Akwa Ibom State governor Udom Emmanuel has promised that his quest to make Ibaka Deep Sea-Port a reality will be achieved in no distant time. He reiterated his administration’s resolve to industrialize Akwa Ibom State.
According to the commissioner, the site for Ibom Industrial City, was expanded to 14,400 hectares during Akpabio’s administration to accommodate the Ibom Deep Seaport, export processing zones, gas processing zones, industrial and commercial ports, residential areas and commercial zones.
He explained that the state government has acquired license for a free trade zone which is part of the building blocks for an industrial city, adding that the survey plan and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been carried out together with the bio-metric survey, perimeter survey, topography survey, aerial surveys, wave studies, and other parameters needed to give way for the next phase of the project.