Nigeria: Rewriting Akwa Ibom's Story Through Industrialisation

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BY September 23 this year, Akwa-Ibom, created in 1987, would be 28 years old as one of the federating units of the Nigerian federation but the state still carry the toga of a "civil service state" because of lack of enough efforts by successive administrations, both military and civilian, to make the state an industrial hub.

Past governments have however tried their best in giving the state a facelift through the provision of infrastructural amenities that could attract any form of investment.

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