UYO—Akwa Ibom State Governor Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has commended the decision of  Resilient Africa, a shopping conglomerate   in establishing a Shopping Mall, Shoprite in the State, saying the initiative underscores the avowed determination of his administration to place the state among comity of industrialised Nations.

Governor Emmanuel spoke during the ground breaking ceremony of Shoprite Shopping Mall at Ibom Tropicana Complex, Uyo.

The governor said the ground breaking ceremonies performed in recent times across the state, had been complimented with training of youths to imbue in them requisite skills that would make them fit into the companies when operational.

He observed that the company had built a fantastic profile for itself in countries where they operated and enjoined them to maintain  the standards they were known for.

Governor Emmanuel expressed delight on the proposed use of eighty percent local content in human and material resources and charged them to complete the project in a record time.

Earlier, the Commissioner for Investment, Commerce and Industry, Mr. Emmanuel Enoidem, noted that Shoprite Shopping Mall would be located at the Tropicana Complex and that the project would stimulate commercial activities as well as create employment for the youths.