God has blessed the state with fertile soil, and hailed the Governor for paying a premium to agriculture and food security. - Glory Emmanuel Edet

In your first tenure agriculture was key and now agriculture has been revolutionised. We can only reduce poverty through agriculture, You have empowered farmers by giving farm inputs. We now cultivate onions and other vegetables. You have made farmers go back to cash crops, just two months ago cocoa seedlings were distributed to farmers. Farmers are so happy with the cocoa processing factory at Ini.

the massive investments in coconut plantation are part of measures to further diversify the economy of the state, adding that Akwa Ibom is set to take over the International coconut oil market in Nigeria.

Coconut oil is taking over the crude oil market, Governor Emmanuel is a visionary leader for planting coconut across the state and building the coconut refinery at Mkpat Enin.