News
CROSS RIVER: PDP’s Gov Ayade appoints APC chieftain as board chair
Governor of Cross River State and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, Ben Ayade, has appointed Dr Odey Oyama, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), as the interim chairman of the state anti-deforestation task-force.
Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the governor on media and publicity, Mr Christian Ita, announced this in a statement he made available to newsmen.
Ita, who said that the appointment was with immediate effect, added that approval of the interim task-force was to enforce the anti-deforestation policy of the PDP government in Cross River State.
He said, “The new interim task-force has Dr Odey Oyama as chairman with the 18 Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) as members.
READ ALSO: Senate insists only confirmed board can defend NDDC budget
The governor warned that any HOLGA that allows illegally logged woods to pass through his or her local government area faces termination from the local government service.
“It should be noted that any HOLGA that allows illegally logged woods to pass through his or her local government area, faces termination from the local government service.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...