The Cross River State Government, on Friday conducted journalists round some of the completed and ongoing landmark projects undertaken by the administration of Governor Bassey Otu.

The guided tour formed part of the government’s activities lined up to commemorate the administration’s second anniversary.

The projects included the abandoned Cross River Library, which was remodelled and refurbished to a world class facility.

Others were the Cultural Centre, Nigerian Chronicles complex and Government Secondary School, Uwanse, undergoing remodelling and renovation, respectively.

The rest included the Primary Healthcare Centre, Anantigha, mini bridge in Yellow Duke, State Agency for the Control of AIDS building, the 108, 30-horsepower tractors for the Ministry of Agriculture.

Also inspected were the 200 electric bikes at the ministry of transportation, as well as completed and ongoing road projects in the state.

Speaking during the tour, the Commissioner for Information, Dr Erasmus Ekpang, said the exercise became necessary “to showcase some of the achievements of the present administration in the last two years.”

Mr Ekpang also said that as a commissioner, he was interested in the reconstruction of the Nigerian Chronicle building looted and burnt down during the 2020 EndSARS protest “because it was a legacy project for me.

He said, “On the other projects, we have all seen the reconstructed ultramodern library that was dilapidated for over 20 years. Also, we are standing on the Adiabor Iseku Road that used to be a swampy forest but, today, it is a road connecting Calabar to Akwa Ibom and Port Harcourt. We no longer have one entry and exit from Calabar.’’

He said that the present administration “came for a rebirth of Cross River because a lot of infrastructures were down and out but there is a revolution ongoing in every sector”.

He further said that the government hoped to achieve more in the next three years, when the Federal Government’s Special Agro Processing Zone would commence operation with the completion of the Obudu Cargo Airport and Deep Seaport in Bakassi.

Also, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties, Ekpenyong Akiba, said that in the last two years, the governor had been able to touch all the sectors, breaking new grounds in different parts of the state.

According to Mr Akiba, all the completed and ongoing projects in the state, including the Obudu Cattle Ranch, International Conference Centre, cultural centre and road construction in different parts showed that Cross River has a governor who is on ground.

(NAN)