On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the Cross River State Executive Council convened under the direction of Governor Senator Bassey Otu. During the meeting, the council approved several development initiatives, such as building necessary roads and intervening in infrastructure within the state’s three senatorial districts.
In his opening remarks, Governor Otu stated that while the public’s perception of his administration’s performance is unquestionably favourable, commissioners and other state executive council members ought to step up their efforts to guarantee long-term advantages for the populace.
The state’s Commissioner for Works, Pius Ankpo, who briefed journalists after the monthly state executive council meeting in Calabar, spoke on the approval given for intervention and construction of some key roads across the three senatorial districts.
Ankpo disclosed that the approved memo, tagged: “Aggregate Infrastructural Interest,” would bring significant development across the three senatorial districts of the state.
The works commissioner disclosed that the road network in the northern region of the state, which includes the Yache-Alifokpa road, the Ukelle road, and the Akreha bridge, will be repaired in Ogoja and Yala local government areas.
In the central senatorial district, Yakurr and Ikom LGAs have been earmarked for massive road interventions.
The works commissioner informed that approval was also given for the construction of Adiabo-Ikoneto bridge, which was initiated during the military era in the 90s, but abandoned by successive federal governments.
Ankpo noted that the bridge, when completed, would serve as a better alternative to the Calabar-Odukpani Junction-Itu federal highway, as an easier route into and out from Calabar to Akwa Ibom.
“I want to thank Governor Otu and other members of the state executive council for their support and approval to the projects, which are for the good of the people of the state,” stated the commissioner of works.
