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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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| :: Recent Articles | | Oct 27, 2012: A Passion For A Greater Nigeria | | Oct 26, 2012: President Jonasthan To Commission New Governor`s Office | | Aug 6, 2012: 1,000 Akwa Ibom Youths to Benefit From Diaspora Training …As Gov. Akpabio Unveils AK Investment Incentives in Houston | | Aug 4, 2012: Don King Vows To Remake Samuel Peter | | Apr 21, 2012: Akpabio Assures On Sports Development | | Apr 10, 2012: AKSG Condoles With Ex-Commissioner`s Family | | Apr 2, 2012: Akpabio Wants Group To Sensitize African Americans To Be Moderate in Lifestyles | | Mar 8, 2012: AKSG Doles Out Incentives To NYSC Camp | | Oct 27, 2011: 7th Nigerian Air Force Games Lifts 1,000 Athletes To Create Harmony Through Sports | | Jul 3, 2011: Akwa Ibom Workers Go Home With Fantastic Prizes ...As Public Service Day Celebration Rounds Off
| | Jun 28, 2011: Adequate Compensation awaits Outstanding AKS Athletes in the National Sports Festival ...as Torch of Unity is received | | Jun 17, 2011: AKS Hoists Colours In Preparation of Forth Coming Sports Festival | | Oct 19, 2010: Akwa Ibom Assured of Increased Food Production … As Govt. Trains 2,000 Young Farmers
| | Aug 5, 2010: 1,069 AKS Communities Connected To National Grid | | Jul 27, 2010: AKS Government Embarked on Minor Cabinet Reshuffling
| | Jul 7, 2010: Chukwu, Kojo thumb up for Jonathan | | May 11, 2010: 30,000 Seater Akwa Ibom Sports Stadium to be Built Soon
| | Apr 9, 2010: Weightlifting Competition: Akwa Ibom Returns With Seven Medals | | Apr 4, 2010: Ibom Angels Record Victory | | Mar 27, 2010: NYSC to Redeploy Corps Members from Plateau |
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Improves the welfare and
physical health of young people through empowerment for self actualization as
well as to promote and popularize sports in all its ramifications while
providing instructors, coaches, and role models to develop sportsmanship for
character building, competitions, and tournaments.
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Youth & Sports 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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Since assumption of office Governor Godswill Akpabio has continued to vigorously tackle the issues of youths and Sports development in the State.
These policy thrust of government in this sector is to improve the welfare of the young people between the ages of 18 and 35 years through empowerment for self actualization as well as promoting and popularizing Sports in all its ramifications.
So far, the Akpabio-led administration has recorded the following strides in youths and sports development:-
- Provide the enabling environment for youth activities with the peaceful institution of the State youth council, the apex body supervising youth activities/programmes
- Skills acquisition training for more than 500 youths at the Schools of Arts and Science Nung Ukim,. Ikono during the 2008 Easter Youth retreat programme
- Sponsorship of 75 youths for the first Niger Delta Sea-farer Youth Initiative and Training at Diete-Spiff Stadium, Port Harcourt
- Sponsorship of an Akwa Ibom Youth, Mr. Onofiok Luke Akpan to emerge as the first Speaker of the Nigeria Youth Parliament
- Facilitate the emergence of the Secretary General of Akwa Ibom Youth Council, Mrr. Anifiok Iwa Udofia as the President of the African Post-Graduate Stunts Association in Poland Conduct a Workshop on peace and conflict resolution for 200 youths between the ages of 22 to 35 years in the State
- Construction/rehabilitation of roads and hostels at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Ikot Itie Iddung, Nsit Atai LGA
- Introduction of 7 new competitive sporting activities including Golf, Dart, Ayo (Nsa Isong), Kick-Boxing, Baseball, Hockey and Cycling Sports to the exiting 18 Sporting activities for National competitions
- Emergence of the State’s under 13 male football team as the second in the NPA under 13 National Football competition at Abuja
- Selection of three under 13 male footballers of the State to the NFF National camp (Michael Peter, Inemesit Sunday and Unwana John)
- Facilitate the selection of the best five(5) Akwa Ibom football players for 3 months trial training at Wilsa Krakow football Club, SA, Poland (Iniobong Akpan, Kufre Iniama, Imo-owo Jackson, Idongesit Archibong and Victor Johnson
- Construction of a world class boxing ring in the State
- Facilitate the obtaining of a professional Heavy-weight boxing license by an Akwa Ibom boxer, Mr. Enobong Umotte, in Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Procurement of world class weight lifting facilities for State’s contingents which led to the success of Emmanuel Akpanobong and Margaret Uwa at the African weight lifting championship in South Africa. 3 gold medals each were won by the 2 weight lifters, with Emmanuel Akpanobong setting a new African record by lifting 106kg weight at 58kg category
- Talent hunt for secondary school students has produced Esatang from Eket, who took second position in the President Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s National Squash competition at Abuja in 2008. Esatang has been invited represent Nigeria at the International squash racket competition in Switzerland
- Facilitate a 30-day swimming camp for 9 swimmers from the State which resulted in one of them, Mr. Nyong Isang emerging with 3 gold medals from the Cross River State invitation Swimming competition at Calabar
- Procurement of 20 new sports bicycles including 6 female bicycles, 10 male bicycles and 4 mountain bicycles
- Emergence of the State Squash team (female) as the winner with a golden trophy in the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) National Squash racket at Abuja. The team was selected to represent Nigeria at the International Squash Championship at Manchester, England
- The State under – 17 boys and girls football team emerged winners amongst the 12 participating States. The maiden edition of Chief Godswill Akpabio National under – 17 boys and girls football competition organize in conjunction with YSFON
- Sponsorship of U – 13 male and U – 18 female football teams to the 18th National Oba Ereiwa Anniversary Gold Cup competition at Benin City, which they emerge winners, beating 13 other Stats in the competition
- Sponsorship of the Stat ambassadors in the under - 16 female football club 'Ikot Abasi Queens', to the International Football championship in Brazil where they won the prestigious Cuba golden trophy donated by the President of Brazil
- Presentation of certificates of recognition to more than 150 Youth Organizations
- Completion of work on the selection of site and design of an Olympic sized Stadium for the State
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