Ikot Ekpene:The Newest Investment Heaven in Nigeria

the newest and tallest structure built by Gov.Godswill Akpabio in Ikot Ekpene  

The city known throughout Nigeria as " The Raffia City", or locally simply as "IK," is a historic town in the southern Nigeria,in Akwa Ibom state. It is the political and cultural capital of the Annang ethnic group in Nigeria (Nair, 1972). The town is located on the A342 highway that parallels the coast, between Calabar to the south east and Aba to the west, with the state capital, Uyo, on this road just to the east. Umuahia is the next major town to the north.
Ikot Ekpene is known as a regional centre of commerce, with notable exports of palm products, especially palm oil, kernels, raffia products including raffia fibers and its sweet wine, as well as ground crops of yams, cassava, taro, and corn. The population is made up primarily of the Annang people with a small number of Igbo Traders and Hausa Suya Vendors. Significant exports also include basket weaving, sculpture, and, most notably, raffia cane furniture (hence the colloquial name of the town).
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