Peace has finally returned to the once-troubled land between Ugaga and Igbekurikor communities in Yala Local Government Area, as the Cross River State Government, led by Deputy Governor Peter Odey, officially stepped in to demarcate the boundary between the two brotherly villages.
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has clarified that no new states have been created, contrary to viral social media reports claiming the approval of 12 additional states.
Cross River State has commenced the Ogoja Open Defecation Free certification for 207 communities under the RUWATSSA-UNICEF sanitation programme to improve hygiene and public health.
A former Special Adviser to the immediate-past Governor of Cross River State on Cocoa Development and Control, Dr Oscar Ofuka, has said the proposed Ogoja State is economically viable and can be sustained through cocoa production and its value chain.
Agabi traced the historical context of state creation in Nigeria, stating that early agitations centred on the Middle Belt, Midwest and Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers (COR) states.
Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, representing Cross River North Senatorial District, has reaffirmed that the proposal for the creation of Ogoja State remains active and on course, despite its omission from a recently circulated preliminary list of proposed new states by the Senate Constitution Review Committee.
Advocates for the creation of Ogoja State from nine local government areas in northern Cross River State have stated that they will not oppose the inclusion of other ethnic groups from neighbouring states, including Benue, as long as due constitutional processes are followed.
At the meeting recently held at the office of Hon. Godwin Offiono, member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
By Frank Ulom OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – The former military administrator of old Rivers State, HE General Anthony Ukpo (rtd) has been nominated by Cross River North Elders Forum as chairman of a 13-man Committee for the creation of Ogoja State. In a statement, the Committee was inaugurated on Monday, October 5, 2020, at its Secretariat…
