Tag Archives: Akwa Ibom state

Akwa Ibom faces scarcity of oil palm seedling

Hard times await oil palm farmers in Akwa Ibom State this farming season as the state government has no seedlings for farmers. The farmers said the situation had persisted for over three years, and a visit to the state’s nursery at Ntak Inyang showed that the place was empty, with only a handful of seedlings, which allegedly belong to some ...

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A’Ibom, NNPC, Dangote others plan power plant

A new electricity generating company, Qua Iboe Power Plant, expected to gulp more than $1 billion is to be set up at the Qua Iboe Onshore Terminal in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, who disclosed this, while fielding questions from journalists shortly after a meeting in his office with the ...

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