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Vision for Industrialization:
An Akwa Ibom State with an empowered populace and a private sector-driven
economy, acting as a catalyst to Nigeria's Industrial Revolution.
Creating a dynamic prosperous, and productive
populace...
Vision Goals
Community empowerment - for industrialisation and
business ownership
Community entrepreneurship - logical
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Promotes grassroots
development through efficient and effective administration of the Local
Government Areas thereby supporting vibrancy of the third-tier of government and
strengthening capacity of local institutions preserving local cultures and
values as well as citizen focused services at the lowest level and rural areas.
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Local Govt. Administration in Akwa Ibom State
To develop Akwa Ibom’s industrial potentials and at the same time attract
potential investors the government has put in place an industrialisation blueprint to
enable such investors examine and leverage inward looking, import-substitution,
and export-led industrialisation strategies being adopted by the state
government. The rapid industrial development of the state, therefore, involves investment
promotion, and public private partnership.
Government has vigorously enabled the environment for the development of
industrial estates and cottage industries whether by the state or with private
interests, such that each of our 31 local government areas will
have at least one industrial estate to employ the citizens and process available
raw materials into finished products.
As an empowerment strategy, government supports and sponsors its citizens to embark on commercial ventures. Support includes identification of market
opportunities, participation in domestic and international trade fairs,
provision of infrastructures, periodic material subsidies, and patronage of
local entreprises.
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Raw
Materials
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Food Crops |
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Arable Crops |
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Fruit Crops |
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Vegetable Crops |
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Tree Crops |
Palm Trees, cocoa, rubber |
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Livestock |
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Poultry |
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Fisheries |
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Aggressive agricultural sector reforms have enabled us adopt proactive measures
and best practices to assure of lessening dependence on oil derivation through
massive agricultural development and massive statewide agricultural schemes
which include Mechanised agriculture to leverage technology, aggressive
environmental security policies, In
AKS government guards against the effects of malnutrition by nutritionally
ensuring adequate food intake in children to prevent stunted growth and
eradicate extreme poverty to improve food consumption levels. We have elevated
rural development, including sustainable agricultural, fishery and forestry
production and management of natural resources. Helping people improve their
farms and productivity and ensure that farmlands are secured from pollution with
top priority of government to guarantee an increase in current levels of
production for future food needs.
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The local government system was designed to endanger the grassroot participation I government towards the growth and development of rural area.
Local government administration became imperative because of the unique and peculiar nature of each group of people in their different localities. The differences are glaring in almost all sectors-social, political, historical, customs, beliefs and culture among others.
The third-tier of government is therefore emphatically very relevant in the holistic development of every facet of the State. Having served as the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, at a time, Governor Godswill Akpabio knew exactly where the anus rested for efficient and effective administration of the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Soon on assumption of office, the governor took the bull by the horn by over hauling the local government administration to the state to enable it work in consonance with its counterparts in the country.
Steps taken by the governor for an improved local government administration include:
- Provision of modern state of the at ambulances to all the 31 LGAs
- Donation of a jeep to each of the then Paramount Rulers in the state
- Reversal of the local government administration from the Parliamentary system to the Presidential system through an executive bill to the State House of Assembly
- Youth empowerment at the local government administration level
- Payment of N2billion as severance gratuity to political office holders for the period of 1999 - 2002 and 2003 - 2007Donation of N20million each to 3 paramount rulers of Ini, Ika and Eastern Obolo for the reconstruction of their Palaces
- Procurement and distribution of 31 Nos Kia Cerato Jeeps as official cars to all members of the State Council of Chiefs
- Distribution of 31 Nos. Graders and 31 Nos Hilux Patrol vehicles to all the local government areas of the State
- Sponsorship of trainings and workshops for local government clerks, sergeants-at-arm, leaders of council and their deputies within and outside the State
- Provision of official cars to all the Clan/Village Heads in the state
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