In 2015, she started an empowerment scheme for widows which selected participants equally from all 31 local government areas of the State.
[2] She is a great mobilizer of women, who has worked passionately on issues of gender, the less privileged and the vulnerable members of the society.
She worked as a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Uyo, prior to her appointment as a Commissioner by the State government.
[4] She was appointed twice as commissioner for Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare in Akwa Ibom State.
[5] A star in her own right, Dr. Edet was adjudged the Best Graduating Student of the University of Uyo, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, during her first degree program.