Akwa Ibom To Complete Multi-Million Naira Conference Centre, Tropicana Hotel
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has announced plans to revisit the multimillion-naira International Conference Centre in Uyo, the state capital, to ensure its completion.
The state government is also set to complete the 14-storey Tropicana Hotel at the Tropicana Entertainment Centre within the same time.
Eno stated this during the monthly prayer meeting held in Uyo, which was attended by top government officials.
He said it was geared towards realising the tourism potentials of the state as well as ensuring that projects initiated with the commonwealth of the people by his predecessors are made valuable to the people
“We have several projects that must kick-off and we must finish as we go into 2026.
The governor, who did not give details and the cost of restarting the projects that were initiated by former Governor Godswill Akpabio, also gave indications that the state government would set up model schools in the state.
“Principal among them that God has touched my heart to do is to construct a replica of what a boarding school used to be in this state in those days and to adopt three secondary schools, one in each Senatorial District, to really take them back.
“Let’s build those boarding houses and put everything there and let’s make sure those three secondary schools are up and running.
“Admission will be by all our children gathering in a central location to write exams, and only the best will be admitted.”
“Principal among them that God has touched my heart to do is to construct a replica of what a boarding school used to be in this state in those days and to adopt three secondary schools, one in each senatorial district, to really take them back.
“Let’s build those boarding houses and put everything there, and let’s make sure those three secondary schools are up and running.
“Admission will be by all our children gathering in a central location to write exams, and only the best will be admitted.”
Speaking of the recent sad occurrence that befell the second family in the state, Governor Eno expressed grief over the untimely death of the Deputy Governor’s daughter and urged Christians to pray ceaselessly from their various altars for leaders and the government, that God may grant them grace to lead the state well.
The Governor also used the occasion to commend the gesture of a Nsit Ubium-based clergy and entrepreneur, Imoh Ime Ekpenyong, who, without government funding, has been undertaking the training of villagers in the production of soap, paint, etc. He called on other citizens to use their privileged positions to better lives in their communities rather than constitute themselves as armchair critics of the government.
He announced the appointment of Pastor Ekpenyong as his Special Assistant on Entrepreneurial Development, with directives that necessary evaluations be made towards refunding him for the cost of the training done so far and that he be gifted a car to aid the furtherance of his good deeds.
In his message on the theme “Mountain Conquering Grace,” taken from Zechariah 4:7, Bishop Mike Eduok of Life and Power Ministries noted that, for those who believe, God has given them the grace to conquer mountains and therefore urged everyone to pray for the state and its leaders for the grace to conquer every obstacle and deliver on their mandates.
Akwa Ibom To Complete Multi-Million Naira Conference Centre, Tropicana Hotel is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
