Members of Abia GSM & Components Dealers Association have said it is working to provide a technology incubation platform in the new ICT center under construction, to give entrepreneurs the opportunity to create value in technology and contribute to state development.
The group also assured that the first phase of the new ICT village will be completed in the next 5 months, adding that the relocation will not change what was being done at the present location but rather enhance it.
Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Honorable Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, Chairman of the group, Nze George Eze said that the idea of constructing the center is to enhance ICT for training and retraining of citizens to become ICT compliant thereby leveraging on Information Technology to promote trade in the state.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Chief John Okiyi Kalu assured the group of government’s continued support and commitment to actualize their mission.
The Commissioner therefore called on Investors and traders in the state to work in partnership with the ministry to drive and enhance economic growth and development, by taking advantage of the improved ease of doing business in the state.
He also called on the developers handling the GSM/ICT Village project to stick to the plan of creating enough parking space to enable free flow of traffic of persons, goods and services around the location.