My Vision on Youth and Sports Development
My Vision is an Akwa Ibom State, where youths will have easy access to quality
education, build adequate capacity for leadership, skills acquisition and
opportunities to achieve their visions (in life) and grow into happy healthy,
responsible and self-sufficient adults.
Youths constitute a very vibrant segment of our society. They are the leaders of
tomorrow. The way we prepare them for the task ahead, will determine what the
future holds for us all.
Sports and other forms of recreation are very important to health in any
community. A sporting community is a healthy, efficient and productive one. I
believe in the wholesome development of sporting activities beyond the
competitive sports engaged by a select few.
Strategies will embrace the following:
- Ensuring the springing up of jazzing clubs, community sports and construction
of recreational facilities across the State.
- Promoting participation in sports competitions.
- Construction an Olympic-size Ibom Unity Stadium in the State Capital as our
basic sporting physical infrastructure.
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Gov. Akpabio with players and officials of the Nigerian Scrabble Federation
after the 2nd Godswill Akpabio Scrabble classics in Uyo |
Gov. Akpabio encourages members of Akwa United football club before one of their
matches in Uyo stadium |
Construction an Olympic-size Ibom Unity Stadium in the State Capital as our
basic sporting physical infrastructure |
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Skills Acquisition Projects
- Over 20,000 new jobs being created
- Several schorlarships to study and acquire specialised skill abroad
- Uyo stadium renovated
- 200 interminiisterial direct labour jobs mostly in rural ares
- Micro credit facilities
Ibaka Free Trade Zone which will on completion provide employment for over
10,000 Akwa Ibom indigenes.
To create an investor friendly environment, the Akpabio administration has
stated the construction of the Ibaka free trade zone, which on completion will
provide employment for 10,000 Akwa Ibom citizens.
Iin appointing key political office holders, he ensured balance among the ethnic
divide, a development that they reasoned had brought down tension and bickering
in the polity. They advised that the governor should not relent in his effort to
reach out to all sections of the state, sustain the prevailing sense of
belonging in the polity.
Well educated youths have been mobilized through appointments into government at
both local and state levels. They have also been given opportunities to execute
projects under the State direct labour jobs; involve in Integrated Farmers
Scheme and made to acquire skills under various government sponsored programme.
I note with satisfaction the impact that the people-oriented projects have
created in the socio-economic transformation of the state.
Much more worthy of note is the total number of 211 projects completed within
one year of my administration. These projects include electrification of
communities; provision of potable water through Mini-Water Schemes,
reconstruction of primary/secondary schools; provision of fishing boats/outboard
engines for fishermen in the oil producing areas and reconstruction of health
facilities in the state.
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About 120 indigenes of the state have been sent abroad for training in avionics
and other aviation-related studies to position Akwa Ibom people for
participation in the management of Ibom Airport and others |
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Many sons of Akwa Ibom are already in training in oil and gas-related areas in
anticipation of the Ibaka Sea Port as well as the expected $35 billion
Gas-to-Gasoline project by Mobil |
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The first batch of Akwa Ibom sons trained in welding and deep sea welding have
graduated from Saipem while the second batch is about to go in |
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With Gov. Akpabio's support Uyo township stadium gets more befitting while he
plans for an olympic size stadium |
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