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Promise of 85km Link Road thrills isolated Kula Kingdom
After several decades isolation occasioned by lack of access road to the rest of the state, the people of Kula Community in Akuku-Toru Local Council of Rivers State leapt for joy following the unfolding of plans for the construction of the proposed 85km Kula-Port Harcourt Road.
Kula Community, one of the coastal communities occupied by the people of Kalabari ethnic nationality, is situated in the western axis of Rivers State.
Being entirely surrounded by a network of rivers and creeks, it takes hours of boat ride to get into the isolated kingdom. And due to lack of road to the area, some octogenarians resident there have never set eyes on motor vehicles all their lives.
The Guardian, Sunday 3, March.
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