Eket

Eket wani birni ne na daɗaɗɗen tarihi a cikin jihar Akwa Ibom, Nijeriya. Mutanen Ekid, wanda suke ƙarƙashin kabilun Ibibio, sun zauna a wannan yankin teku na Atlantika tun kafin zuwan Turawa. Suna da alaka da noma da kuma kamun kifi a cikin kogin Qua Iboe, wanda Portugal sun zo wurinsa a karshen karni na goma sha biyar. Tarihin baka ya nuna cewa sun kasance a nan tsawon karnoni, tare da tsarin zamantakewa na musamman da ke karkashin jagorantar manyan mazan jama'a.

A shekarar 1884, sarakunan Eket sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar kishin kasa da Birtaniya, wanda ya sa yankin ya zama cikin kula masu zaman kansu na Oil Rivers. A shekarar 1894 an kafa Qua Iboe District tare da Eket a matsayin hedikwata, kuma a shekarar 1916 an ƙirƙira Eket Division. Wannan ya kawo ci gaban ilimi da addinin Kirista ta hanyar Qua Iboe Mission da Reverend Samuel Bill ya kafa a shekarar 1887, wanda ya canza rayuwar al'umma ta hanyar sanarwa da koyon Turanci.

A yau, Eket ya zama babban cibiyar tattalin arzikin mai a kudu maso gabashin Nijeriya, musamman bayan kamfanin Mobil ya fara aiki a nan a shekarun 1960. Birnin yana da filin jiragen sama, filin wasa, da hanyoyin sadarwa masu kyau. A shekarar 1989 an raba Eket LGA zuwa ƙananan hukumomi daban-daban, amma har yanzu yana da muhimmanci a matsayin babban birni na biyu mafi girma a jihar Akwa Ibom.