BY Mary Ugbodaga
Akwa Ibom’s 21 high rise Smart Building, popularly known as the Dakkada Tower in Uyo, is Nigeria’s most technologically advanced and IT compliant building in the country, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said.
Obasanjo spoke on Saturday during an inspection tour of the smart building while on a private visit to the state.
He was accompanied by Udom Emmanuel, the governor, and senior government officials.
Obasanjo, who was shown round the building by Emmanuel in company of Okpulupm Etteh, commissioner for special duties, and the technical crew handling the Dakkada Tower project, congratulated the governor over his “developmental strides” in the state.
The elder statesman said the ease of maintenance effected in the building, adding that the sophisticated facilities would attract business and development to the state.
“It’s not just thoughts but what I have seen, I have seen a number of buildings in Nigeria but in terms of modern technological facilities embedded in a building of this nature, this is probably one of the best if not the best that I have seen in the country,” he said.
“When you have a building like this, business will come in, when businesses come in , prosperity will continue in the state and I congratulate the governor for bringing this type of building to Akwa Ibom and in the state capital.”
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