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Akwa Ibom State

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Akwa Ibom

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| type = State

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| image_flag = Flag of Akwa Ibom State.svg

| flag_alt = Flag of Akwa Ibom

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| seal_alt = Seal of Akwa Ibom

| nickname = Land of Promise, Akwa Abasi Ibom state

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| map_caption = Location of Akwa Ibom in Nigeria

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| established_title = Date created

| established_date = 23 September 1987

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Uyo

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| governing_body = Government of Akwa Ibom State

| leader_party = PDP

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Pastor Umo Eno

| leader_title1 = {{nowrap|Deputy Governor}}

| leader_name1 = Akon Eyakenyi

| leader_title2 = Legislature

| leader_name2 = Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly

| leader_title3 = Senators

| leader_name3 = {{Nowrap|NE: Aniekan Bassey (PDP)}}
{{Nowrap|NW: Godswill Akpabio (APC)}}
{{Nowrap|S: Ekong Sampson (PDP)}}

| leader_title4 = Representatives

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| area_total_km2 = 7081

| area_rank = 30 of 36

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| population_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/page-page-akwa-ibom-state-history.html |title=Akwa Ibom State History |access-date=2016-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221152617/https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/page-page-akwa-ibom-state-history.html |archive-date=2016-12-21 |url-status=dead }}

| population_total = 5,450,758

| population_as_of = 2016

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| population_rank = 15 of 36

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| population_demonym = Akwa Ibomite

| demographics_type1 = GDP (PPP)

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| demographics1_title1 = Year

| demographics1_info1 = 2021

| demographics1_title2 = Total

| demographics1_info2 = $50.30 billion{{cite web |date=2022-10-13 |editor-last=Okeowo |editor-first=Gabriel |editor2-last=Fatoba |editor2-first=Iyanuoluwa |title=State of States 2022 Edition |url=https://yourbudgit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-State-of-states_Official.pdf |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Budgit.org |publisher=BudgIT |publication-date=2022-10-13}}
3rd of 36

| demographics1_title3 = Per capita

| demographics1_info3 = $7,739
4th of 36

| timezone1 = WAT

| utc_offset1 = +01

| postal_code = 520211, 520212, 520221, 520222, 520231, 520232, 520241, 520251, 520261, 520271

| area_code = +234

| area_code_type = Dialing Code

| iso_code = NG-AK

| blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2022)

| blank_info_sec1 = 0.602{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
{{color|#fc0|medium}} · 16th of 37

| website = {{URL|http://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/}}

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Akwa Ibom is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It borders Cross River State to the east, Rivers State and Abia State to the west and north-west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe River which bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny.{{cite web |last1=Onyeakagbu |first1=Adaobi |title=See how all the 36 Nigerian states got their names |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/see-how-all-the-36-nigerian-states-got-their-names/g8bkn2c |website=Pulse.ng |date=5 October 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021}} Akwa Ibom was split from Cross River State in 1987. The state has 31 local government areas, and its capital is Uyo.

Of the 36 states, Akwa Ibom is the 30th largest in area and fifteenth most populous, with an estimated population of nearly 5.5 million as of 2016.{{cite web |title=Population 2006-2016 |url=https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/elibrary/read/474 |website=National Bureau of Statistics |access-date=14 December 2021}} Geographically, the state is divided between the Central African mangroves in the coastal far south and the Cross–Niger transition forests in the rest of the state. Other important geographical features are the Imo and Cross rivers which flow along Akwa Ibom's eastern and western borders respectively while the Kwa Ibo River bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny. In the southeast corner of the state is the Stubb Creek Forest Reserve, a heavily threatened wildlife reserve that contains declining crocodile, putty-nosed monkey, red-capped mangabey, and Sclater's guenon populations along with potentially extirpated populations of African leopard and Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee.{{cite web |last1=Inemesit |first1=Akpan-Nsoh |title='Akwa Ibom primates on brink of extinction' |url=https://guardian.ng/property/akwa-ibom-primates-on-brink-of-extinction/ |website=The Guardian |date=14 May 2018 |access-date=17 December 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Eniang |first1=Edem A. |last2=Akani |first2=Godfrey C. |last3=Amadi |first3=Nioking |last4=Dendi |first4=Daniele |last5=Amori |first5=Giovanni |last6=Luiselli |first6=Luca |title=Recent distribution data and conservation status of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Niger Delta (Nigeria) |journal= Tropical Zoology|date=15 Jul 2016 |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=173–183 |doi=10.1080/03946975.2016.1214461 |bibcode=2016TrZoo..29..173E |s2cid=89244146 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03946975.2016.1214461 |access-date=17 December 2021|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=Lynne R. |title=Report on a Survey of Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve, June 20 – July 5, 2003 |url=https://global.wcs.org/Resources/Publications/Publications-Search-II/ctl/view/mid/13340/pubid/DMX1235600000.aspx |website=WCS |date=27 April 2012 |access-date=17 December 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Ogar |first1=Dave A. |last2=Asuk |first2=Sijeh A. |last3=Umanah |first3=I.E. |title=Forest Cover Change in Stubb's Creek Forest Reserve Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria |journal=Applied Tropical Agriculture |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=183–189|year= 2016 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321497316 |access-date=17 December 2021}} Offshore, the state is also biodiverse as there are large fish populations alongside various cetacean species, including bottlenose dolphins, pantropical spotted dolphins, humpback whales, and killer whales.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Home : Biodiversity Preservation Center, Uyo, Akwa Ibom |url=https://biodiversitypreservationcenter.org/ |access-date=July 5, 2024 |website=Home : Biodiversity Preservation Center, Uyo, Akwa Ibom}}

Modern-day Akwa Ibom State has been inhabited by various ethnic groups for hundreds of years, primarily the closely related Ibibio, Annang, and Oron peoples in the North-East, North-West, and Southern zones of the state, respectively.{{Cite web |title=Akwa Ibom tribes – Soluap |url=https://soluap.com/akwa-ibom-tribes/#:~:text=Akwa%20Ibom%20has%20a%20vibrant%20culture%20and%20celebrates,the%20Leboku%20Festival,%20and%20the%20Christmas%20Carols%20Festival. |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=soluap.com}}

Economically, Akwa Ibom State is based around the production of crude oil and natural gas as highest oil-producing state in the country.{{cite web |last1=Akanbi |first1=Festus |title=As Anambra, Kogi Join Oil-producing States |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/09/19/as-anambra-kogi-join-oil-producing-states/ |website=ThisDay |date=19 September 2021 |access-date=15 December 2021}} Key minor industries involve agriculture as the state has substantial cocoyam, yam, and plantain crops along with fishing and heliciculture. Despite its vast oil revenues, Akwa Ibom has the seventeenth highest Human Development Index in the country in large part due to years of systemic corruption.{{cite web |title=Human Development Indices |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/ |website=Global Data Lab |access-date=15 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=The Gang of 43 breaks cover |url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/12703/The_Gang_of_43_breaks_cover |website=Africa Confidential |access-date=15 December 2021}}{{cite journal |title="Everyone's in on the Game" |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/08/17/everyones-game/corruption-and-human-rights-abuses-nigeria-police-force |website=Human Rights Watch |date=17 August 2010 |access-date=15 December 2021}}

Economy

Akwa Ibom State's economy is based on the production of crude oil and natural gas. It produces the most oil of any state in the country. It includes the following oil- producing Local Government Areas: Ibeno, Mbo, and Eastern Obolo.{{Cite web |last=Utip |first=Udeme |date=2022-09-08 |title=Akwa-Ibom oil and gas producing communities back FG on pipeline contract to Tompolo |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/akwa-ibom-oil-and-gas-producing-communities-back-fg-on-pipeline-contract-to-tompolo/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}

Key minor industries are based on agriculture; the state has substantial cocoyam, yam, and plantain crops, along with fishing and heliciculture.

Despite its vast oil revenues, Akwa Ibom ranks as seventeenth among the states List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index#2019 in the Human Development Index. Years of systemic corruption have resulted in such revenues being diverted from improving infrastructure, education and welfare of the people.

Languages

"There are 20 languages spoken as first languages in Akwa Ibom State."Edet, T. (n.d.). Akwa Ibom Ethnicity. https://www.aksgonline.com/about_people_ethnicity.html#:~:text=There%20are%2020%20languages%20spoken,are%20Anaang%2C%20Ibibio%20and%20Igbo. However, comparing different sources show there are slightly over 20 languages. They are as follows (in alphabetical order) with the LGAs in which they are spoken:

  • Anaang - Abak, Essien Udim, Ikot Ekpene, Oruk-Anam, and Ukanafun LGAs
  • Ebughu - Mbo and Oron LGAs
  • Efai - Mbo LGA
  • Efik - Itu, Oron, Uruan LGAs
  • Ekit- Eket and Esit Eket LGAs
  • Enwang - Mbo LGA
  • Etebi - Esit Eket LGA
  • Ibibio - Etinan, Ikono, Ikot Abasi, Itu, Mkpat Enin, Nsit Atai, Nsit-Ubium, Onna, Uruan and Uyo LGAs.
  • Ibino (Ibọnọ) - Ibeno LGA
  • Ibuoro - Ikono and Itu LGAs
  • Idere - Itu LGA
  • Igbo - Ika LGA
  • Ika - Ika LGA
  • Iko - Eastern Obolo LGA
  • Ilue - Oron LGA
  • Itu Mbon Uso - Ikono and Itu LGAs
  • Iwerre - Ini LGA
  • Nkari - Ini and Ikono LGA
  • Obolo (Andoni) - Eastern Obolo and Ibeno LGAs
  • Okobo - Okobo LGA
  • Oro - Oron LGA
  • Uda - Mbo LGA

One research however claims to "have identified just about 10 languages",Udoh, I. (2005). The languages of Akwa Ibom State. ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365993728_The_Languages_of_Akwa_Ibom_State claiming that some languages are dialects of others, though the criteria for classification as dialects is not clearly stated.

History

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In the pre-colonial period, what is now Akwa Ibom State was divided into various city-states like the Ibom Kingdom and Akwa Akpa before they later became a British protectorate in 1884 as a part of the Oil Rivers Protectorate.{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Calabar|volume=4|page=962}} Prior to the British colonization, no central government had existed among the people of what is now Akwa Ibom State. The various ethnic peoples were largely organized into clan communities, based on kinship and relations.

Several Scottish missionaries went to Calabar in 1848, and Ibono in 1887. The British government did not attempt to establish more control over the area until 1904. In that year, they organized the Enyong Division, encompassing the area of the current state of Akwa Ibom, with headquarters at Ikot Ekpene, a predominately Annang city. Noted Africanist Kaanan Nair, noted this city as the cultural and political capital of the Annang and Ibibio peoples. The greater Southeast was largely dominated by the majority Igbo people. The creation of Enyong Division encouraged collaboration among the numerous minority ethnic groups in the area. They created the Ibibio Welfare Union, later renamed Ibibio State Union. This social organization was first established as a local development and improvement forum for educated African persons and groups who in 1929 were still excluded from the colonial administration. It was dominated by British colonists and their appointees.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}{{Cite journal |last1=Kosmopoulos |first1=Christine |last2=Pumain |first2=Denise |date=2007-12-17 |title=Citation, Citation, Citation : la bibliométrie, Internet et les sciences humaines et sociales |journal=Cybergeo |doi=10.4000/cybergeo.15463 |issn=1278-3366 |doi-access=free}}

In the early 1900s, the British actually gained formal control of the area before incorporating the protectorate (now renamed the Niger Coast Protectorate) into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate which later merged into British Nigeria; after the merger, much of modern-day Akwa Ibom became a centre of anti-colonial resistance during the Women's War and political activism through the Ibibio State Union.{{cite web |date=4 May 2017 |title=About Akwa Ibom |url=https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/about-akwa-ibom/ |access-date=15 December 2021 |website=Government of Akwa Ibom State}}

After independence in 1960, the area of now-Akwa Ibom was a part of the post-independence Eastern Region until 1967 when the region was split and the area became part of the South-Eastern State. Less than two months afterwards, the Igbo-majority former Eastern Region attempted to secede as the state of Biafra; in the three-year long Nigerian Civil War, now-Akwa Ibom was hard-fought over in the prelude to the Invasion of Port Harcourt while people from Akwa Ibom were persecuted by the Biafran forces as they were mainly non-Igbos.{{cite journal |last1=Omaka |first1=Arua Oko |date=17 February 2014 |title=The Forgotten Victims: Ethnic Minorities in the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970 |url=https://encompass.eku.edu/jora/vol1/iss1/2/ |journal=Journal of Retracing Africa |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=25–40 |access-date=15 December 2021}} At the war's end and the reunification of Nigeria, the South-Eastern State was reformed until 1976 when it was renamed Cross River State.

Eleven years later, Cross River State was divided on 23 September 1987, by the Military Administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/States_Nigeria/Akwa-Ibom/Brief-History-of-Akwa-Ibom-State.html|title=Brief History of Akwa Ibom State:: Nigeria Information & Guide|website=nigeriagalleria.com|language=en-NG|access-date=2018-07-25}}

This division resulted in the creation of the state of Akwa Ibom, Uyo was chosen as the state capital in order to encourage development in all regions of the state.{{Cite web|title=About Akwa Ibom {{!}} Akwa Ibom State Government|date=4 May 2017 |url=https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/about-akwa-ibom/|access-date=2021-07-12}}

Climate

Akwa Ibom has a tropical monsoon climate (Classification: Am) and is 42.58 meters (139.7 feet) above sea level. The city's average annual temperature is -0.99% lower than Nigeria's averages at 28.47 °C (83.25 °F). 342.56 millimeters (13.49 inches) of precipitation and 275 rainy days (75.34% of the time) are typical annual totals for Akwa Ibom.{{Cite web |title=Akwa Ibom, NG Climate Zone, Monthly Weather Averages and Historical Data |url=https://tcktcktck.org/nigeria/akwa-ibom |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=tcktcktck.org}}{{Cite web |date=2016-07-26 |title=Akwa Ibom Climate Change & Clean Energy Summit/Expo |url=https://www.climatelinks.org/events/akwa-ibom-climate-change-clean-energy-summitexpo |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.climatelinks.org |language=en}}

The Akwa Ibom region regularly has tropical monsoons. All year long, there are high temperatures and a lot of rain. The region of Akwa Ibom has an average yearly temperature of 60 degrees and 672 inches of precipitation. The average humidity is 80% and the UV-index is 7. It is dry for 90 days of the year.{{Cite web |title=Akwa Ibom weather and climate ☀️ Best time to visit 🌡️ Temperature |url=https://www.besttravelmonths.com/nigeria/akwa-ibom-4042923/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.besttravelmonths.com |language=en}}

The climate of Akwa Ibom is tropical with significant rainfall and a short dry season.{{Cite web |title=Climate Akwa Ibom: Temperature, climate graph, Climate table for Akwa Ibom - Climate-Data.org |url=https://en.climate-data.org/africa/nigeria/akwa-ibom-345/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=en.climate-data.org}}{{Cite web |title=Climate & Weather Averages in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/@2350813/climate |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.timeanddate.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Climate Change Akwa Ibom State |url=https://www.meteoblue.com/en/climate-change/akwa-ibom-state_nigeria_2350813 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=meteoblue |language=en}}

Government

Politics in Akwa Ibom State are dominated by the three main ethnic groups: the Ibibio, Annang, and Oro. Of these three, the Ibibio remain the majority and have held sway in the state since its creation.

= Ministries, Departments and Agencies =

The list of ministries in Akwa Ibom State include the following:{{Cite web |url=https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/page-page-akwa-ibom-state-executive-council-.html |title=Akwa Ibom State Executive Council |access-date=2017-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103004846/https://akwaibomstate.gov.ng/page-page-akwa-ibom-state-executive-council-.html |archive-date=2017-01-03 |url-status=dead }}

Local Government Areas

{{See also|List of villages in Akwa Ibom State}}

Akwa Ibom State consists of thirty-one (31) local government areas. They include:

File:Meridien Akwa Ibom park.jpg

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Demographics

= Ethnic groups =

The main ethnic groups of the state include:

Ibibio,

Anaang, Ekid and Oro.

= Religion =

The people of Akwa Ibom are predominantly Christians.

File:Pioneer Qua Iboe Church, full view. Upenekang, Ibeno.jpg

976,791 Catholics (2020) in the two [http://Diocese%20of%20Uyo dioceses of Uyo][http://Diocese%20of%20Ikot%20Ekpene] (1989) with 74 parishes under Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (2014), and Ikot Ekpene (1963) with 53 parishes under Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh (2010), both suffragans of the Archdiocese of Calabar.

The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Uyo within the Church of Nigeria is Prince Asukwo Antai (2014).{{Cite web |title=The Rt Revd Prince Asukwo Antai - The Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) - Anglican Communion |url=https://www.worldanglican.com/nigeria/uyo/the-church-of-nigeria-anglican-communion/the-rt-revd-prince-asukwo-antai#:~:text=The%20Rt%20Revd%20Prince%20Asukwo%20Antai%20serves%20as%20the%20Diocesan,Rev. |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.worldanglican.com}}

= Languages =

Like their Efik neighbors of Cross River State, people of Akwa Ibom speak various dialects of the Ibibio-Efik languages, which belong to the Benue–Congo language family, forming part of the Niger–Congo group of languages.

The following table lists languages of Akwa Ibom State, and the local government areas in which they are spoken:{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/NG|title=Nigeria|work=Ethnologue|edition=22|access-date=2020-01-10}}

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! Language !! LGA(s) spoken in

AnaangAbak, Essien Udim, Ika, Ikot Ekpene, Igbo, Oruk-Anam, Ukanafun, Etim Ekpo, Obot Akara.
OboloEastern Obolo
EkidEket, Esit Eket
EtebiEsit Eket
IbibioEtinan, Ibiono Ibom, Ikono, Ikot Abasi, Itu, Ibesikpo-Asutan, Mkpat Enin, Nsit Atai, Nsit-Ibom, Nsit-Ubium, Onna, Uruan, Uyo, Ini.
IbunoIbeno
Ika OkuIka
NkariIni
Itu Mbon UsoIni
IdereItu
EfikItu, Uruan
EbughuMbo, Oron
EfaiMbo
EnwanMbo
OroMbo, Oron, Udung Uko, Urue-Offong-Oruko
IkoEastern Obolo
OkoboOkobo
IlueOron
KhanaOruk-Anam

Education

The Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Education is tasked with monitoring the education sector of the state.

The current part of Akwa Ibom State that was within the former Calabar Kingdom, was the first site of Western education in Nigeria. The Hope Waddell Training Institute was founded at Calabar in 1895, and the Methodist Boys' High School, Oron in 1905. Other top schools, such as the Catholic seminaries Holy Family College at Abak and Regina Coeli College in Essene, were also soon founded.

Some educational institutes in the state today are:

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  • Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
  • Federal College of Education Ididep, Ibiono{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
  • School of Basic Studies, Abak{{Cite web|title=School of Basic Studies – University Of Uyo|url=https://uniuyo.edu.ng/undergraduate-admissions/school-of-basic-studies/|access-date=2021-06-30|language=en-US}}
  • School of Nursing, Uyo, Eket, Oron, Ikot Ekpene, Etinan{{Cite web|last=Igwenagu|first=Emmanuel|date=2020-12-12|title=Schools of Nursing & Midwifery In Akwa Ibom State|url=https://nigerianinformer.com/schools-of-nursing-midwifery-in-akwa-ibom-state/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Nigerian Informer|language=en-US}}
  • Sure Polytechnic, Ukanafun{{Cite web|title=.:: Sure Foundation Polytechnic {{!}} Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria {{!}} Official Portal ::.|url=https://www.sfp.edu.ng/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=www.sfp.edu.ng}}
  • Topfaith University, Mkpatak{{Cite web|url=https://www.topfaith.edu.ng/|title=Home|website=www.topfaith.edu.ng}}
  • Trinity Polytechnic, Uyo{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfp.edu.ng/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi|title=Account Suspended|website=www.sfp.edu.ng}}
  • Uyo City Polytechnic Nduetong Oku{{Cite web|title=Uyo City Polytechnic {{!}} Listed in Education - Colleges & Universities|url=https://www.nigeriabusinessweb.com/--colleges_amp_universities-uyo_city_polytechnic-12839.html|access-date=2021-06-30|website=www.nigeriabusinessweb.com|language=en}}

Transportation

Federal highways

  • A342 east from Aba (Abia State) via Uyo to Oron,
  • A4-1 east from A342 at Utu Ikot Ekpenyong to Cross River as the Ekot Ekpene-Calabar Rd.

Other major highways include:

  • the Ikot Akan-Deyor Chara Rd across the Imo River at Kalaoko to Rivers State,
  • the Nto Obo-Obon Ebot Rd west to Abia State at Azumini,
  • the Umuahia Rd north from A342 at Ikot Ekpene to Abia.

Airports:

Victor Attah International Airport (2009) 24 km southeast of Uyo has services to Abuja and Lagos, and Eket Airstrip for domestic flights.

Notable people

  • Senator Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, former Senate Minority Leader, Senate President (2023-){{Cite news|title=Godswill Akpabio, all you need to know about di Niger Delta Minister|work=BBC News Pidgin|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-53557846|access-date=2021-06-30}}
  • Godwin Akpan Amaowoh a clergy, researcher and inventor
  • Obong Victor Attah, former governor of Akwa Ibom State{{Cite web|date=2020-11-04|title=Attah decries poor state of tourist centres in Akwa Ibom|url=https://guardian.ng/news/attah-decries-poor-state-of-tourist-centres-in-akwa-ibom/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}}
  • Hilda Baci, known for breaking the Guinness World Record for longest cooking marathon.{{Cite web |last=Mix |first=Pulse |date=2023-05-14 |title=Hilda Baci cooks over 110 meals 64 hours into her Guinness World Record attempt |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/hilda-baci-cooks-guinness-world-record-attempt/9mljchn |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}
  • Nathaniel Bassey is a Nigerian gospel music minister and RCCG Pastor from Uyo L.G.A, in Akwa Ibom state.
  • Moses Bliss, is a Nigerian gospel singer, worship leader and songwriter.
  • Bnxn, Daniel Etiese Benson (born 14 May 1997), known professionally as Bnxn (pronounced as Benson) and formerly known as Buju, is a Nigerian Afro-fusion singer, songwriter and record producer.
  • Effiong Dickson Bob{{Cite web|last=Christopher|first=Priscilla|date=2021-06-02|title=Walking the Future with Effiong Bob|url=https://platinum.ng/walking-the-future-with-effiong-bob/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Platinum NG|language=en-US}}
  • Ini Edo, Nollywood Actress{{Cite web|date=2021-04-10|title=Naija Hood Rep picks RMD, 2Baba, Ini Edo, Okey Bakasi as judges|url=https://editor.guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/naija-hood-rep-picks-rmd-2baba-ini-edo-okey-bakasi-as-judges/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}}
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Politics

The State government is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with the state House of Assembly. The capital city of the state is Uyo.{{Cite web |last=Oguntola |first=Tunde |date=2022-09-27 |title=2023: Next President, Govs Must Get Two-thirds Spread, Says INEC |url=https://leadership.ng/2023-next-president-govs-must-get-two-thirds-spread-says-inec/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |language=en-US}}

=Electoral system=

The electoral system of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes the threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government Areas.{{Cite web |last=Oguntola |first=Tunde |date=2022-09-27 |title=2023: Next President, Govs Must Get Two-thirds Spread, Says INEC |url=https://leadership.ng/2023-next-president-govs-must-get-two-thirds-spread-says-inec/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |language=en-US}}

=Notable places=

Four points by Sheraton Ikot Ekpene. It's a hotel located at the heart of Ikot Ekpene town. Four Points by Sheraton Ikot Ekpene has an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, a terrace, and a restaurant in Ikot Ekpene, with free WiFi access as well.

Akwa Ibom state has one of Nigerians international stadiums situated in Uyo which was named after the former Governor Godswill Akpabio. The stadium has hosted both local and international matches of the Nigeria football team.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-05-27 |title=Ahead 2026 World Cup: S/Eagles' camp to open Thursday as players arrive Nigeria |url=https://guardian.ng/sport/ahead-2026-world-cup-s-eagles-camp-to-open-thursday-as-players-arrive-nigeria/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.akwaibomstate.gov.ng/ akwaibomstate.gov.ng: Official website of the Akwa Ibom State Government]
  • Pastor Nathaniel Bassey, Moses Bliss and Jimmy D Psalmist also made the list of 2022 Owwre.com [https://owwire.com/top-10-nigerian-gospel-artists-from-akwa-ibom/ Top 10 Nigerian Gospel Music Artists from Akwa Ibom State].
  • https://leadership.ng/2023-next-president-govs-must-get-two-thirds-spread-says-inec/

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