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Flood Don Wreck Cross River Assembly Quarters, Workers Protest Salary Cuts

Flood don wreck di Cross River House of Assembly quarters, pull down fence, duplex and hospital, according to LEADERSHIP Newspapers.

For Cross River State, TheCable report say workers on di coastal highway protest salary cuts and demand say make dem remove foreign managers.

Politically, one mega rally and road walk by di All Progressives Congress dey slated for Calabar. All Progressives Congress chieftain and member of di Presidential Campaign Council, Cletus Obun, talk say di rally no be ordinary campaign but act of restorative justice for Cross River State. Obun say Calabar na di first capital of Nigeria and di state don sacrifice for di unity of di country. E also mention Gakem for Bekwarra Local Government Area, where e say dem fire first gunshots of di civil war, and di demand for Ogoja State. Obun talk about di war museum wey former President Muhammadu Buhari promise for Gakem in 2015 and di loss of oil wells as part of wetin e call injustice to di state.

For Calabar, Gov Bassey Otu inaugurate di All Progressives Congress campaign council for Cross River State ahead of di 2027 general elections. According to Daily Trust, Gov Bassey Otu say im administration reduce di inherited domestic debt of more than N204 billion by over N70 billion without taking fresh loans, leaving outstanding debt around N132.3 billion as of March 2026. E also say internally generated revenue rise from N21.1 billion in 2022 to N46.3 billion in 2024. Gov Bassey Otu talk say second term go move di state from economic recovery to wealth creation and shared prosperity.

Gov Bassey Otu also talk about di Calabar Marathon, saying e remind dem of dia mandate, according to Cross River State News.