By Ekemini Simon, TheMail While Lafarge Africa PLC boasts of a humane environmental policy in her mining operations, this investigation by TheMail unravels the nexus between illegal and unhealthy practices by the company, the government’s gross regulatory failure, and untold hardship in Mfamosing, a solid mineral-rich community in Akamkpa, Cross River State. Idaraobong Udo a
By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi Cross River State has over 2,000,000 hectares of rainforest originally found in the State and perhaps the primary rainforest remaining was only 729,000 hectares. The rainforest has important biophysical properties which affect local, regional and global environment quality. Cross River State has a deforestation rate of two percent per annum, a
It all started like a dream which no one knew the interpretation or aftermath. It is the month of March 2019 and the peaceful community of Okambi is recovering from the hustle and bustle of the New Year and just days after the General Elections where the Governor had been generously handed a second term
By Geoffery Gogo The Cross River state government and conservationists have continued to disagree over what will be the impact of the 23 conditions handed the state to meet before resumption of work at the 275km SuperHighway. While the conservationists doubt government ability to meet those conditions with some even arguing against the construction of
Being a text of the speech of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River at the stakeholders forum meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Environment on the Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed 260km superhighway project as transcribed by Solomon Asha. On Thursday, March 16, 2017, the Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja organized a stakeholders’
By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government Thursday in Calabar said the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the proposed 260km Superhighway presented by Cross River State government failed to meet international standards. The Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibrin disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting organized by the ministry in Calabar and accused the
By Jonathan Ugbal The organised labor in Cross River State Wednesday issued a 21 day ultimatum to the federal government on the release and subsequent approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the signature projects of the Governor Ben Ayade led government. The organised labor, an umbrella for the Nigeria Labour Congress
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Federal Ministry of Environment has insisted that work will not continue on the 260km Super Highway from Calabar to Obudu until the Cross River State government is able to complete the Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA. Since the commencement of work on the project which is one of Governor Ayade’s signature projects,