Hello everyone, a happy new week to you all. How are you doing? I am myself, it's my first time sharing my blog with you all so let's get to know ourselves. I am @gracewealth01 here on Steemit but officially known as Gracia Ukoh, I am a student and base in Nigeria. Along the week I was privileged to attend the induction ceremony of my friend and I seized that opportunity to tour the site, come with me.

BRIEF HISTORY OF DAKKADA SKILLS ACQUISITION CENTRE

Dakkada Skills Acquisition Centre is a vocational training centre situated in Ikot Ada Idem, Ibiono Local Government, Akwa Ibom state. It is one of Nigeria's largest vocational training centre with fully equipped training facilities and dedicated trainers. It offers courses like Metal technology, Wood technology, Agriculture, Information and Communication Technology, Civil and Building Technology, Hospitality and Lifestyle Management.

![IMG-20250719-WA0036.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNqK4pLMvVKJ8JHdQ6Yw8CqxSpxusPBfu64DmW8bidQ8w/IMG-20250719-WA0036.jpg) ^{Dakkada Skills Acquisition Centre}

It was first established as Government Technical College in collaboration with World Bank and was later turned into Akwa Ibom state polytechnic engineering faculty but the facility experienced a close down and was later remodeled and opened as Dakkada Skills Acquisition Centre

I arrived at the Dakkada Skills Acquisition Centre and took a walk in with my friends, it's been long since I planned to tour the facility and know what's going on there but due to some restrictions, I couldn't tick that on my bucket list but was opportuned to tour the centre and it's facility with the help of my friend. I arrived late towards the closure of the event and met with my friend, congratulated him on his induction and after the event, I was taken around to tour the different faculties of the training centre. It was an amazing experience, I got to see the furniture, carpentry and wood technology faculty first where wood works are done.

![IMG-20250719-WA0037.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNZeY2JwYgG5B633Rir6VgbMrYMFDeHHkZpsr5166Re5z/IMG-20250719-WA0037.jpg) ![IMG-20250719-WA0040.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSbfwWYyLJRBHCUzhupx6X2YEvAEsK4pU5kKKFvt7HLq7/IMG-20250719-WA0040.jpg) ^{faculty where wood work is done}

The next stop was at the cattle range, poultry and a goat pen. I saw the feeds that chickens were feed with but was scared to go closer to the animals.

![IMG-20250719-WA0035.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXWcCRMDjjzdpKYEiXBZAuxTs8k1ttoSkGGML66WwtzMo/IMG-20250719-WA0035.jpg) ^{@gracewealth01 at the poultry} ![IMG-20250719-WA0038.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaFRjRVRuYXa3HYC74qSCyf6uZzSX7ANgsuuaEPiPxeJB/IMG-20250719-WA0038.jpg) ![IMG-20250719-WA0041.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWkzPJTF1785LaGiJbTKiXmR3tBkowpN3UMG31uPa1cGr/IMG-20250719-WA0041.jpg) ![IMG-20250719-WA0039.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmU6aZ1FMEghf4LXpZXWmibdSWj9CUv1aLsfAjmS5q3x88/IMG-20250719-WA0039.jpg) ^{cattle range, poultry and a goat pen}

It was a long tour and towards evening when I was exhausted from the tour, my team and I left the school and went to a place where the celebration would be continued. We went to a local drink joint and amazingly, they had smoked fish there. We got sitted and placed order for drinks and fish, the table was rounded with drinks and fish to complement.

![IMG-20250719-WA0008.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQFSU4UbwUX5giUBajBGKoMRcek2oxunzC8khxFvcsFK2/IMG-20250719-WA0008.jpg) ![IMG-20250719-WA0010.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNj3MrJiU1APDV2JYxm2AcQRe8j6mVLFTjjC2hphC1m1A/IMG-20250719-WA0010.jpg) ![IMG-20250719-WA0009.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNYmvMBgvEvuMsSExDXkvcWGjJdaR6mw4C1tSeVCFeLjn/IMG-20250719-WA0009.jpg) ^{local joint where drinks and smoked fish is sold}

it was indeed a great experience,we enjoyed ourselves to the fullest and in the late evening I returned home to rest. I first had my bath when I got home and with how filled my tummy was, I couldn't eat anymore thing, I retired to bed for the day. Thanks besties for reading, hope to see you on my next blog.

## SHALOM ✌️