Osinbajo charge A-Ibom on private investments

The Nigeria acting President Yemi Osinbajo has called on Akwa Ibom State to work towards attracting private investors 
to the state, saying that private investments are the greatest drivers of progress anywhere in the world.

Osinbajo gave the charge, yesterday, in Uyo, during a
stakeholders town hall meeting in continuation of the
 Federal Government’s fact-finding visits aimed at bringing 
a solution the Niger Delta crisis.

The acting President who assured that the Federal Government would look into the various issues raised by
 the stakeholders, ranging from the youth amnesty programme, upgrading of the Maritime Academy, Oron to a university, the commencement of the Ibaka Deep Sea Port, 
the MRO Hanger, among others, said that the state should 
not rely solely on the Federal Government to improve its economy.

He said: “The biggest benefit you can attain as a state is to
attract private investors. We must provide the enabling
environment to attract private investment because it is not
every time you call on the Federal Government.”

He also advised the state to embark on programmes that
would encourage participation of young people in innovative
technology.

Speaking earlier, Governor Udom Emmanuel accused the
Federal Government of paying lip service to the youth amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region, noting that 
so many Akwa Ibom youths were not integrated into the programme.

He also said that Akwa Ibom State does not have a single
signature project of the Federal Government despite its 
huge contributions to nation building.