Benin Born Entrepreneur Opens Mobile Phone Manufacturing Outfit

By Simeon OSAJIE

A Benin born entrepreneur, Mr. Bevis Paul Igbinoba has joined the league of foreign based Nigerians in Diaspora who have decided to invest at home.

Mr. Igbinoba who is based in Canada is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Computer and Technology Literacy Awareness Programme (ACTLAP), a company that are into Mobile phone manufacturing and solar panel technology.

To support his home coming and his investment in Benin City, a social cultural and non-political pressure group known as Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) Worldwide, has appeal to the duo of  Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Oba of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Omo Oba N' Edo, Uku Akpolokplor, Oba Ewuare II to support ACTLAP Company to actualize its dream of establishing a mobile phone manufacturing industry in Benin  City, Edo State capital

A visit to the permanent site of the company by the President, Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) Worldwide, Elder Curtis Eghosa Ugbo who led other members of the Movement on a working tour called on Edo people to encourage Bevis Paul Igbinoba a true son of Benin Kingdom  to actualize his dream by coming back home to invests in such a gigantic manufacturing company that can employed over 5000 youths of Edo state.

"This ia our brother who is based in Canada, he  has decided to bring investment back home, he is the brain behind ACTLAP Manufacturing Company, producer of Mobile Phone "LUMIGON  T3". He is also into solar panel, he have the capacity to manufacture solar street lights and generate solar electricity light that can serve the whole of Oredo, Egor, Ikpoba Okha if not the entire Edo South Senatorial district.

"We should begin to encourage our brothers and sisters that decided to come back to their ancestral home from the Diaspora to invest their wealth, experience and resources into the development of our dear state, Edo.

"We need people that can produced mobile phone, we are quite aware of  the number of jobs this industry, ACTLAP to going to create in the state, he deserves encouragement.

"I want to also use this medium to appeal to the duo of the Executive Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, our highly respected Royal Father, Omo N' Oba N' Edo, Uku Akoolokpolor, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin to support our worthy son,  a true son of the Benin Kingdom who has distinguished himself by coming back to invest in his fatherland.

The  BSM President also appeal to  His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II to prevail on those  who are disrupting the construction at the permanent site of ACTLAP Manufacturing Company at Ovbioge Community, Opp. Ekiadolor Junction, Benin City.

"Our Royal Majesty, please sir, prevail on those that are against the establishment of ACTLAP Manufacturing Company at Ovbioge Community, Opp. Ekiadolor Junction, Benin City to desist from their act as the mobile phone manufacturing, if finally established will provide employment for over 5000 youths in the state," Elder Ugbo appealed

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ACTLAP Manufacturing Company, Bevis Paul Igbinoba explained what motivated him to come all the way from Canada to invest in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria.

"As a bona fide son of Benin Kingdom, it is my pleasure to bring a project of this magnitude to Benin, Edo Stste, my ancestral home. We have been in oversees, we traveled all over the world. and Benin people are known as most traveled people to oversees.

"This is what state, federal and even community governments in Nigeria has  been encouraging those of us  in  Diaspora, l mean we that have gone to oversee and have see some of the good things that are happening over their and see the need to come in and bridge the gap.

"Is being been difficult but we are using this opportunity to set up the manufacturing company in Nigeria, and the best place l.feel to established it in Nigeria is my home, my state, my city Benin. 

"This project we are erecting here is ACTLAP permanent site.  The bottom line is that, we want to bring the best technology around the world home and see how we can actually produced this mobile phones and solar panel ourselves.

"At present. we partner with numbers of technology companies around the world especially in Denmark and Canada.

"These are technology you cannot produced without electricity power and it is very difficulty thing for us on how to bring it to Nigeria, so we are taking the risk and we believe it is a calculated rick to us to do. 

Going further, Paul Igbinoba added, "We can not only provide employment for a larger number of our people but also impact knowledge, teach them how to make these mobile phones; this is transfer of technology and transfer of knowledge.

"We have projects coming up in Benue, Ogun and  Adamawa states and we are hoping that soon, we will be able to build same power in Benin City, Edo State with the partnership of the state government.

The ACTLAP boss thanked everybody who have in one way or the other supported in actualizing the dream of establishing the manufacturing company in Benin City, Edo State.

"I want to thank everybody that supported this project most especially our most respected Oba, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin who has graciously allowed and told us to go back to work last year, 2020 till date.

"The property you see today was courtesy of the good will and the donation of His Royal Majesty, Oba Erediauwa of blessed memory and was confirmed by the present Oba. Oba Ewuare II.

"I also want to thank the host communities even though we have a little confrontation here and there with one or two persons, we are not here to confront anybody but want a situation where we can bring the communities together, a situation we can come together, work in one accord and make Benin City a better place so that collectively we can provide jobs for the youth of Edo state," he assured.

Speaking in Benin dialect, a member of Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) Worldwide, Osaigbovo Palmer appeal to His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin Kingdom prevail  on the host communities to support their son in actualising the dream of bringing mobile phone manufacturing company all the way from Canada to Edo State.

"Your Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II the Oba of Benin, kindly prevail on those that are against the establishment of the company to stop harassing workers on site who are working day and night to ensure the dream of ACTLAP Company, a manufacturing mobile phone company all the way from Canada come to reality in Edo South Senatorial District, he begged.