By Our Reporter The Cross River State Government has announced Saturday, July 27, 2019 as environmental sanitation day. His was contained in a statement issued by the immediate past commissioner for tourism in the State, Mr. Eric Anderson who currently heads a group of people tasked to take care of cleanliness and refuse evacuation issues.
By David Nsa A Resident in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital, has called on the State Ministry of Environment to trim the overgrown trees in Calabar metropolis, especially that of Mary Slessor Avenue Calabar (former Zoo Garden to the roundabout). Mr. Tom Alim who took to his Facebook wall Wednesday morning said that the
By Jonathan Ugbal An environmentalist, Mr. Santos Odey has called on the Cross River State government to act fast in the regeneration of the depleted forest reserve that surrounded the Lugard wall. The Lugard wall was a physical boundary that separated the northern and southern protectorates and serves as boundary between present day Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike has commended Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari for looking beyond party lines to approve the appointment of the transaction adviser for the Bakassi deep seaport. Mr. Wike stated this Wednesday afternoon in Calabar, the Cross River State capital shortly after a meeting with his
By Our Reporter No fewer than 100 houses in Ikot Effangha Mkpa Community Estate 2 in Calabar municipality are under threat of submerging due to the deep gully erosion threatening the area. The gully erosion site which have cut down one of the two main access roads into the estate, have also prevented resident in
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The urban forest guards created by the administration of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has been renamed ‘Green Sheriff’. Governor Ayade told Government House Correspondents last week that the use of the term ‘Police’ in the initial name “Green Police” was a bit harsh contrary to opinion that
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The rerouting of the 260 km superhighway proposed by the Cross River State Government from the Cross River National Park and Ekuri forest reserves has been commended by the World Bank. The Practice Manager for Environment at the World Bank office in Washington DC, Benoit Bosquet gave the commendation
By Aplefe Ojong The Cross River State Government says it is putting structures that will allow city irrigation systems as measures to ensure the capital city of Calabar remains green all year round. The Commissioner for Environment, Engineer Mike Eraye disclosed this Saturday, in Calabar while supervising the on going work of replanting trees and