INVESTMENT: Gov. Udom opens shipyard, vessel in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria

Governor Udom Emmanuel has inaugurated a nine-meter sea vessel, MV Norfin Swift, built by an indigenous firm, Norfin Offshore Shipyard Limited.

At the inauguration, held at the shipyard located along the Oruk-Anam axis of the East-West Road, weekend, Governor Udom, expressed the readiness of the state to stimulate sustainable development in the nation’s maritime, oil and gas industry.

Unveiling the facility, Governor Udom Emmanuel, who commended the investor, Engr. Charles Udonwa, a Singaporean-based shipbuilder for his decision to site the shipyard in the state, said: “Today marks a seed’s harvest in the entire Gulf of Guinea, we don’t take this for granted. But it is worthy of emulation.

“I hope the host community will behave well. My brother Charles I share your pains in the last attack. Whatever we are going to do as a state government to ameliorate that pain, we will do. Locating this facility here is for the benefit of the entire country.”