The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Akwa Ibom State, Mrs.Grace Akpan has been honoured with the Ambassador of Culture and Tourism Award.
The award was presented to her by the Association of Beauty Queens and Kings during the 2024 Queens Summit with the theme, ‘The Productive Queen’, held recently in Uyo, the state capital.
Presenting the award to the permanent secretary at the occasion, the National President of the association, Ambassador Ukeme Michael said, the award was in recognition of the contributions of Akpan towards the development of tourism in the state since her assumption of duties in the ministry.
Michael extolled the sterling qualities of the permanent secretary, who he said is an inspiration to many particularly the Queens who see her as “a productive Girl-child who has grown in her career-line to the peak by dint of hardwork, dedication and commitment to duties”.
He congratulated her on the award disclosing that, the honour goes with the title of ‘Queen’ as it comes from the stable of Queens Association and urged her to remain a model and mentor to aspiring Queens among the enclave of the Girl-child.
In her response, the permanent secretary expressed deep appreciation to the association for finding her worthy as a role model and mentor to the Queens and of course the Girl-child and pledged her readiness to gear her efforts and energy in the expected direction.
Represented by the Director of Tourism, Mrs. Christy Enoch at the occasion, the permanent secretary commended the association for the well thought out theme of the summit and implored all the Queens to occupy themselves in gainful entrepreneurial skills in keeping with the entrepreneurial development plank of the ARISE Agenda of the Governor Umo Eno-led administration.
The event was attended by Directors of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Akwa Ibom State as well as Queens across the nine states of the association and the Federal Capital Territory.
