Ibaka Deep Sea Port
By Clement Ikpatt
Just for the records Clement; let me help us through the Akwa Ibom
model: AKSG swung into action with 3critical Technical Committees to
drive IDSP(Ibaka Deep Sea Port),Food Sufficiency and Agriculture and
Foreign Direct Investments within 30days of resumption. Went ahead to
ensure upgrade of existing 190MW with the applaudable 685MW license we
currently have for Phase 2 of Ibom Power.
With the attractiveness of
captive power we have the entire Ikot Abasi belt waiting to be decorated
with the Industrial parks and Agric processing initiatives. These alone
have great potential to increase jobs by 2,500-4,500 so dust up your
CV bro!
As much as it's welcome to get excited over news bits
coming from China and trying solely to compare or to ask what Nigerias
stake is in that regard(like seriously?)
Let me quickly share that
Chinas model and KSF(Key Success Factor) has been multiple small factory
production approaches and expansive agricultural cultivation and
production.
Today in Akwa Ibom different factories are at
varying levels of production; the aim is to meet local demand,create
jobs and ramp up the local economy right before our export
windows(Deepsea Port and Cargo facility is completed at the Ibom
airport)
So if you look closely and listen in you'd see
positioning of factories like Peacock Paints focusing on anti corrosion
Industrial paints more ,Dekan Toothpick and Pencil factory,LED
lighting,Metering and Syringe factories currently underway etc
On the agriculture and food sufficiency side; find massive cassava
cultivation across the state with Feyrep firmly in the driving seat,a
2million stand Coconut plantation is vigorously pursued(about
200,000cultivated so far) our Oil Palm plantations are being revived,The
hatchery is being constantly upgraded,meat and milk production is being
exploited via the proposed ranch,vegetable cultivation is at an all
time high,Cocoa is budding,etc
Even as food production is
encouraged,many of our sons are busy due to the Dakadda philosophy and
might not have the time for Cyber macabre dances or Attention seeking
jamborees. 3 Cassava processing facilities are helping our farmers churn
garri, etc
Road network is dedicated to viable and producing areas even as we try to balance the political.
Back to China,the South of China boasts of over a dozen ports and yes
there are ports being promoted in Gabon,Angola,Cameroon and even
Equatorial Guinea asides the Nigerian attempts at Lagos and Calabar.
The Ibom Industrial City itself is designed to take about 3-4jetties
from Mbo to Ikot Abasi and possesses peculiarities in draft,ocean access
and ancillary support.
These Port Investments like the mega Ocean
Terminal promoted by Port Nortel has advanced magnificently within the
2years of this administration and would be ripe by the time the Federal
Government lends expeditious approvals and support.
The business
of Investment promotion should be handled by sound minds who understand
the nitty gritty of Business development,finance,trade and investments ;
this whole idea of failed restauranteurs,diaspora cab operators or
cyber bullies being recruited to man Diaspora desks should never have
happened in the first instance!
Akwa Ibom is definitely on
track and we hope the right people help galvanize and catalyze these
traction to the benefit of our people!!!
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