[Leadership] On Wednesday December 18, 2025, during an interactive session with journalists at the quarterly meeting of the Akwa Ibom Council of Elders in Uyo, a former governor of the state and the one regarded as the father of modern Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, called for the establishment of a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) hub at the Uyo Airport, Akwa Ibom State, recently decorated with international status. Incidentally, the airport is named after him, as the brain behind its concept. He turned