Unity Park upgrade and Ibom Kitchen

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Unity Park on Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo, is being turned into a tourism and leisure park with Ibom Kitchen, fountains, a pond, walkways, toilets, gates and solar street lights, while keeping open space for sport.

Key facts

Area of work: Tourism and recreation
LGA: Uyo
Status: Ongoing
Where: Unity Park, Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo
Location: Unity Park, Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo
New feature: Ibom Kitchen, a food and cooking facility
Entrances: Six gates and a dual carriageway entrance road
Toilets: Seven, placed around the park
Also in the park: 20,000-capacity amphitheatre and the Ibibio Union Museum
Progress: Roof frames up on the main buildings, pond dug and entrance road under way (October 2026)
Progress: 50% done
History: Started by this administration

Photos

Unity Park from the air, with the new entrance road, gates and buildings going up

The new buildings beside the pond, with the Udo Udoma Avenue fence line

Main building with its curved steel roof frame and green roofing

Builders on the roof frame and scaffolding of the main building

Inside the main building, with the curved roof beam in place

Main building and side wings seen from above

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Front of the main building with blockwork for the outer wall

Main building and gatehouse during roofing

The pond, main building and toilet block seen from above

Main building and side block from the front yard

Governor Umo Eno looks over the plans with the builders

About the project

Unity Park is a large public park on Udo Udoma Avenue in Uyo, Uyo Local Government Area. Until recently it was mostly an open field used for football and as an afternoon resting place for tricycle riders. The Akwa Ibom State Government under Governor Umo Eno is now turning it into a place for tourism, entertainment and family leisure.

The newest addition is Ibom Kitchen, a food and cooking facility, built alongside other leisure and support facilities. Work was under way in October 2026, with the steel roof frames of the main buildings up and the roofing, grounds, pond and entrance road still in progress.

The work includes an artificial pond that collects rain water running off the ground, sit-outs, landscaped walkways with flowers and trees, a children's fountain and a large fountain with lighting behind it. There is also a police post, six new entrance gates, a dual carriageway main entrance road, seven toilets placed around the park and solar street lights. The Ibibio Union Museum is being renovated, and a hotel mock-up room is part of the work.

A large part of the green space is being kept for football, aerobics and other outdoor exercise, so the park still serves the people who use it every day. These new features add to the earlier fencing of the park and the 20,000-capacity amphitheatre built there for the Christmas Village and other big events.

The upgrade is meant to give residents and visitors an attractive place to relax outdoors, bring more visitors to Uyo and grow tourism and the leisure economy under the ARISE Agenda.

The project at a glance

StatusOngoing

WhereUnity Park

Kind of workTourism and recreation

ServesFamilies and residents of Uyo and 4 more

Project timeline

Plannedannounced or approved

Work startedsite work begins

Ongoingwork under way

Finishedcompleted or commissioned

What was built

Ibom Kitchen
Artificial pond for rain water run-off
Sit-outs and landscaped walkways with flowers and trees
Children's fountain
Main fountain with background lighting
Police post
Six entrance gates
Dual carriageway main entrance road
Seven toilets around the park
Solar street lights
Renovation of the Ibibio Union Museum
Hotel mock-up room
Green space kept for football and exercise

Who it serves

People and places connected by this project.

Families and residents of UyoHouseholds
Visitors and tourists
Footballers and people who exercise in the park
Food sellers, cooks and hospitality workersHealth
Event organisers and performers

Where it helps

Health access
Safety and security
Trade and income
Water and sanitation

Uyo LGA at a glance

Where this project sits among all 52 projects recorded in Uyo.

Completed 23Ongoing 28 (this project)Status not stated 1

Roads and bridges

Government and public buildings

Tourism and recreation

Flood and erosion control

Homes for vulnerable people

Impact Analysis

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

For families and communities

Families get a safe, well-lit park with fountains, walkways, toilets and a police post, while the open field stays free for football and exercise.

For work and income

Ibom Kitchen, the hotel mock-up room and more visitors to the park can create work for cooks, traders, hospitality staff and the people who run events in Uyo.