Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday flagged off Dakkada Luxury Estate and inaugurated a 21 storey smart intelligence building in Akwa Ibom State as part of activities marking the 34th anniversary of Akwa Ibom state.
While speaking at the Dakkada Luxury Estate along the Airport Road, Uyo, where he performed the official flag off of the proposed low income housing project, he thanked Udom Emmanuel, the governor, for a warm reception accorded him and conveyed message of felicitations from President Muhammadu Buhari to Akwa Ibom.
He recalled that during his former visit to the state, he inaugurated, among others, the flour mill, syringe factory and metering factory.
The vice-president expressed delight with the satisfaction of value of projects undertaken by Emmanuel’s administration, describing the Dakkada Towers and the Luxury Estate as milestones.
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Osinbajo said he was proud of the achievements of Emmanuel in the last six years of his stewardship, noting that his infrastructure drive was in sync with that of the federal government.
“Governor Udom Emmanuel thank you for your hospitality and your kindness always, thank you for a kind gift of a choice place here, I bring you the warm greetings of President Muhammadu Buhari, who sends his personal felicitations and congratulations on the 34th anniversary of this great state,” he said.
“It is always a delight to visit Akwa Ibom State, every time one is here there is a milestone achievement and again today there is a milestone moment in the state history, the peace, tranquility and hospitality which the state is known for is the envy of many states. It remarkable what Akwa Ibom has been able to achieve in this period. Today we are here to flag-off the construction of Dakkada Luxury Estate and later on the Dakkada Tower as part of activities to mark 34th anniversary of the states”
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“Your focus on infrastructural development is significantly in sync with what the Federal Government plan to achieve and what it has been doing, as you are aware the President has prioritize the development of infrastructure, roads, rail, power and broadband connectivity and despite the severe economic headwinds that we have experienced in the past 6 years, we have invested more than any other federal administration in infrastructure. As at last year, we had expended over 8.9 trillion on capital, just last month the Federal Executive Council approved the Lagos-Calabar Rail project.”
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