Calabar, Nigeria – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is set to donate 70 sets of waste bins to the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) in an ongoing effort to complement the state’s drive towards effective waste management.
According to Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, Commissioner Representing the Cross River State in NDDC Board, the waste bins arrived in the state on Sunday, 9th March 2025.
Converseer reports that the interventionist agency had pledged 300 refuse bins to Cross River as part of a broader commitment to foster environmental sustainability and public health initiatives in the Niger Delta region through effective waste disposal.
In February 2024, the first batch consisting of 13 waste bins was delivered to the state. In June a second batch of 10 waste bins were delivered, 30 dumpsters came in December of the same year, and 15 were brought in January 2025, and this latest arrival of 70, bringing the total waste bins delivered so far to 138.
In his remarks, Duke affirmed that the Commission “Will donate 300 bins in total to cover the whole of Cross River State.”
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