The people of Ikpa town in Esit Eket Local Government area has sent an SOS to the Government of the state calling on the relevant authorities to please come to their aid and stop the ongoing erosion menace that is threatening to cut off the community.
In a release signed by the village head, Chief S B Ekpenekong, Prince Etim Abraham Eno village Council Secretary, Prince Amos Enyiekpon Asubop the village council secretary, Mr. F J Eyo who represented Idung Eyo Abidua and Chief Udo T. Onwong, they averred that, “the village council had written to the Hon. Commissioner for Environment about this more that 45 metres deep erosion menace. In response, the Hon. Commissioner had sent his team of Engineers to the area for inspection and a report was written. That report we believe is in the file of Ministry of the Environment, Uyo.
Our thinking was that it was based on his visit that a contract for the correction of this anomaly was awarded”. The group maintained further that, This Erosion will soon wash off our Town and the Highway leading to Iko Obio Esuk Oil Field, still in our community if urgent steps are not taken by Government and relevant authorities to contend this menace which is spreading at an alarming rate. MORE DETAILS ON PAGE 14
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