Akwa Inom State frontline Governorship hopeful, Distinguished Senator Bassey Albert (OBA) on Saturday 23rd April, 2022 consulted stakeholders and structures of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Nigeria, Mbo LGA Chapter accompanied by his Akwa Ubok Abasi 2023 Campaign Team.
Senator Albert said he understands the struggle Mbo and other Local Government Areas in Oro nation have been through in their bid to be recognized as oil-bearing communities and in line with extant laws, he promised he will collaborate with relevant agencies to see how this ambition can be realised.
The ranking Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria added ''We have also identified the need to revamp the Ebuhu Fishing Terminal, which has been moribund for years. It will also provide the platform for post-harvest value addition processing and linkage with local and international markets''.
He noted that the deep seaport project in Ibaka, he can recall that the foundation for the project was laid when he was the commissioner for finance, and maybe God kept it for him to come and implement it.
Sen OBA as he is fondly called said ''The project will turn Akwa Ibom into a choice destination for investors in the maritime, transportation, and tourism sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. The construction phase of the seaport will, directly and indirectly, provide more than 5,000 jobs to indigenes of the state and beyond. The project will create hundreds of thousands of jobs within a decade of operating the seaport. It will help reduce the rate of unemployment''.
He also said to ensure our people occupy relevant positions when the project kicks off, ''Weare going to institute a process that will select the best brains from the State and train them in relevant areas such as Engineering, Transport, Logistics Management, Industrial Welding and Fabrication, Maritime Law, Dockyard Operations and Management, Seafaring, Marine Engineering and Oceanography, Environmental Impact Assessment, Pollution Management Management, Safety, and other related fields''..
The move according to the brilliant Governorship hopeful will create the needed platform for training and equipping our Youth with the required skillset and certification to make them ready to take jobs at the seaport and become employers of labour as captured in his human capacity blueprint.
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