Britain Pledges Readiness For Key Economic Investments In Nigeria

British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jonny Baxter has assured of his location government’s readiness to spouse connected cardinal economical areas to beforehand investments and guarantee bully bilateral narration some nations arsenic good arsenic sub-nationals for duty-free trade.

Baxter besides applauded Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno for his administration’s affirmative absorption connected cardinal improvement policies towards lifting the radical retired of poverty.

The British envoy noted that the Southern axis holds tremendous imaginable successful agriculture and different concern improvement opportunities, and extended a manus of fellowship to zonal leaders to research the portion for socio-economic investments.

Baxter, who stated these during a courtesy telephone connected the Governor astatine Government House, Uyo, the State capital, said helium was successful the State to research areas of concern interests that would beryllium beneficial to some countries.

“The Commission successful Lagos has a commercialized absorption and we are looking astatine concern and commercialized successful the Southern areas. I privation to get arsenic galore Southern States arsenic I can, and I person agelong been looking guardant to getting to Akwa Ibom State. And the crushed is reinforced by Ibom Air, which to my mind, feels similar 1 of the champion formation carriers for the State successful truthful galore ways and everyone should beryllium bonzer arrogant of it,” helium explained.

Describing Pastor Eno’s stint successful governance successful the past 2 years arsenic remarkable, visionary and impactful, the British envoy peculiarly singled retired investments successful tourism and infrastructural developments arsenic landmark feats to crook the State’s system around.

Baxter expressed restitution with what helium described arsenic the affable ambience of the State, adding that the infrastructure, particularly roadworthy web were pointers to prime leadership.

He further pointed retired that Ibom Air was a large avenue to boost the affluent tourism and hospitality alongside immense cultivation imaginable successful presumption of the state’s lush greenish topography.

The Governor revealed that the State was processing its economical zones, including the Liberty Oil and Gas escaped commercialized zones, Ibom Industrial City, and Itam Industrial Park successful Uyo.

“We privation to enactment with an capitalist to powerfulness the Park truthful that it tin tally off- grid and supply powerfulness to industries that privation to run there,” helium said.

He further highlighted projects planned to beryllium kick-started by the State to see Tree harvest revolution, Ikot Ekpene International Market, Rural Electrification Project, among others.

“Let maine besides pass you that Akwa Ibom is the archetypal sub-national successful Nigeria to make an aviation ecosystem, and we are earnestly gathering connected that.

“Apart from Ibom Air, we are nearing the completion of our MRO, and we would similar to look for opportunities for managers oregon radical that tin assistance negociate that MRO and our terminal gathering too,” he assured.