more of uyo pics courtesy of ehis

more of uyo pics by ehis

ibom meredien pics by green 19 and michael heinisch

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Nice 1 @Ujoinme.

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Kwa Ibo/Qua Ibo eket/ibeno Akwa ibom state Nigeria pictures by Drinkula

Kwa Ibo/Qua Ibo ibeno Akwa ibom state Nigeria pictures by Drinkula contd.

Seriously Akwa Ibom state especially the next administration needs to look into developing its tourism potentials take a look at the pictures of the beautiful beaches at eket and ibeno axis. those are one of a kind, and is just awaiting prime investments to turn it into a tourist heaven.

qua ibo pic by stevebritt

I am impressed.

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BabaTony:

Very good question. What about the 4 motor parks at itam, mbiabong, aka road and abak road. The govt is dealing with the issue of illegal motor parks with kid gloves. The abbatoir and timber markets at itam are also left to rot! The govt has to wake up and make sure older infrastructure not built by them do not rot. Some hospitals in the state fall in this category too. When i pass through this places i feel like weeping. Govt is a continuum. If not whatever they are building today will suffer the same fate. A word is enough for the wise.

Nobody has answered these my all important questions

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ujoinme: Seriously Akwa Ibom state especially the next administration needs to look into developing its tourism potentials take a look at the pictures of the beautiful beaches at eket and ibeno axis. those are one of a kind, and is just awaiting prime investments to turn it into a tourist heaven.

Why do we keep looking for govt to do these things? What stops a private developer from going to that beach and buying some land to build a resort there? Nothing! There's no way you're gonna tell me a serious investor cannot pay off those poor folks for some of their land. And once he builds a resort, (perhaps an all-inclusive resort with private beach) others will see he's making profit, and then develop theirs as well. Before you know it, the beach is filled with resorts, hotels, eateries, clubs, water parks etc and becomes a haven for tourists!

Rossikk:

Why do we keep looking for govt to do these things? What stops a private developer from going to that beach and buying some land to build a resort there? Nothing! There's no way you're gonna tell me a serious investor cannot pay off those poor folks for some of their land. And once he builds a resort, (perhaps an all-inclusive resort with private beach) others will see he's making profit, and then develop theirs as well. Before you know it, the beach is filled with resorts, hotels, eateries, clubs, water parks etc and becomes a haven for tourists!

Very good, valid points.
As I have said other time- Government has no business doing business.

Rossikk:

Why do we keep looking for govt to do these things? What stops a private developer from going to that beach and buying some land to build a resort there? Nothing! There's no way you're gonna tell me a serious investor cannot pay off those poor folks for some of their land. And once he builds a resort, (perhaps an all-inclusive resort with private beach) others will see he's making profit, and then develop theirs as well. Before you know it, the beach is filled with resorts, hotels, eateries, clubs, water parks etc and becomes a haven for tourists!

while you are correct, i do believe that govt. still needs to play a part in creating the right ambience to encourage the right investors. They can help with land acquisition and or simplification of the process, provision of infrastructures ie access route,portable water, electricity,Security, owning minority equity, tax breaks etc etc. There is actually a lot that govt can do to encourage investment.All am saying is that govt should assume a welcoming posture when it comes tourism business development in the state by doing some of what i have listed above and pitch their willingness to help/incentives to the right investors both within and outside the country.
For instance there is an indigene of the state who owns the monty suites hotels in calabar and uyo which i features on this sites, This guy appears to be serious about hospitality business based on what i have seen of his investment.
The state govt can partner with such a guy to develope a resort in one of its beaches rather that always looking to foreign investors, it will help groom our own hospitality industry, he can outsource the top mgt. to foreigners or nigerians with requisite experience in the service side to ensure that service/marketing/advertisement is of international standards.
Am sure with the right incentives monty will be interested to partner with the state govt. And there are other indigenes in the state that are in the hospitality sectors that can do same.

Rossikk:

Why do we keep looking for govt to do these things? What stops a private developer from going to that beach and buying some land to build a resort there? Nothing! There's no way you're gonna tell me a serious investor cannot pay off those poor folks for some of their land. And once he builds a resort, (perhaps an all-inclusive resort with private beach) others will see he's making profit, and then develop theirs as well. Before you know it, the beach is filled with resorts, hotels, eateries, clubs, water parks etc and becomes a haven for tourists!

Sorry to disappoint. They will not. In akwa ibom the rich ppl who should ordinarily do that are politicians. Unfortunately they don't think that way (the investment way). They believe they will forever be politicians and the govt money will flow steadily. Any business man who ventures it will be confronted with ridiculous terms to share the proceeds of the business of which if they refuse the business goes down. Sad indeed.

Nice. These are beautiful pictures

A short drive through uyo 8 lane highway .



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BabaTony:

Sorry to disappoint. They will not. In akwa ibom the rich ppl who should ordinarily do that are politicians. Unfortunately they don't think that way (the investment way). They believe they will forever be politicians and the govt money will flow steadily. Any business man who ventures it will be confronted with ridiculous terms to share the proceeds of the business of which if they refuse the business goes down. Sad indeed.

Unduly cynical in my view. A lot of those factors where they exist, are surmountable. For an investor, it often involves skillfully relating to power and officialdom to gain the best possible advantage for your firm - the better you are at it, the more successful you'll be.

Also, there's a lot more state government support for tourism and other investment related efforts these days than used to be the case.

For Those Akwa Ibom citizens residing in Akwa Ibom Whats the current state of the manufacturing industry in Akwa Ibom? to the best of my knowledge none of the manufacturing industries in the state is working at full capacity at the moment.
The federal parastatal such as:
NNMC privatized and sold to Negris is yet to start production?
ALSCON privatized and sold to rusal is only performing under installed capacity?

The state govt ain't doing OK in terms of revamping ailing industries or creating new ones!
Now that they have prepared grounds infrastructurally for industries by creating good road networks across the state, establishing the gas processing facility at Uquo howbeit private,and the IPP both state government 191 MW ibom power plant and the 500MW mobil power plant U/C. and the proposed seaport project.
Its high time the state ie Govt and private sector begin serious plans for industrialization.

Rossikk:

Unduly cynical in my view. A lot of those factors where they exist, are surmountable. For an investor, it often involves skillfully relating to power and officialdom to gain the best possible advantage for your firm - the better you are at it, the more successful you'll be.

Also, there's a lot more state government support for tourism and other investment related efforts these days than used to be the case.

Rossikk, you can't blame me for being cynical. These people because of oil money have REFUSED to use their heads. Drive from the airport in okobo to ikono/ini you will not see any large scale farming going on.NONE. why is the govt not bothered? Agreed the govt has built roads to most hinterlands and the cities but remember these roads should be an end to a means and NOT the end itself. You hear the gov boasting that he gave women 250k each to go into agriculture but he never comes back to tell us and show us the agric farms these women invested in. I have seen with my two eyes tractors bought by govt(I cant remember whose tenure) lie at the state secretariat and rot then later disappered. Do you think there are no farmers in the state to lend those tractors for use even if its at zero cost just to encourage the farmers? Believe you me these ppl are not interested because it requires thinking. If oil dries up tmrw is this what they would be doing? Any investor pally around them is just for the season. Our 10th anniversary hotel on udoma avenue is still lying waste. The investor was more interested in making money from govt rather than the business. the govt should be savvy and ensure businesses are established and encouraged to succeed. They collect tax afterall. The present govt has consolidated on infrastructure but the economic intelligence, planning and mobilization is TOTALLY ABSENT that why despite all these people are still jobless with complaints here and there. It takes brains to achieve this not billions of naira. Govt should stop surrounding themselves with touts and praise singers who have nothing to offer the state but rather assemble economic think tanks (not IMF ) who can look at the state and provide short, medium and long term practical solutions for total economic emancipation of that great state.

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