Akwa Ibom Looks Beyond Oil, Targets Agric Products For Export

To diversify the section economies, the Akwa Ibom State authorities has looked inward to harness non-oil resources, particularly cocoa, maritime and cultivation products for export.

Speaking successful an interrogation with Journalists, the caller Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Capt. Iniobong Ekong (rtd), said it was clip to reinvigorate the State system done enhanced concern and commercialized argumentation driven by Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Under the taxable “Unlocking Opportunities: The Role of Trade and Investment successful the Arise Agenda,” the commissioner, conscionable reassigned from the Ministry of Lands, End Town Planning, said authorities was successful the works to make the enabling situation for section businesses to thrive.

He said: “The governor’s ARISE Agenda is much than a blueprint—it is simply a telephone to action, rooted successful pragmatism and people-focused development.

“This docket recognises commercialized and concern arsenic cardinal pillars for achieving sustainable economical growth, occupation creation, and inclusive prosperity. Our ministry, therefore, occupies a strategical presumption successful translating these aspirations into measurable outcomes.

“As a ministry, our ngo is clear: to facilitate investments that thrust section content, worth addition, and industrialisation.

“To enactment Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) and make an enabling situation wherever tiny businesses tin thrive and beforehand Akwa Ibom arsenic a apical concern destination successful Nigeria and beyond arsenic good arsenic physique productive partnerships with the backstage assemblage and improvement institutions.”
For easiness of doing business, the commissioner said his ministry was moving successful collaboration with applicable ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) towards reviewing regulatory frameworks and processes “to marque it easier for investors to bash concern successful Akwa Ibom.”

He assured of scaling up entree to finance, training, and marketplace opportunities for MSMEs crossed the 31 section authorities areas, make Industrial Cluster Development (ICD) successful enactment with the administration’s absorption connected agrarian development.

“We volition promote the constitution of small-scale industries and agro-processing hubs successful cardinal zones.

as we embark connected a broad concern roadworthy representation to beryllium unveiled soon, highlighting opportunities successful agriculture, tourism, aviation, power, tourism, maritime, manufacturing, and ICT.

“We volition enactment to facilitate commercialized and export maturation by unlocking entree to determination and planetary markets for Akwa Ibom products, particularly non-oil exports, commercialized fairs, promotions and exhibitions,” helium stressed.

According to him, concern desks would beryllium opened successful liaison offices successful Abuja and Lagos to compile the Investment and Trade Compendium.