Akwa Ibom State Government says it is ready to enter into partnership with potential investors or organisations that will collaborate with it to turn its environmental challenges into a profitable and sustainable waste-to-wealth economy.
The state governor, Umo Eno, announced this in Uyo during a media interaction to mark his third anniversary on Saturday.
Eno, who expressed concern over the environmental condition of the state despite huge allocations to the Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency, said he had directed the agency to seek investors in waste management.
“I have directed the State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency to let us get a company that can help us work to turn this waste into wealth. The day we find that company and partner with them, you will not see waste again in our state.
“We are doing so much but getting few results. I want the agency to say how much we have put into it since I became the governor of the state,” Eno said
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He, however, cautioned against indiscriminate refuse dumping and called for proper education of the populace on the issue.
On road construction, the governor disclosed that his administration has delivered over 1,348 kilometres of roads in three years, adding that the achievement is significant when compared with over 2,700 kilometres of roads delivered by the federal government within the same period.
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