Our Location
About ABAK TOWN
The Host City of EL-THOMP College
EL-THOMP College is located in the heart of Abak Town, the administrative headquarters of Abak Local Government Area. Abak
Town is approximately fifteen (15) km from Uyo, capital city of Akwa-Ibom State. Abak Town is the closest local government
headquarters to Uyo Capital City of all the thirty one (31) L.G.A. headquarters in the State. By virtue of its proximity to the capital city,
Abak inhabitants benefit from all social facilities available in Uyo Municipality which include hotels, hospitals, recreation centers, housing,
and shopping malls. This complements the existing social facilities in Abak Town. The 15km Abak/Uyo road was recently dualized and
electrified.
EL-THOMP College is equipped with a comfortable administrative complex, staff offices, standard classrooms, a standard library,
Information Communication Technology (ICT), a medical clinic, a recreation center, stand-by generators and potable water, all housed
in a very serene, conducive and secured environment for teaching, learning, and research with sufficient undeveloped area for expansion.
The local community is very friendly. The college stands to benefit from the existing updated educational facilities in Uyo municipality
which include: Federal University of Uyo (UNIUYO), University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), E-Library complex (the first of its
kind in West Africa, a modern specialist hospital (presently under construction) and Olympic-size stadium, an international golf course
etc. Other complementary facilities include world class tourist centers, resorts, forest reserves in addition to over twenty (20) public and
private secondary schools.
Abak Town therefore provides an enabling environment for EL-THOMP College to achieve its educational goals and objectives as
highlighted in its Vision/Mission statement.
About Akwa-Ibom State
The Land of Promise
Culture, Resource Potential for meaningful Teaching, Learning and Research With a population of 3,902, 051 (Male: 1,983,202; Female: 1,918,849) (†NPC 2006) and covering a land area of 8,412 km2, Akwa-Ibom State (the Land of Promise) (Fig. 3) lies between latitudes 4°321 and 5°331 North, and longitudes 7°251 and 8°251 East. Akwa-Ibom State is bordered on the east by Cross River State, on the west by Rivers State and Abia State, and on the South by the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost tip of Cross River State; stretching from Ikot-Abasi to Oron.
The State has its administrative headquarters at Uyo and is one of the thirty six (36) states in the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fig. 3). It is characterized with a sandy deltaic coastal plain of the Guinea Coast, about 129 km span of ocean front and natural river basins which comprise the entire Qua-Iboe River Basin, the western part of the lower Cross River Basin and the eastern part of the lower Imo River Basin.
Its topography comprises a low-lying flat landscape which is predominated with coastal plain sediments and marine, deltaic, estuarine, lagoonal and fluvio-lacustrine materials ( ‡ Peters et al. 1994). Conversely, the northern parts of the State, especially Ini and Itu Local Government Areas, are profoundly undulating with highly elevated, steeply sloping landscapes. The state enjoys a large expanse of tropical rain forests with other natural resources which include huge deposits of limestone, crude petroleum and gas. In Nigeria, AkwaIbom state is second in crude oil exploration and production. Mobil, Shell and Elf Petroleum companies are at the fore-front of exploration.
Although the topography of the State poses challenges for road engineering construction, the wetlands of Akwa-Ibom are ideal for swamp and river basin agriculture while the dynamic culture of the people, evidenced in arts and crafts (Ikot Ekpene – Raffia City etc.), folklores, songs and traditions, highlights a people ready to learn and develop in the new age of science and technology.
EL-THOMP College is therefore comfortably placed to benefit from the vast human, materials and cultural heritage of Akwa-Ibom State and the Nigerian Nation in providing a conducive teaching, learning and research environment.
†National Population Census. 2006. http://population.gov.ng/ (accessed 03/24/2014) ‡Peters, S., E. Iwok, and O. Uya. 1994. Akwa-Ibom State: The Land of Promise: A compendium. Gabumo Pub. Company Ltd. 239–55.