In faraway Morocco, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State Nigeria revealed he does not know the width of his own super highway or the number of communities he is displacing! The Governor, a Prof of Environmental sciences also brushed off the destruction of much of Nigeria's last forest reserves and carbon sink noting he did not see forests as he drove to the #COP22 venue.
 |
| The pink shaded bit is the superhighway and its buffer zone. 25% of Cross River State |
This startling revelation was made by the Governor at the Climate Change conference in Marrakesh COP22.
Governor Ayade said to the media, "The Super Highway only takes 85 metres with 35 metres"
Governor Ayade further claims he is the ONLY Governor in Nigeria that is working, he said, "Normally, this is a time that no state is doing any developmental project"
He then asks for applause.
"for me to develop a six-lane super highway on 35 meters’ corridor across 261 kilometres, it calls for celebration not condemnation."
Governor Ayade carefully avoided mention of the published Cross RIver Govt notice of revocation dated January 22nd 2016 stating the super highway land seized for overriding public interest is 400km wide with an extra 10km seized on either side. 20.4km total. This is very different from his 35m - 85m wide claim.
 |
| RRDC an ngo run by Odey Oyama takes map and revocation notice to communities |
185 communities have been dispossessed without due consultation.
The Morocco declaration of Governor Ayade which is at variance with the revocation notice of January 22nd throws more confusion on thier plight. .
Find attached copies of Government of Cross River revocation notice over. It is advisable to check if community or personal land has been seized in either the 400metre road clearance or the 20km wide buffer zone starting at Bakassi and emptying at Benue.
 |
| Cross River Govt revocation notice pg1 |
 |
| Cross River State Govt Revocation Notice pg 2 |
The highway has project (earlier halted by the Fed Minstry of Environment for proceeding without an EIA) has been beset with accusations of land grabbing, unprecedented human displacement, funding source opacity, deforestation, disregard for due process, and other issues yet to be responded to.
read more on his Morocco statements here.
for a background on the matter more here Pressure mounts against Cross River super highway project
and here Will the Ax Fall on Nigeria’s National Parks
 |
| Affected led by Odigha present 245,000 global & local highway protest signatures to the President via Environment Ministry |
Video
Community member speak
No comments:
Post a Comment