Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, on Friday appealed to the federal government to support the construction of a natural deep seaport in the state.

The governor said the Ibom Deep Seaport Project (IDSP) which is to be constructed on a 14,400-hectare site will contribute immensely to the economy of the state and the nation

Speaking in Abuja at the launch of the biography of the late Clement Isong, the second indigenous governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Emmanuel said "all the state need is just the approval of the federal government as it has investors who are ready to invest".

"The major gateway to industrialise any place on planet earth is what God has created naturally, water, road. Except we fi...