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There
are three museum and monument in Akwa Ibom State which hold
the relics of ethnic works of arts and history of the
cultural heritage of the people of Akwa Ibom State. The
museums are located in Uyo, Oron and Ikot Udo Essang in Onna
Local Government of the State.
Uyo National Museum
The
museum at Uyo preserves all the relics of the Military
Administration of the State well as the State’s heritage
of arts and culture. It is located at the Wellington Bassey
Way end of Governor’s Office.
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Relics of the First
Military Administration of the State
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Artifacts on display at
Uyo National Museum
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The
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The museum at Oron is the
National Museum and Monuments. It is located at the Oron
road end of Oron beach and has a rich collection of enthon-graphic,
numismatic, arts and cultural heritage of Akwa Ibom State.
The
museum at Ikot Udo Essang in Onna Local Government Area has
personal collections of Cross ethnic works of arts and
ethnographic, numismatic, traditional royal regalia of late
Chief (Dr.) Clement Nyong Isong, the first Nigerian Central
Bank Governor and first Civilian Governor of Cross River
State before the creation of Akwa Ibom State which he
donated to his State of origin. The museum and monument are
available for research, for both youths and adults.
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Together we Shall Prosper |
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His Excellency, Barr. Godswill Obot Akpabio
The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State |
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It is with utmost gratitude to God and
immeasurable joy that I stand before you today as your Executive
Governor. On behalf of my wife, your first lady; my entire family, my
deputy and his dear wife, I thank you, my people, for voting en masse for
PDP in the general elections of April 14 and 21/26/2007. I salute your
maturity, courage and peaceful disposition during and after the
elections. I salute you for reposing your confidence in me right from the
primaries of December 14, 2006 and bringing it to a climax on April 14,
2007. I assure you that your decision shall never be in vain. Today, we
celebrate our self-worth as a people and our ability to strengthen
democratic ideals by voting according to our conscience. We have taken
the right step in our march towards a glorious future.
Fellow citizens, this is a new era
signifying a renewal and symbolizing an end as well as a beginning. Above
all, we are witnessing, not just the beginning of another chapter of
history but beholding the actualization of God’s will in Akwa Ibom
State.
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