“When the administration of former governor Godswill Akpabio came, there was an idea of establishing one cottage industry in each of the 31 Local government areas.
To interprets that vision, and because the government is a continuum, Akpabio had to call all of us to support Udom, so that with his ingenuity as a strategic thinker and planner, he would bring the vision into reality”, he explained.
He disclosed that
“as a businessman, I have gone to Onna (where the governor hails from) to see clusters of industries and all of them are running. I went there as an indigenous entrepreneur, to see how I can network with the firms.
“I was able to see the metering industry, the syringe firm, which is about one of the largest in the continent and others. When I saw these firms, I was marvelled that the governor has done something good and magnificent.
“These and other strides in other areas gave me the impression that the governor is performing. Then, you look around Ikot Ekpene, you discover that such developments are not replicated.
“Therefore, It is in my place to give the governor an honest advice to also touch the lives of other people in the state.
“The governor said his administration has committed $7.2million dollars into completing the Four Point by Sheraton Hotel at Ikot Ekpene, my position is that what are the accompanying facilities to make the hotel functional to be able to recoup such huge investment?
“That is why I made a case for an international market to be established as well as oil palm processing mill in order to easily harness the oil palm potentials that are abound in the zone. We need industries to spring up in this area”, he stressed.
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