Akwa Ibom State Governor Pastor Umo Eno has announced his readiness to establish a model secondary school, with state-of-the-art boarding facilities, in each of the three Senatorial Districts of the State before May 29, 2025.
Governor Eno, who made the announcement at the February 2025 edition of the Government House monthly Covenant Service, at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo, said this will involve adopting an existing secondary school in each of the three Senatorial Districts and reconstructing them to suit the purpose.
According to him, the schools will be a model of an ideal boarding school, adding that he was constituting a delivery team to ensure time implementation of the plan. He however, stressed that parents will have to pay a prescribed fee for the feeding of the children, which must be done and proof of payment presented as precondition for a student to be granted access into the hostels.
On criteria for admission into the school, the Governor stressed that a special consultancy firm will be contracted to conduct a very transparent entrance examination that will ensure merit as the basis for the admissions.
He also announced readiness to undertake the completion of the abandoned International Conference Centre project at the Ibom Tropicana Entertainment Centre and to inaugurate within the same timeline, the Ibom international Conference Centre and Hotels, towards realizing the tourism potentials of the State, as he reiterated his commitment to ensure value for the commonwealth of Akwa Ibom people in projects initiated by his predecessors.
Speaking on 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 seized the occasion to commend the gesture of a Nsit Ubium based clergy and entrepreneur identified as Pastor Imoh Ime Ekpenyong, who without government funding have been undertaking training of villagers in production of soap and paint, amongst others.
Government house correspondent Jane Uwa reports that the Akwa Ibom Chief Executive therefore announced the appointment of Pastor Ekpenyong as his Special Assistant Entrepreneurial Development, with directives that necessary evaluations be made towards refunding him of the cost of the trainings done so far and that he be gifted a car to aid the furtherance of his good deeds.