As some Governors will be going full circle in their eight years of two terms uninterrupted administration and handover to their successors on May 29, 2023 on a clean slate, the case maybe different in Akwa Ibom State as Governor Mr. Udom Emmanuel maybe bequeathing assets and liabilities of an endless list of failed and uncompleted projects initiated by his administration to the next Governor.
Governor Emmanuel is one of the most fortunate Governors in Nigeria after Rivers, Kano, Delta and Lagos States with the largest monthly allocation from the Federation Account, but may leaves the scene in the next fifteen months with a tall list of unfulfilled campaign promises in terms of infrastructural development.
Governor Emmanuel has this week sacked Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen his Chief of Staff for shifting blame on him for the abandonment of Ndon Eyo-Odio road initiated six years ago while he (Ephraim Inyang-Eyen) was serving as Commissioner for Works.
The sack of the former Chief of Staff to Governor Emmanuel who attempted to put the records straight over the abandonment of a sensitive road traversing the Governor’s Local Government of origin prompted concerned citizen to collate the names of several other abandoned and failed projects initiated by Governor Emmanuel since he mounted the saddle on May 29, 2015.
At the time of filling this reports others were still sending other list of uncompleted projects of Governor Emmanuel administration to our mail box.
While we are publishing this report, 9News Nigeria was still receiving mails, SMS and Chats on more failed uncompleted and abandoned projects of Governor Emmanuel based on the flush light we beam on about twenty abandoned projects we published within the week assuming that, that was all.
As we are open for update on this report, we intend to publish a full list of Akwa Ibom State Government abandoned projects soon as we collate all of them.
Below are a large chunks of uncompleted projects of Governor Emmanuel administration forwarded by respective concerned citizens of the State to 9News Nigeria:
*1 Peter Linus Umoh Street, Nsukara Offot, Uyo.
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned and there has been no activity at the project site since 2016
*2 Eda Street, Uyo.
Duration-5 years
Status- Abandoned and there has been no activity at the project site since 2017
*3 China Market Project, Eket.
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned and there has been no activity at the project site since 2016
*4 Idua Road project, Eket
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned by the State Government, but the Local Government Chairman has done some remedial jobs on it
*5 Library Avenue Road project, Uyo
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned and there has been no activity at the project site since 2018
*6 Anua-Mbak-Ishiet Road project, Uyo
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*6 Access Road project at COE, Afaha Nsit
Duration-6 years
Status-Though, unexecuted, it was commissioned.
*5 Akpadiaha Street, Eket
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*6 Afaha Uqua Road, Eket.
Duration-5 years
Status- Abandoned
*7 Ikot Ebom Itam road project, Itu LGA.
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*8 Edidon Street project, Eket
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*9 Prince Road, Eket.
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*10 Edem Udo Road, Eket.
Duration-5 years
Status- Abandoned
*11 Klinic Road, Eket.
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*12 Grace Bill Road project, Eket.
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*13 Larkin Road project, Eket
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*14 Otung Aya Bridge project, Oruk Anam LGA
Duration-4 years
Status – Uncompleted
*16 International worship Centre
Duration-4 years
Status- Uncompleted
*17 Mbiatok Bridge project in Oruk Anam LGA
Duration-4 years
Status- Uncompleted
*18 Aka-Atan Road project in Uyo
Duration-6 years
Status- Partially done
*19 Garri processing factory in Abak LGA
Duration-6 years
Status-Abandoned and it has become a forest
*20 Ikot Ekwere Itam road project in Itu LGA
Duration-5 years
Status- There has been no activity at the project site since 2017
*21 8.5km Nduetong Oku-Ibiaku Itam road project
Duration-6 years
Status-Complicated
22.Atabong Road project in Okobo LGA
Duration-6 years
Status- Abandoned
*22 Ikot Ebon Itam road project in Itu LGA
Duration-5 years
Status- There has been no activity at the project site since 2017
*23 Odubo Nung Ata Road project in Okobo LGA
Duration-5 years
Status- There has been no activity at the project since 2018
*24 Ikot Essien Road project, Mbiabong, Uyo
Duration-5 years
Status There has been no activity at the project site since 2017
*25 Ikot Atem Road project, Mbiabong, Uyo.
Duration-5 years
Status- There has been no activity at the project site since 2017
*26 Ikot Udowot Road project, Mbiabong, Uyo
Duration-5 years
Status- There has been no activity at the project site since 2017.
*27 Expansion of Oron road to Four Lanes.
Duration-two years.
Status- Complicated, but there has been no activity there for a while now.
*28 Ikot Ekpene- Uyo Rd (Between Control Post and Ikot Ekpene Plaza) – 6years
Status – Uncompleted/Abandoned
- .Eket – Etinan Road-
Duration – 7years
Status- uncompleted .
*30 Eket – Ibeno Road
Duration – 9years-
Status – uncompleted.
*31 Eket City Centre – Oron Road expansion
Duration – Demolition ongoing. Completion not feasible in 4 years
Status – uncompleted.
*32 Etinan – Ndon Eyo Road
Duration – 6 years – Status-complicated
*33 Ring Road 2 Aka junction to Abak road-
Duration – 6years
Status – Abandoned
*34 Ring Road 3-
Duration – 3years-
status – ongoing.
*35 Uyo – Etinan Road-
Duration – 7years
Status uncompleted.
*37 Ibom Super higher way-
Duration – 4years
-Status – abandoned.
*38 Eket Remodeling
Duration – 6years
- Status – abandoned.
*39 Oron remodeling –
duration – 6years
- Status – uncompleted.
*40 Redemption Academy Road,Uyo.
-Duration 6years-
Status-Abandoned
*41 Road Network in Afaha Atai village,Ibesikpo Asutan LGA-
Duration-6years-
Status-Abandoned
*42 Ikot Akpan Abia-Oboyo Road project
Duration 6years-
Status-Abandoned.
*43 Tabernacle Road project in Itu LGA-
Duration-6 years-
Status- Abandoned
*44 Quality ceramics Road in Itu LGA-
Duration 6 years-
Status-Abandoned
*45 Obot Emen Road project in Uyo state capital-
Duration -6 years-
Status-Abandoned
*46 Etaha Itam road in Itu LGA
Duration-6 years
Status- Abandoned
*47 Ultra Morden International Market project in Itu LGA
Duration-5 years
Status: Abandoned
*48 Ultra Morden International Market project in Uyo
Duration-5 years
Status-Abandoned
*49 Onna Sport Complex
Duration-5 years
Status- Abandoned
*50 Coconut plantation
Duration-6 years
Status- Stunted and the Governor is blaming it on juju by local chiefs
*51 Coconut Refinery
Duration-6 years
Status-It is a mere monument. Nothing has ever been refined there
*52 Itai Afe Annang Road
Duration-5 years
Status- Abandoned
*53 Mexican Cow project
Duration-6 years
Status: It was stillborn
*54 Pencil and Toothpick factory
Duration-6 years
Status: Died and buried.
*55 Palm Oil processing factory in Ukanafun LGA
Duration-5 years
Status- Yet to be seen
*56 17.84km Ikot Ukpo Inua-Ikot Etenghe Ndon-Atan Eka Iko-Ikot Akpabio-Ikot Okpok-Ikot Efre-Atan Ukpe Road project in Ikot Abasi LGA
Duration-3 years
Status – No activity has taken place at the project site after the ground breaking on December 28th 2018
*57 Abak 10 Road project
Duration-5 years
Status: Abandoned
58 * CCTV Camera installation in the State
Status: Nowhere to be found in the State
59 * Rice mil in Ini LGA
Status: Audio Industrialization project since 2017
60 * LED factory in Itu LGA
Status: Still on the drawing board since 2017
61 * Automobile Assembly Plant in Itu LGA
Status: On endless construction
62 * Remodeling and clean up of Ibom Plaza
Status: Planned but never executed
*63 Enwang-Etebi – Nung Eta-Atabong Road
Duration 6 years
Status – Abandoned
*64 Airport road – Nsit Atai- Okobo- Oron Road
Duration 6 years
Status – Abandoned
*65 Oyubia-Oduonim-
Eyubiasang Road with a spur to Uda
Duration 6 years
Status abandoned
*66 Bamboo plantation for industrial value chain
Duration: Project conceived along side with Mexican cows farming six years ago
Status: Audio Industrialization
*67 Fertilizer Factory in Abak
Status: Audio Industrialization, 5 years running
*68 Revamping of Peacock Paint Ikot Ekan, Etinan for optimal production
Status – Abandoned
Duration: 6 years
- Failed, Uncompleted and Abandoned Projects Still Counting…