Ahead of the Calabar carnival, the Government of Cross River State has rolled out plans to carry out palliative work on major federal roads to ease human, vehicular movement and traffic congestion within the capital city.
This development was announced by the executive secretary of the state’s Carnival Commission, Austine Cobham, at a news conference in Calabar on Monday.
Mr Cobham particularly noted that the state would carry out remedial work on the Odukpani/Itu road and Ikom/Calabar highways.
He emphasized that the state government was not unmindful of the fact that the roads had already been contracted out by the federal government.
Mr Cobham maintained that the government would work on the bad sections of those highways to ease movement in and out of Calabar during the carnival.
The executive secretary also said some internal roads across the state were being rehabilitated by the Governor Bassey Out-led administration.
“We are aware that there are contractors already working on Itu/Odukpani road, but ours is to offer palliative on the bad portions for seamless movement during the carnival. We are doing same on Calabar/Ikom road,” he stated.
Similarly, Mr Cobham disclosed that the state-owned airline, Cally Air, would be positioned to offer services to people during the 32-day carnival, “Ours is to ensure that our airline is there to offer services in and out of the state during the carnival”, he said.
“The aircraft will fly from Calabar and sleep in Calabar. We are working against flight cancellation and other airline hitches.”
The 32-day carnival is scheduled to commence on December 1.
|People’s Gazette
