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Share THE Calabar-Itu highway, a federal link road connecting Cross River and Akwa Ibom states, has become a major eyesore following years of neglect by successive administrations. The deplorable state of the roads, according to some businessmen who daily ply the road from Aba to Uyo and Calabar for food business; garri, yam, rice and other farm edibles majorly produced in northern Cross River State, including Ugep, Ogoja, Odukpani, Obubura and Ikom, has dwindled the volume of trade between the two sister states and other parts of the South-South and South-East regions. “We have encountere...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey,Uyo THE Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, has slammed the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel and the three senators each from Cross River and Akwa Ibom states for not joining efforts to attract funding for the Calabar-Itu road. Enang also challenged all the 18 House of Representatives members; 10 from Akwa Ibom and eight from Cross River, to point to what they had contributed on the road. He threw the challenge on Saturday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, while fielding questions from newsmen at the Corr...