Akwa Ibom Small and Medium Scale Enterprises gets boost as Gov. Udom Emmanuel flags off 3rd Phase of Loan Scheme to traders - Akwa Ibom traders set to endorse Udom for 2nd Term

Akwa Ibom Small and Medium Scale Enterprises gets boost as Gov. Udom Emmanuel flags off 3rd Phase of Loan Scheme to traders
- Akwa Ibom traders set to endorse Udom for 2nd Term

By Michael Egiethua                     .                            

Over 50,000 traders in Akwa Ibom will on Thursday, 1st March 2017, endorse Governor Udom Emmanuel for a second term in office.
                              
The gesture, they say, will be a total display of total support for the Udom Emmanuel administration whose promises of loans and incentives to the business communities across the state have been fulfilled.
                       
Speaking with newsmen yesterday in Uyo, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Traders and Market Matters, Akparawa Idorenyin Raphael said the event will hold at the popular Etaha Itam Market with over 50,000 Traders in attendance across the state.                           .                            

The SA also hinted that aside the grand endorsement by the traders, the event will also feature the presentation of the third phase of Akwa Ibom State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund Loans to traders and co-operative societies by the Governor.“It will be the first of its kind as well as the mother of all endorsements so far…” he added.

Akparawa Idorenyin hinted that all Traders resident in Akwa Ibom, friends, supporters and well-wishers have been invited to turn up en- masse for the event as H.E. Mr. Udom Emmanuel and his dear wife, Mrs. Martha Udom Emmanuel, are expected as the Special Guests of Honour.

The Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo, Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke and Secretary to State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, are expected as Guests of Honour.

Other guests are Members of the State House of Assembly, Members of the State Executive Council and Members of the Public.

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