Special Report on Capital Projects in MAN Oron

Faced with poor facilities and correspondingly poor academic standards when he assumed office as Rector about four years ago, capital projects was what Commodore Duja Emmanuel Effedua (Rtd) concentrated on to change the story of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), located in Oron, Akwa Ibom State.

Facilities were in ramshackle and where available, basic teaching and learning tools were below international standards. The story of Oron was so dismal and alarming the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) came to the verge of shutting it down.

Apparently seeing his appointment to Oron as a rescue mission, Commodore Effedua practically hit the ground running. He began to revamp and rebuild, initiating new projects that accurately captured the vision statement of an academy established in 1977 as the Nautical College of Nigeria by the Federal government of Nigeria with assistance from the International Maritime Organisation.

In his mission for educational and structural transformation of Oron into a world-class training institution, Commodore Effedua has recorded a long list of capital projects that includes the construction of:

1. New Academic Block
2. Nautical Building/Administrative Block
3. Chart Room
4. New blocks of classrooms
5. Medical Centre
6. Medical Laboratory
7. Auditorium
8. Library Complex
9. ICT Centre
10. Acquisition of free laptops and Learning Materials for Cadets
11. Refectory
12. New Observation Post
13. Remodeling of Marine Engineering Classroom
14. New Marine Engineering Workshop
15. New Marine Engineering Drawing Room
16. Marine Engineering Laboratory
17. Electrical/Electronic Engineering Laboratory
18. Reconstruction of Survival Pool
19. Helicopter Underwater Training Equipment
20. Diving Tank
21. Decompression Chamber
22. Reconstruction of Sports Complex comprising Lawn Tennis Court, Basketball Court, Volleyball Court, Sports Pavilion
23. Cadet’s Ensuite Hostel
24. New Female Cadets Hostel
25. Worship Centres for Christians
26. Mosque
27. Reconstruction of Marine Engineering Office Block
28. Research & Development Centre
29. Reconstruction of Staff Quarters
30. New Recreation Park
31. Construction of Road 8
32. Reconstruction of Access Roads
33. Acquisition of brand new buses
34. Acquisition of Shuttle Buses

Document gathered by The Education Tide show that in June 2021 sent out invitation to tender for new more capital projects. In compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2007 the Academy invited interested and credible companies with relevant proven competence and experiences to submit tenders (Technical and Financial Bids) for the execution of the under-listed projects:

1. Upgrading of Security Fences
2. Landscaping of Phase III
3. Construction of 1 No. Block of Two Bedroom Storey Building for Senior Staff Accommodation
4. Construction of 1 No. Block of Two Bedroom Storey Building for Junior Staff Accommodation
5. Construction of Female Cadet Refectory
6. Construction of Rector’s Quarters
7. Construction of GYM for Staff and Cadets
8. Construction of Swimming Pool
9. Construction of Internal Road 13A at Phase III
10. Construction of Internal Road 14A at Phase III
11. Construction of Studio Flats
12. Provision/Installation of Projector and Smart Screen in the Cadet Smokeroom
13. Purchase of 1 No. 650 kVA Generator for COC/SSTC Quarters at Phase III
14. Purchase of 1 No. 650 kVA Generator for Motor transport Yard at Phase III
15. Purchase of 1 No. Fully Equipped Ambulance
16. Purchase of 1 No. Van
17. Furnishing of Offices and Classrooms
18. Supply and Installation of Equipment for Engineering Workshop
19. Supply and Installation of Equipment for School of Engineering Laboratories
20. Supply and Installation of Equipment for Marine Exhibition Hall
21. Furnishing of Shopping Mall Converted to Staff Quarters
22. Furnishing of Studio Flats
23. Furnishing of 100 Capacity Short Courses Building
24. Installation of Smart Board and ICT Learning Aids at COC (SSTC)
25. Installation of Equipment at COC (SSTC)
26. Furnishing of Academic Block