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Akan Okon, Akwa Ibom state commissioner for housing and special duties, says the state government has made progress at the Ibom International Airport and the Ibom deep seaport.

Okon said in the past three years, the administration of Udom Emmanuel, the governor, has laid emphasis on infrastructure.

Okon debunked the claim that the government was not doing anything in Uyo on the state of the Ibom deep seaport project.

He disclosed that the ground breaking hopefully would be performed by November this year.

He added that all other processes that lead to the construction had been completed and all that is left is to sign a negotiation with the preferred bidder.

“And with the level that we have reached now, by the end of November this year, God willing, there should be a ground breaking. The most important thing was getting a preferred bidder. We have done that. The bidder’s conference was held in May this year in Uyo,” he said in a statement.

“In respect of other things that we have done, you know that our Airport has been run on generator since inception but I am happy to tell you that this government has successfully completed a power substation to power the Airport.

“We believe this is going to ensure that the Airport is run efficiently. Notwithstanding that the resources that is available to us is not the way it used to be, but the government attaches importance to such infrastructure.”