Akwa Ibom State
- Current Governor: Umo Eno
- Founded: September 23, 1987
- Area: 7,249 km2
- Capital: Uyo
- Geopolitical Zone: South South
- HD1 (2021): 0.608; medium, 17 of 37
- ISO 3166 code: NG-AK
- Population: 7,200,000
- Postal Code: 520001
- Official Website
- Slogan: Land of Promise
Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Akwa Ibom is a state in the south-southern part of Nigeria. It was formed from part of Cross River state in 1987. Akwa Ibom is bounded by Cross River State on the east, the Bight of Biafra of the Atlantic Ocean on the south, Rivers state on the west, Abia State on the west and north, and Ebonyi State on the north.
Population
As of 2006, Akwa Ibom had a population of over 3,920,2082.
Governors
- Tunde Ogbeha (Administrator, September 1987 - July 1988, Military)
- Godwin Abbe (Administrator, July 1988 - September 1990, Military)
- Idongesit Nkanga (Administrator, September 1990 - January 1992, Military)
- Akpan Isemin (Governor, January 1992 - November 1993, NRC)
- Yakubu Bako (Administrator, December 1993 - August 1996, Military)
- Joseph Adeusi (Administrator, August 1996 - August 1998, Military)
- John Ebiye (Administrator, August 1998 - May 1999, Military)
- Victor Attah (Governor, May 1999 - May 2007, PDP)
- Godswill Akpabio (Governor, May 2007 - May 2015, PDP)
- Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (Governor, May 2015 - May 2023, PDP)
- Umo Bassey Eno (Governor, May 2023 - Present, PDP)
