Fulfilling the Promise of Akwa-Ibom people from Private Property Rights
Are you from a community in Akwa-Ibom, “LAND OF PROMISE?” Do you know your people can build more social or industrial excellence if they have the liberty to own and control their lands, resources and socio-industrial destiny?
Today, you are sent to take the message of intercultural liberty to your community and their neighbors for them to prepare to manifest the greatness that God put in each community at the coming Tour of Liberty starting in November. This intercultural liberty is the belief that:
“there is something great in every community and culture, and so, they all deserve the liberty to own, modify and use their cultural, human and natural resources to prosper and to manifest their greatness to their communities, nations, continent and the world. And that the four institutions of public regulation (government, religion, academia and mass media) are only made to support these communities and their members to manifest their greatness.”
So, your people are not made to depend, survive and endure, but to prosper and manifest abundance to other people in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria, Africa and the world. This Tour of Liberty will lead to discussion and institution of private property rights in a Restart National Conference for each community or individual to own and control their lands and resources (cultural, human and natural resources). For, despite government beautification of the environment, as long as the communities and individuals lack control of their lands and resources for socio-industrial growth, they are still under neo-colonial bondage.
CULTURAL RESOURCES: Akwa-Ibom was created from Cross River state in 1987, consisting 5 main tribes (Oron, Ibibio, Eket, Annang and Ibeno (Obolo) that are spread across over 200 communities. Apart from their various tribal languages, they generally speak English as official language. These communities and cultures in Akwa-Ibom have different festivals, stories and legends, which they can refine and use for arts, entertainment and sending their message to the world. They are mostly Christians, with almost 95% Christians and few African Traditional Religions’ devotees.
HUMAN RESOURCES: based on the 2008 INEC register, Akwa-Ibom has a population of about 4 million vibrant, but warm and industrious people. And some prominent people from Akwa-Ibom who can influence this socio-industrial liberation process and prosperity of Akwa-Ibom people include: Godswill Akpabio, Fifi Ejindu, Obong Ufot Ekaette, Mfon Amana, Godwin Akpan, Samuel Peters, Liz Benson, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Hilda Baci.
NATURAL RESOURCES: Akwa-Ibom covers about 8.412 square kilometers of land and has heavy annual rainfall. Most of the communities have arable land that can support various types of agriculture like maize, yam, cassava, coconut and various palms; Akwa-Ibom is bordered on the south by the Bight of Biafra of the Atlantic Ocean, which enables them to deal in sea-foods like periwinkle, crayfish, oyster and many fish varieties. The ibeno beach which provides the longest sand beach is a tourist attraction, along with their Ikot Ekpene Forest Reserve and Ibiono Beauty Lake.
POTENTIALS FOR THESE RESOURCES WITH THE ACTIVATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NIGERIA
CULTURAL: since they have different ethnic communities, they can develop movies, books, stories, games, and arts to project their story of harmonizing their differences to manifest their intercultural liberty.
HUMAN: with as much as 4million, Akwa-Ibom state has and can produce high level diplomats, engineers, scholars, doctors, writers, athletes and professionals in all sectors of the economy.
NATURAL RESOURCES:
apart from the various foods they can massively produce and improve from mechanized farming, communities in Akwa-Ibom can also make technical products based on the mineral resources in their lands, such as:
CRUDE OIL – for petroleum products like gasoline, diesel, fuel, heating oil, jet-fuel, petrochemical feedstock, waxes, lubricating oils, asphalt, and other chemicals.
GLASS SAND – for glass (mixed with sodium oxide, limestone, dolomite and feldspar)
GRANITE – for tiles, furniture finishing, building rocks, paving stones, monuments, slabs and gemstones.
KAOLIN – for film formation, fibre extension, polymer extension, chemical composition, carrier (pesticides and pharmaceuticals) adsorbent, diluent and polishing agent for teeth, automobiles, soft-metals like gold and silver.
LIMESTONE and CLAY – for cement
LIGNITE (Coal): lignite is mainly used for generating electricity. But in other cases it could also be used in synthetic natural gas generation, fertilizer production and home-heating.
When communities and individuals take control of their lands and resources, then they can partner with various groups and well-regulated investors to properly use these resources to prosper and manifest their abundance.
