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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