The construction of the 17,000 all seater all covered Eket stadium in Akwa ibom state which started a while ago by the Government of Mr udom emmanuel has reached roofing levels.
This month all the 17000 plastic seats for the stadium has arrived uyo the state capital where it is stored.
The artificial pitch has and the tartan tracks material has also arrived.

The ministry of sports akwa ibom state recieved 27 container of materials for installation in the new stadium January 2020.

Mr udom Emmanuel is not just building a stadium in Eket, eket is the second biggest city in Akwa ibom state after uyo, the state capital and ikot Ekpene the Northern district capitals.
Eket has a variety of roads that are being dualize, drainages, city park, modern yiwu Chinese market, the biggest Chinese market in Nigeria is currently under construction in Eket and many more, this project are aimed at repositioning the oil capital of Akwa ibom state to a new level that's befitting of other oil cities in the world.

The commissioner of sports in the state also intimated that the old 5000 capacity uyo township stadium is also simultaneously upgraded to a 10,000 seater sports stadium to complement the 30,000 seats Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo.

Akwa ibom state is the only state in the country with 2 teams in the Nigerian premier league.
AKWA UNITED AND DAKKADA FC.

The state also has several teams in the Nigerian National league which is Nigeria division 2:

Those teams include the ibom youth FC, vandrezzer FC, coffine fC etc and a host of female clubsides.

This stadium's will serve as befitting homes for some of this teams.

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Eket stadium construction Jan 2020

All the 17,000 plastic seats has arrived the state

White elephant project

samuelson06:
White elephant project

How is it a white elephants?

Zoom in to see what the stadium will look like on completion.

The eket stadium and the uyo township stadium will have artificial pitch, the commissioner of sports Akwa ibom state stated the artificial turf will be layed this year's before the rainy season begins.

Arrival of materials needed for the stadium construction.

Why this stadium when the state already has a wonderful stadium built by Akpabio in the same state.

It's a waste of resources as far as I'm concerned because they can't maintain them as one will suffer for one.

juvewalex:
Why this stadium when the state already has a wonderful stadium built by Akpabio in the same city.

It's a waste of resources as far as I'm concerned.

Why not? Since when did uyo = eket?
This are two different cities.

Atouke:

How is it a white elephants?

A white elephant project is an expensive project with no value and such is the one I'm seeing here. We have a stadium in Uyo which is not even completed. Why is the governor not completing that one and other projects started by the last administration? Eket does not need a stadium of this magnitude but something like the one in Ikot Ekpene.

At the end of the day, how would this project impact people's lives especially the Eket people? How many indigenes of Eket can work there? To do exactly what and to who? I think the governor should channel his energy toward projects that directly benefits the people, e.g., road construction and intervening in the abysmally poor power supply in the state.

How many young people would even use the stadium when hunger is bitting hard? Again, I don't think there's water in Uyo. What's building another stadium? What's Ibom Air? Looks good; sounds good, but without any value to the common man.

samuelson06:


A white elephant project is an expensive project with no value and such is the one I'm seeing here. We have a stadium in Uyo which is not even completed. Why is the governor not completing that one and other projects started by the last administration? Eket does not need a stadium of this magnitude but something like the one in Ikot Ekpene.

At the end of the day, how would this project impact people's lives especially the Eket people? How many indigenes of Eket can work there? To do exactly what and to who? I think the governor should channel his energy toward projects that directly benefits the people, e.g., road construction and intervening in the abysmally poor power supply in the state.

How many young people would even use the stadium when hunger is bitting hard? Again, I don't think there's water in Uyo. What's building another stadium? What's Ibom Air? Looks good; sounds good, but without any value to the common man.

Show me any state including Lagos that has 1700km of roads construction ongoing and some complete. That's what mr udom Emmanuel is doing.
Show me any state that has built transmission and distribution stations in their state.
Udom Emmanuel has built the ekim power station and several power step down stations across the state, and akwa ibom via its ibom power plant is the only state in the country that produces 191mw of electricity without any FG input.
FYI akwa ibom only needs about 50 to 80 mw of power. But for the FG exclusive list that takes Akwa ibom 191MW to national grid, Akwa ibom should be enjoying 24/7 power supply. The state has made enough investments to see it happen.

For whether the stadium is neccessary, is a matter of opinion. When Akpabio built the 30,000 uyo stadium many people shouted white elephants more than you are doing now but today they are the ones singing praises of the stadium.
That uyo stadium is the only fifa compliant stadium in Nigeria till today.
Time will vindicate the governor on the eket stadium. So you are entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't make your opinion a fact.

Nice job by Peculiar Consults.
Engr Olarewaju Adeleke has proven that indigenous construction firms can give foreign household names in Construction a run for their money.

I am proud of the achievements of the Udom administration.
Too bad that his Kerosene sharing, pot-bellied, woman loving, adventist neighbor never sees such things to emulate.

NwaAmaikpe:




Nice job by Peculiar Consults.
Engr Olarewaju Adeleke has proven that indigenous construction firms can give foreign household names in Construction a run for their money.

I am proud of the achievements of the Udom administration.
Too bad that his Kerosene sharing, pot-bellied, woman loving, adventist neighbor never sees such things to emulate.

Who is peculiar consults? This stadium according to state Government is built by direct labour.

FYI Eyimba stadium in Aba was done by governor ikpeazu. That was a great job, the stadium is one of the best at the moment.
Learn to commend politicians when they do good, if you dont commend them then dont misrepresent their achievements.

Sonnyboom:
If any igbo state build 1/3 of this or the link Bridge in Lagos or the new bridge Ganduje is building in Kano every other tribe must run away from Nigeria. Here is a world standard project going on a state in Nigeria without daily insult to Buhari or other Nigerians.

The pathetic developer from hell since 1999 till date can not boast of world standard project anywhere in Biafra land yet dem no gree make we hear word.

must you join Igbo to any post?

piss off

Vandrezza FC has taken Ikot Ekpene Stadium as their home.

Akwa United and Ibom Angel's (female) have the Godswill Akpabio stadium as their home.

Dakkada FC and Ibom youth FC will have the newly renovated Uyo township stadium as their home.

Who will occupy the New Eket township stadium?
It's time to call on ExxonMobil to bring back the mobil pegasus Fc to Eket.
Remember the good old days of Mobil pegasus!
They can call it the Oillers!

MOBIL PEGASUS FC used to be the best funded clubside in Nigeria back then. The eket clubside boys used to be Nigerian Shine shine bobos, good pay accomodation etc.
Bring them back please ExxonMobil.

Sonnyboom:
If any igbo state build 1/3 of this or the link Bridge in Lagos or the new bridge Ganduje is building in Kano every other tribe must run away from Nigeria. Here is a world standard project going on a state in Nigeria without daily insult to Buhari or other Nigerians.

The pathetic developer from hell since 1999 till date can not boast of world standard project anywhere in Biafra land yet dem no gree make we hear word.

who is this fool?
i am sure you are another miserable yorubaman who sees Igbo masquerade in his dreams.

We should start the bring back Mobil pegasus FC to Eket campaign.
Who remembers this club and will like to see it make a comeback?

Oh what a rivalry Uyo and Eket use to have then on match days.

Ibom stars FC vs Mobil pegasus FC .

Frankly back then believe it or not Eket used to be a better city than Uyo, with a lot more activities in Eket than uyo.
Good old days.

Misplaced priorities
He should work on Ibom science park
Sea port and his name will be engraved in the sands of time

Sonnyboom:
If any igbo state build 1/3 of this or the link Bridge in Lagos or the new bridge Ganduje is building in Kano every other tribe must run away from Nigeria. Here is a world standard project going on a state in Nigeria without daily insult to Buhari or other Nigerians.

The pathetic developer from hell since 1999 till date can not boast of world standard project anywhere in Biafra land yet dem no gree make we hear word.

Talking shits

Ashawopapa001:
Misplaced priorities
He should work on Ibom science park
Sea port and his name will be engraved in the sands of time

Did they stop work in ibom science park?
Last I checked ibom science park is a private investment owned by the Chinese business group the blue sea group.
The Chinese are working at their pace.

Go watch the speech of the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria on the day the ibom science park project was inaugurated, he told the company to complete the project on schedule and to specifications. He said it was not an appeal but an order. If there is something the Chinese are good at its obeying order from their superiors. I am sure the ibom science park is in good hands.

Akwa ibom is the state that attracts the second highest foreign direct investment in Nigeria after Lagos that NBS statistics, its because we have a governor who is first a business man before being a politician. He understands the role of private sector in state development.

Good gesture

juvewalex:
Why this stadium when the state already has a wonderful stadium built by Akpabio in the same state.

It's a waste of resources as far as I'm concerned because they can't maintain them as one will suffer for one.

In a normal society,every local government ought to have a stadium .

Most secondary schools in the western world especially USA have their own stadiums, not to talk of Universities.

But Nigeria is not a normal society. Sports is big big business.

Atouke:
The eket stadium and the uyo township stadium will have artificial pitch, the commissioner of sports Akwa ibom state stated the artificial turf will be layed this year's before the rainy season begins.

That's the only possible mistake. They should do what Governor Akpabio did with the Akpabio International Stadium.

While the stadium was under construction, Governor Akpabio invited lots of experts to visit it regularly. These experts included Nigerian journalists, former footballers, etc. On one of those inspection tours, Governor Akpabio told Stephen Keshi that the stadium would have an artificial turf. Keshi screamed and advised the governor that it would be much better if the stadium had natural grass. The governor took Keshi's advice and the stadium was given a natural grass surface and nurseries were set up to grow the grass that was needed to resurface the stadium whenever the need arose.

It'll be better if these stadia have natural grass or hybrid pitches.

otipoju:


In a normal society,every local government ought to have a stadium .

Most secondary schools in the western world especially USA have their own stadiums, not to talk of Universities.

But Nigeria is not a normal society. Sports is big big business.

Some Nigerians dont understand this. Sports is business thats why our athletes are fleeing Abroad, because Nigeria has refused to invest in sports.

Thank God Akwa ibom state government is trying it's best to set up befitting sports infrastructures to encourage sports development.

Atouke:
We should start the bring back Mobil pegasus FC to Eket campaign.
Who remembers this club and will like to see it make a comeback?

Really great idea. Not only Mobil Pegasus, we also need to bring back the Mobil Athletics Championship and it should be held here.

naptu2:


That's the only possible mistake. They should do what Governor Akpabio did with the Akpabio International Stadium.

While the stadium was under construction, Governor Akpabio invited lots of experts to visit it regularly. These experts included Nigerian journalists, former footballers, etc. On one of those inspection tours, Governor Akpabio told Stephen Keshi that the stadium would have an artificial turf. Keshi screamed and advised the governor that it would be much better if the stadium had natural grass. The governor took Keshi's advice and the stadium was given a natural grass surface and nurseries were set up to grow the grass that was needed to resurface the stadium whenever the need arose.

It'll be better if these stadia have natural grass or hybrid pitches.

AKWA ibom already have 3 standard grass turf.
The Godswill Akpabio stadium and the training pitch.
Ikot Ekpene stadium has grass turf.

So what we need in the new stadium are artificial pitches.
The uyo township stadium is handled by moni Michelle, the company that fixed enyimba, bayelsa, bauchi and onikan stadium pitch. So it will be good.

The Eket stadium will have a standard artificial turf.
This will balance off so if the players are going to be facing opponents that play in grass turf, they can practice in grass, if they are facing and opponents that plays on artificial turf they can also practice on artificial turf.

Presently Akwa ibom state has no artificial turf stadium, but by the end of the year they will have two.