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4 Strategic Priorities

What Our Priorities

Digital Transformation of Cooperative Services

We streamline registration, CUIN issuance, and cooperative data management through modern, user-friendly digital platforms.

Empowering Through Corporate Training and Education

Expand the reach of the community-based training programs to build capacity in entrepreneurship, leadership, and agribusiness.

Highly Inclusive Economic Development

Support women-led, youth-driven, and rural-based cooperative societies through grants, market access, and infrastructure development.

Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement

Foster collaborations with LGAs, donor agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to amplify impact and scale rural development initiatives.

Driving cooperative growth and rural prosperity across Akwa Ibom.

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programs & initiatives.

Special Adviser to the Governor

Rt. Hon. Alice Ekpenyong

As we chart the course for cooperative-driven development across Akwa Ibom State, our focus remains clear: to build strong, resilient, and inclusive communities through structured cooperative societies. Under the leadership of His Excellency, Governor Umo Eno, we are committed to transforming rural economies, empowering local entrepreneurs, and creating real opportunities for growth across all 31 LGAs.

We believe every fisherman, farmer, market woman, and youth deserves the tools, training, and infrastructure needed to thrive. Through initiatives like the AK-COOPTS 2025–2030 strategy, digital registration portals, and the Cooperative College, we are laying the foundation for a new cooperative era—transparent, technology-enabled, and people-centered.

Let’s build together. Let’s grow together. Let’s rise together.

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Upcoming Events

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15 May 2025
Conference

From Land to Market: Agribusiness Acceleration Summit

May 15, 2025 @ 09:00 - 02:00
Ikot Ekpene Rural Development Hub
11 May 2025
Conference

Empowering Cooperatives for Sustainable Growth

May 11, 2025 @ 15:00 - 19:00
Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat Complex in Uyo, Akwa Ibom

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Ministry of Cooperatives & Rural Development, Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat Complex in Uyo, Akwa Ibom

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