Man buried in mud, baby swept away, 10 perish as pains ‘rain’ in Calabar

While commending the swift response of relevant agencies, the Deputy Governor disclosed that officials of the National Emergency Management Agency , NEMA, currently in Cross River State, had already ed the scene, stressing that close collaboration between the state and Federal Government would be indispensable in tackling the crisis.” He further noted that Cross River had long been identified by the Federal Government as one of Nigeria’s environmentally vulnerable states during its hazard mapping exercise, adding that recent events had sadly confirmed those predictions.

I will be meeting with them in my office, and we may return here together because this is a challenge that requires genuine collaboration between the Cross River State Government and the Federal Government.