HOUSTON-Akwa Ibom State indigenes in the Diaspora and other investors have been called upon to take advantage of the state government industrialization polices to invest in the state.

Governor Godswill Akpabio of the state, who made the call in an interview with journalists in Houston, Texas, said the state had laid foundation for the industrialization of the state through aggressive and massive infrastructural development.

Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Umana Umana, said with the construction of over 210 new roads, construction of international airport, completion of 191 megawatts Ibom Power Plant and 85 percent electricity coverage of the state with 1, 400 communities connected to the national grid, the state was ready for industrial take-off.

Speaking at a panel discussion on industrialization organised by Akwa Ibom Diaspora Network, AIDN, in Houston, Umana described the last four years of Governor Akpabio administration as a revolution. He said that the construction of gas processing plant with 69 km of gas pineline, a world class business and entertainment resort, the Tropicana, among others, were geared towards the next phase of developing the state.