FG Builds N30m Production Yard In Eket

The Federal Government is building a production yard worth N30 million for Eket Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State.

This fact was made  known at the general meeting of Riviera Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd in Eket, by the senator representing the district at the National Assembly, Senator Helen Esuene.

“I want to say that I have collected a project from the Federal Government to build a production yard for storing and distribution of goods for women and men in the area,” she said.

According to her, the responsibility of the Federal Government is to put up the project for the people to enable them to start businesses of their choice.

Esuene, however, said that the land was a deep shallow that required a lot of sand filling at the project site and as a result the cost was high.

“They have to raise the house out of the ground which takes a lot of laterite. The borehole was not included in the project but I asked the contractor to include it which they did,’’ she said.

We learnt that work on the production yard building has reached 60 per cent.

The senator said the building would be handed over to Riviera Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society to manage on completion.

She said that the essence of the meeting was to find modalities on how to generate income and make women and men to be self-reliant through business.

“In the course of the meeting, we will find out what men or women can use the production yard to generate income for themselves to enable them to be self-reliant,’’ she said.

Esuene expressed the hope that the cooperative society would grow and said the building was her gift as a senator to the cooperative society.

“That is my own gift as a senator to this cooperative society. I have got the Federal Government to put up the building so that you can use it to generate some income for yourselves,’’ she said.

She appealed to the officers of the society to organise seminars to enable members to utilise the endeavour to their advantage.

The President of the cooperative society, Mr Anthony Etukudon, said that the goods that would be collected from the company would be distributed to caterers and bakers in the area.

He said the society had 60 members at the moment.

“We have some products from Dangote and also Paterson Zochonis Plc (PZ), such as baby products, powder, perfume, toning cream, pomade and detergent powder, antiseptic and laundry soaps among others.

“We are going to discuss how we are going to sell these products because the cooperative belong to all of us,” he said.