AGAIN, EIA ON 260KM SUPER HIGHWAY RUNS INTO HITCH

As the ding-dong affairs between the Cross River State government, the Federal Ministry of Environment and stakeholders on the proposed 260-kilometre Super Highway continues, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) project appears to have failed after a third attempt to get the document approved. Indications to this effect came to the fore Thursday during the stakeholders’ family meeting organised by the […]

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SUPER HIGHWAY PROJECT: CROSS RIVER COMMUNITIES AGAIN REJECTS EIA REPORT

The Ekuri communities in Cross River State, on Friday protested against the report of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the construction of a super highway in the state.The protesters, including women and children, rejected the report and urged the Federal Government not to honour it as submitted to it by the state government. They carried placards bearing different inscriptions, as […]

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PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN CALABAR OVER SUPERHIGHWAY ROAD PROJECT

Thousands of market women and youth groups on Wednesday took to the streets of Calabar in Cross River State to express their support for the State’s 260km superhighway project. A group of environmentalists and non-governmental organisations had protested against the construction of the highway, which made the Federal Government direct that work on the project be stopped until the completion […]

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