Samuel Bill Secondary School Sets To Reopen After 33 Years Closure

Plans have been concluded to reopen Samuel Bill Secondary School, Abak in Akwa Ibom State for academic exercise 33 years after it was shut down as a result of students’ unrest.

President of the Alumni Association, Churchill Udoh, who disclosed this, said the school would throw its gates open again during the next academic session beginning from September 2021.

The Qua Iboe Church-owned school was shut down in 1989 after students’ demonstration and since then its doors have remained under keys and lock

Speaking at the 12th annual alumni reunion at the weekend, Udoh recounted that the school operated for only ten years from 1979, before the sad incident, explaining that due to the quality of learning they received, many graduates of the school are today in various leadership positions in government, business, professional practice and church administration.

Speaking separately, the churches’ leaders assured the alumni of their unalloyed support to the school.

During the reunion ceremony, Reverend Samuel Udeme Ebukiba, the Conference Chairman of the United Evangelical Church was inducted as honorary member, Samuel Bill Old Boys Association (SOBA), and the awardee was decorated by Reverend Ekpedeme Effanga, Conference Chairman, Qua Iboe Church, who is also an honorary member of the association earlier inducted in 2017.

The honorary membership award is the highest honor given to a non-student and the award is given in recognition of the contributions and commitment to the mission of the Late Samuel Alexander Bill.