Uyo
is a city in south-eastern Nigeria and is the capital of Akwa Ibom
State, a major oil producing state of Nigeria. The city became a capital
of Akwa Ibom State on September 23, 1987 following the creation of
Cross River State. The University of Uyo resides in this city. The
population of Uyo, according to the 2006 Nigerian Census which comprises
Uyo and Itu, is 436,606. while the urban Area, including Uruan, is
554,906
The city can be accessed by road via the A342 highway, as well as
Abak Road, Nwaniba Road, Itu Road, and Aka Road. Nearby airports include
the Uyo Airport, also known as the Akwa Ibom International Airport.
Uyo is a fast growing city, as the city has witnessed massive
infrastructural growth in the past nine years. It has an intensive
network of divided highways, such as the IBB Way, Atiku Abubakar Avenue,
Udo Udoma Avenue, Nsikak Eduok Avenue, and Edet Akpan Avenue which is
an eight-lane superhighway and currently the widest road in the Uyo
metropolis.[citation needed] Currently, flyovers are being constructed
to ease traffic. Three flyovers have already been completed at the Itam
axis of the urban area which is under Itu jurisdiction. Plans are in
process for more flyovers as well as ongoing dualisation of Aka road,
ongoing construction of Ring Road 3 with flyovers (a portion of it will
be ten lanes) and the dualisation of Wellingtion Bassey Way.
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