Policy Directions
- To achieve food security and sufficiency as well as ensure improved nutrition
- To reposition Agriculture as the mainstay of the state's economy, develop value chains as well as increase export of Agricultural products from the state
- To develop the tourism and hospitality sector by leveraging on the rich socio cultural heritage of the state, thereby making the state a tourist destination in the country
- To develop, maintain and advertise tourist attraction sites in Akwa Ibom State
- To ensure sustainability of the environment, the protection, and conservation of our natural resources as well as the mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change.
- To promote the culture that ensures sustainable use of our environment and ecosystem in economic activities
- To promote the use of green growth initiatives and develop a sustainable blue economy.
- To facilitate and foster direct participation in the Oil and Gas upstream and downstream activities
- To explore, exploit, and develop the solid minerals, mining and allied sectors of the state economy.