Tales Of Sorrow And Loses Between January and April 2024, Cross River State has recorded about 10 fire incidents. In 2022, the Federal Fire Service recorded 20 fire incidents and losses worth N9 billion naira. Similarly, the Cross River State Fire Service (CRSFS), says it has recorded more than 200 fire incidents between 2019 and 2023 in the State, most of which were not successfully put under control, spelling doom for business.
Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate has reaffirmed that Nigeria’s unity remains non-negotiable despite numerous calls by some groups and individus for the country to disintegrate.
DAILY POST reports that during an interview with newsmen in his ancestral home at the official inauguration of NTA Community Station, Gashu’a, Yobe state, the Chief lawmaker assured that Nigeria would continue to be one.
He expresses displeasure on how some elites in the country were fueling agitations for the disunity of Nigeria.
“When I say that the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable, I mean that Nigeria will continue to be one.
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About 200 traders at the Ika Ika Oqua Market, popularly known as Marian Market, along Marian road in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River State wept uncontrollably over the demolition of their shops and makeshift structures.
DAILY POST gathered that the shops were demolished on Sunday, even as the owners alleged that most of their wares were destroyed alongside the shops.
But the Commissioner for Environment, Hon Nfon Bassey said the general clean-up exercise was to make the market clean, hygienically excellent and safe.
“We are just doing a general clean-up around the Ika Ika Oqua market. As you can see, people have come to build shanties around the market and on the road, and they turned the place into a shopping centre. You can see even behind me, part of the coal-tar is being used as a refuse dump which is supposed not to be so. Before today, when you come around the market, there was no road.
The Cross River State Governnent on Sunday demolished over 200 illegal structures at the popular Ika Ika Oqua Market (Marian Market) along Marian road, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of the state.
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By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar
The Cross River State Governnent on Sunday demolished over 200 illegal structures at the popular Ika Ika Oqua Market (Marian Market) along Marian road, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of the state.
Vanguard learned that most of the illegal structures owned by some traders not only obstruct vehicular movement but also constitutes huge nuisance because drainages have been blocked making the environment unhygienic.
Speaking with newsmen on Sunday at the Ika Ika Oqua Market, the Commisioner for Environment, Hon Nfon Bassey, said the general clean up exercise was to make the market clean, hygienically excellent and safe as compared to markets of it’s kind.