‘Acquisition of 9, 000 hectares of land in Cross Rivers not for RUGA

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The chairman of a committee set up by the Cross River State government to acquire 9000 hectare of land across the state, Mr. Dane Osim-Asu

, has dispelled speculations that the project was intended for the Federal Government’s RUGA project.

The situation had led to the House suspending the committees’ activities of the committee and demanding they appear before it to explain. Members, while commending the State Government’s efforts in the Agricultural sector, observed that the State Executive council was yet to be constituted and emphasized the need for due process to be followed in the acquisition of land.They noted that most of the communal clashes across the State were because of land.

 

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