Eno Gives Contractor Three Months to Complete Delayed Uyo Luxury Estate
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has issued a three-month deadline for the completion of the Ewet Luxury Garden Estate in Uyo after the housing project missed successive delivery dates.
The governor expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of construction during an unscheduled inspection and warned that the contract awarded to Western Legacy Investment Limited could be terminated if the new targets were not met.
Eno directed the Commissioner for Special Duties, Emem Bob, to ensure that 12 buildings were completed and handed over every month, beginning in September.
The estate comprises 35 five-bedroom detached duplexes constructed on approximately 3.5 hectares of land. Planned facilities include boys’ quarters, recreational areas, walkways, offices, parking spaces, a security house, a 100-capacity multipurpose hall and a central power system.
Construction was inaugurated in July 2024 with an initial completion period of eight months, placing the original delivery date around March 2025. However, the deadline passed without the estate being completed and handed over.
In April 2026, the state government announced that the houses would be ready within two months. The contractor’s managing director, Kunle Adelipa, also pledged to meet the 60-day target, but the development remained unfinished beyond that period.
A review of Akwa Ibom State’s publicly available budget documents shows that the project received combined provisions of ₦10.32 billion in 2025 and 2026.
The 2025 budget provided ₦4.434 billion for internal roads and external works and another ₦5 billion for apartments, commercial offices and a luxury park. An additional ₦886.18 million was included in the 2026 budget.
However, the ₦10.32 billion represents budgetary provisions and should not automatically be interpreted as the amount released or paid to the contractor. The actual disbursements, contract sum and full procurement records have not been publicly clarified.
The estate was conceived as a commercial real estate investment, with the homes intended for outright sale rather than allocation as subsidised public housing.
The latest ultimatum creates another delivery test for a development already running more than a year behind its original completion schedule.
