Gov Eno Adds Shopping City To Akwa Ibom Tourism Ecosystem, Says Passion For Quality Service Drives His Commitment

Tuesday July 08, 2025

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The Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has kept contractors handling infrastructural projects in the State on their toes as he pushes for quality and timely delivery through repeated unscheduled inspection tour of different project sites.

The Governor, who embarked on another round of inspection on Monday, July 7, immediately after the State Executive Council, EXCO, meeting with all members of the State EXCO, visited the Uyo City Tourism Ecosystem projects comprising the 5,000 capacity International Convention Centre, the 200-bedroom Ibom Hotel, ARISE shopping city, amusement park, and others.

Fielding questions from Government House Correspondents after the inspection, Governor Eno noted that what drives his routine inspection of the projects is his passion to deliver to the people what is of global standard.

“It is the Akwa Ibom people that drive our passion for quality service delivery. They voted for us to work, and we will continue to work for them.

This is part of the responsibilities of the Exco – to inspect and monitor projects, it is simply putting money where your mouth is. We are making sure the reports we are getting are in line with what is on ground,” he said.

According to the Governor, the entire infrastructural projects in the Uyo City are tailored towards transforming the State’s tourism ecosystem for economic benefit of the people and the State.

“The Shopping City is in our overall design to help develop the tourism ecosystem around here in Uyo, which boasts of the International Convention Centre, the hotel, shopping city, amusement park, and more.

“All of these form part of our tourism ecosystem around here. That was the concept, and we intend to realize it. People should be able to come here for their conferences, do their shopping in standard malls just like what we usually see outside the country,” he added.