April 11, 2006	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 12, 1427

UYO (Nigeria), April 10: An oil-rich state in Nigeria has signed a deal with a Chinese firm and American investors to build a mobile phone plant, the first in this fast-growing country in the telecommunications area, its governor said on Monday.

“The CEC was brought by our American friends who are interested in developing our science park in the state capital, Uyo,” Akwa Ibom State Governor Victor Attah told journalists.

—AFP