Emmanuel AVIATION May 2019 INDUSTRIALIZATION DEVELOPMENT SMALL & RURAL & 2020 MEDIUM SCALE RIVERINE AREA ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT The next COMPLETION four 2021 years AGENDA INFRASTRUCTURE AGRICULTURE 2022 May 2023 SECURITY HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT 02 www.akwaibomstate.gov.ng TOUCHING LIVES IN MORE WAYS ... n 11,000 hectares of coconut plantation n Over 1700km of roads n 3,240 hectares of cassava plantation in 15 LGAs (FADAMA) n 40 bridges n 49,318 registered rice farmers n Completion of the State Secretariat Annex n 450 youths trained on cocoa maintenance n Construction of 2nd airport runway (taxiway) (on-going) n Subsidized fertilizers, oil palm & cocoa seedlings n Upgrade of Airport main runway to category 2 n Akwa Prime Hatchery -17,000 day old chicks weekly n Only state to own & maintain an airport independently n Free Improved Corn seedlings n n Flood control at Nsikak Eduok n N300,000 grant to 250 beneficiaries under the Graduate Unemployment Completion of Four Points by Sheraton Hotel (on-going) Avenue, Uyo Roads & Youth Scheme n n n International Worship Centre (on-going) 21 Storey Intelligent office Agriculture Over 1,200 hectares of rice cultivated n Eket International Modern Market (on-going) complex...ongoing n Setting up of Ibom FADAMA Micro Finance Bank Other Infrastructure n Airport Terminal building (on-going) n Renovation of 85 Flats at n Vegetable Green Houses n Loan disbursement to 2,000 dry season n Wellington Bassey Army Barracks, n Oil Palm Processing Plant Expansion of Shopping Mall at Ibom vegetable farmers Ibagwa n Cassava Processing Mills Tropicana Entertainment Centre (on-going) n n Private Hangar for State aircraft n Maize Shelling/Drying Mill Completion of Governor’s Lodge, Lagos n Rice Processing Mills n Free medical services for children below 5 years, n Free & compulsory basic education in public schools pregnant women & the aged. n n Take over of 17 community secondary schools 36 Containers of state-of-the art medical equipment n n Construction & Renovation of over 1,400 school blocks Construction & upgrading of secondary n Strategic interventions in Tertiary Institutions healthcare facilities across the state - roads, equipment, academic blocks, etc ● General Hospital, Ikono (Computerized) ● General n Procurement & distribution of free text books & Hospital, Ikot Okoro ● General Hospital, Etinan ● General Hospital, Ituk Mbang other educational materials ● Immanuel General Hospital, Eket ● General Hospital, Iquita, Oron ● General n Health Provision of over 20,000 dual-desks to public schools in the state Hospital, Awa ● Medical Centre, Okon Eket Education n Subventions to public primary & secondary schools n Relief for over 4,000 mal-nourished children n Over N600 million WAEC fees for indigenes in n Free screening & treatment of over 15,000 people public secondary schools annually for various eye diseases n Construction of 10Nos computer laboratories in 10 secondary schools n Reconstruction of the Oxygen Plant, Ikot Ekpene n Hosting of Education & Exhibition Summit n Syringe Manufacturing Factory (Largest in Africa) n Pencil Factory n Prompt payment of salaries & allowances to n Toothpick Factory Public Servants n Electric Digital Metering Solutions Manufacturing Factory n Payment of gratuity n Resuscitation of Ibom Paints Ltd (former Peacock Paints) n Payment of backlog of 10 years pension n Fertilizer Blending Factory n Salaries & Approval for payment of N30,000 minimum wage with n Plastic Manufacturing Factory n Rice Mill x 2 Entitlements arrears from December 2019 n Palm oil/Kernel Crushing Plant n Flour Mill n Cassava Processing Mills n Plywood/Timber Manufacturing Factory Industrialization n Fish Processing Factory n Quality Ceramics, Itu (Ongoing) n Over 30,000 youths trained in various skills n Starch Manufacturing Company n Tissue Production Factory, Itu (Ongoing) n Ongoing construction of 10 Modern Sports Centres n Oil Palm Depot, Ibesikpo n Coconut Refinery (Ongoing) n N2bn interest free loan for small scale entrepreneurs and n Virgin Forest Energy Farm Tank n Ibom Industrial Park/Jetty loading... traders n First & second Ibom State Youth Sports Festival n Through sound financial planning, investment and n management, Akwa Ibom has become the Football Capital Over 300 rural development projects across 31LGAs n of Nigeria - Hosted the Super Eagles to becoming the first African Over 500 inter-ministerial rural intervention projects n Team to qualify for the Russia 2018 World Cup with a match still to play. Rehabilitation/construction of over 500km n Akwa United won Nigeria’s FA Cup twice in 3 years of rural feeder roads Rural n Ibom Angels emerged runners up of 2017 Nigeria Female FA Cup (the first time a female team from the Development state has ever qualified for the finals of a major n 153+mw Ibom Power Plant & 3 sub-stations national competition). n Incorporation of Ibom Airline (5 aircraft procured) n Team Akwa Ibom finished 2nd on the medals table at 2017 n Donation of Patrol Vehicles to the Nigerian Police, National Sports Festival n Akwa Ibom State Command The state received 3 Excellence Awards on Sports n Sports Developments Others 200 wheel chairs to persons with disabilities Development from the Federal Government n Health Insurance Scheme for Journalists n Most Comprehensive Sports Development Programme n Launch of Power-for-All 2021 Initiative n Most Patriotic Sports Supporters n Best Sports Infrastructure outh Empowerment, Capacity Building & n Y Governor Udom Emmanuel was Best Sports Governor 2017 n Ongoing reconstruction of Eket sports stadium n Sponsoring two State teams in the Nigeria Premier League His Excellency n Ongoing upgrade of Uyo Township stadium Mr. Udom Emmanuel Governor, Akwa Ibom State Future Assured MR. UDOM EMMANUEL GOVERNOR OF AKWA IBOM STATE 04 “ we can look back and declare with irresistible evidence, soaring hope and inspired faith that that event was not the triumph of Udom Emmanuel, but the victory of Akwa Ibom State. That event was not the end of a race, but the beginning of a revolutionary renewal for our State. HIS EXCELLENCY, “MR. UDOM EMMANUEL GOVERNOR, AKWA IBOM STATE “ In our Completion Agenda, we will raise the bar of performance... and lift our State to such an enviable height that it will be the pride of the nation HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. UDOM EMMANUEL GOVERNOR, AKWA IBOM STATE “ 05 Contents Five Point Agenda/Completion Agenda 2 1 Introduction 7 Akwa Ibom, Arise and Shine 8 Sectoral Achievements 12 - 237 ● Industrialization 13 ● Lands And Housing 83 ● Health 29 ● Science And Technology 88 ● Agriculture 41 ● Culture And Tourism 92 ● Transport And Aviation Development 47 ● Manpower Development And Workers' ● Social Welfare 52 ● Family Empowerment And Youth Welfare 97 Re-orientation (feyrep) 57 ● Security 99 ● Local Government/chieftaincy Matters 65 ● Law and Order 101 ● Education 67 ● En vir onment And Waste Management 102 ● Power 76 ● Youth and Sports 110 ● Economic And Entrepreneurship Development 78 ● Information Management 116 ● Revenue Generation And Finance ● Rural Development 118 Management 81 ● R oads and B ridges 181 Accolades 238 - 239 The Team 240 - 245 Publisher/Editor at-large Editorial Photography Charles Udoh Aniekan Ukpong Anthonia Ibanga Idris Mabadeje Esther Okon Editorial Adviser Godwin Ibok Daniel Obot Inyang Jameson Graphics Typesetting Team Editor Nsikan Ekwere David Etuk Ini Nkantion Edidiong George On-line Admin Solomon Eyo A Publication of All Correspondence To The Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Information, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria [email protected] [email protected] © February 2020 Whatsapp/sms: 09076173782 06 SETTING NEW; HIGHER STANDARDS he need to continually improve the Other notable key performance indicators An infectious new wave of enterprise and Teconomic well-being of the citizenry include free medical services for children, oneness currently pervades the state as and territorial security architecture is the pregnant women and the aged in public Akwa Ibomites are becoming increasingly basis of true governance. This is especially hospitals; unrivalled empowerment of united in one accord and in pursuit of a so in a democracy where leadership is youths and women folk. new social order where selfish and myopic bestowed through the trust and mandate political interests are relegated to the back To cap it all, Akwa Ibom state opened a of the people. seat in the vehicle of state building. A new vista in the annals of history, common denominator is the fact that Since May 29, 2015, His Excellency, becoming the first state in Nigeria and there is a general consensus that the Governor Udom Emmanuel has possibly the African continent to own a choice of Mr. Udom Emmanuel as demonstrated an unparalleled full-fledged commercial airline. Ibom Air Governor in 2015 and again in 2019 was understanding of the essence of has not entered the Nigerian airspace as divinely ordained, and ONLY GOD has kept governance, by implementing policies and another 'also-ran brand' but as a game- us and sustained the unprecedented programmes that have both direct and changer that is redefining aviation travels successes we are witnessing. indirect positive impact on the lives of the in Nigeria. With a fleet of what is arguably people. The