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Ibom Medical City in Ibiono Ibom

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A medical complex planned around the 350-bed Ibom International Hospital. It is also meant to include a diagnostics centre, a pharmaceutical industry, a housing estate and an elderly home.

Key facts

Area of work: Health
LGA: Ibiono Ibom
Status: Ongoing
Where: Ikot Ada Idem
Hospital beds: 350
Building: 10-storey complex
Medical specialities: 62
Size: About 100 hectares
Main hospital: 350-bed Ibom International Hospital, 10 storeys
Foundation: 356 foundation piles
Project manager: Tokiye Integrated Medical Services (TIMS)
Location: Itak, Ikono, along Uyo-Ikot Ekpene Road (medical corridor)
Unveiled: June 2026, with the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate
Implementing ministries: Health, Housing and Special Duties
Specialty departments: 24

Photos

Aerial view of the Ibom International Hospital building under construction

Welcome gateway at the entrance to Ibom Medical City

The medical city site from above, with buildings going up

About the project

Ibom Medical City is a planned health complex of about 100 hectares on the ARISE medical corridor along the Uyo to Ikot Ekpene Road. Its centrepiece is the Ibom International Hospital, a 10-storey hospital with 350 beds.

The Akwa Ibom State Government under Governor Umo Eno is driving the project through the ministries of Health, Housing and Special Duties. Tokiye Integrated Medical Services (TIMS) is the project manager. The project was unveiled in June 2026, with the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, in attendance. The hospital foundation rests on 356 piles. Work is ongoing.

The hospital is planned as a top-level referral centre with specialist services such as cancer care, heart surgery, brain surgery, trauma care, orthopaedics and critical care. The wider medical city is planned to hold a diagnostics centre, pharmaceutical and laboratory facilities, housing for health workers, medical research and training centres, and a home for the elderly.

The project is expected to reduce the need for people to travel abroad for treatment, draw investment, and make the state a regional centre for health care. It is part of the health pillar of the ARISE Agenda.

The project at a glance

StatusOngoing

Capacity350 beds

Kind of workHealth

ServesPatients who need specialist care and 4 more

Project timeline

Plannedannounced or approved

Work startedsite work begins

Ongoingwork under way

Finishedcompleted or commissioned

What was built

350-bed Ibom International Hospital
10-storey complex for 62 medical specialities
Diagnostics centre
Pharmaceutical industry
Housing estate
Elderly home

Who it serves

People and places connected by this project.

Patients who need specialist careHealth
Residents of Ikot Ada Idem and nearby communities
Doctors, nurses and other health workersHealth
Older peopleHouseholds
Families of patientsHealth

Where it helps

Health access
Housing and shelter
Trade and income

Ibiono Ibom LGA at a glance

Where this project sits among all 13 projects recorded in Ibiono Ibom.

Completed 4Ongoing 7 (this project)Status not stated 2

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Health

Homes for vulnerable people

Schools

Jobs and business support

Impact Analysis

An assessment of the impact of these accomplishments on the people and communities.

For families and communities

The Medical City is meant to bring specialist care closer to people in Ibiono Ibom and the rest of the state. If it is built as planned, patients could find many kinds of treatment in one place, and older people would have a home within the same site.

For work and income

A complex of this kind can create work for health staff, builders and suppliers. The planned pharmaceutical industry and housing estate are meant to add business activity around Ikot Ada Idem.