Gov Otu Appoints 13-Member Committee to Review Carnival Calabar and Annual Festivals

Calabar, Nigeria – Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has approved the appointment of a 13-member committee to provide a postmortem on Carnival Calabar and the Annual Festival Concept after 20 years of hosting. The approval which was given on Friday is in furtherance to the Governor’s commitment to improve concepts and policies of government….

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Bakassi LGA Cannot Be Delisted from Cross River, Gov Otu Tells Agitators

Bakassi LGA Cannot Be Delisted from Cross River, Gov Otu Tells Agitators

By  Magnus Effiong Governor Bassey Otu has rejected agitations from a group, Indigenous Displaced People of Bakassi Communities (IDPBC), which penultimate week, wrote to President Bola Tinubu demanding that Bakassi local government area be delisted from among the 18 local government areas in Cross River state. Governor Otu said the agitators may have been dissidents…

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Governor Otu Renames Operation Akpakwu to Operation Okwok, Distributes 30 Vehicles

Governor Bassey Edet Otu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to security in Cross River State by renaming the state’s joint security outfit from Operation Akpakwu to Operation Okwok and equipping it with 30 operational vehicles. This marks the first phase of a larger plan to deploy a total of 100 vehicles to enhance security operations…

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