Akwa Ibom Government and Starwood International have signed a contractual agreement for the management of a four-point by Sheraton Hotel in Ikot Ekpene.

The state Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Emmanuel Enoidem signed for the state government while the Vice President of Starwood International, Mr. Hassan Ahdab signed for his company at the Governor’s Office, Uyo.

Governor Godswill Akpabio remarked” The signing of the agreement is a another milestone for Akwa Ibom people and the building of the 4-point hotel is to strengthen our hospitality in the state. The project was awarded to Renaissance Construction Group and the construction of the hotel is already ongoing. We are on the seventh floor now and we are expected to commission the hotel on March 31, 2015. The hotel would be a 12-storey building, with 128 standard rooms, 16 suites, two presidential suites, meeting rooms, swimming pools, roof top cafe, among others.

The Governor stated that “Ikot Ekpene is one of the oldest cities in the state. It is not only known as a raffia city but it is an archival centre for Akwa Ibom state. The project is sited at where the former Ikot Ekpene Prison was located, which we had to pull it down and relocate the prison to another area, so the hotel would turn the place of grief to a place of joy, because this government came with a determination to turn our sorrow to an uncommon joy, which today has led to the uncommon transformation of the state.

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