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The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Professor Benedict Ayade, has further reasserted his unyielding determination to make life meaningful for the people through the provision of basic amenities to all the nooks and crannies of the state.
Ayade who reiterated his stance while handing over an ultramodern market comprises of lockup stores, open stalls with boreholes and VIP toilets constructed by the Border communities Development commission {BORDERCOMM} in Bankpor-Irruan, Boki Local Government Area, disclosed that it is the policy direction of his administration that essential amenities and development should get to all communities, no matter how remote.
Speaking while representing the governor at the occasion as he handed over the project to Chairman of Boki LGA, Hon. Pastor John Ewa who received the project on behalf of the Boki nation, the Director General of BORDERCOMM, Mr. Noel Ugbong, applauded the Governor for his incredible efforts targeted towards rural transformation and to make life meaningful for the citizenry.
He charged the benefitting community and the neighboring communities that will make use of the market for their buying and selling transactions to maintain and keep the market clean and take proper care of the facilities such as the borehole and VIP toilets that have been provided for their comfort and convenient.
The governor representative, and DG of BORDERCOMM, Noel Ugbong stated that the Senator Professor Benedict Ayade led administration in Cross River state is a peoples oriented government that has stamped a great mark of achievement and improvement on the overall wellbeing of the people through taking development to the communities including the state border communities which Bankpor-Irruan is one of the many beneficiaries.
Speaking while receiving the projext on behalf of the Bankpor-Irruan community and thw entire Boki Nation, Chairman of Boki Local Government Area, Hon. (Pastor) John Ewa thank the Governor of Cross River State and the Border Communities Development Agency for siting the project in Boki.
Hon. Pastor Ewa disclosed that the Bankpor-Irruan market is the first modern market in the whole of Boki land and promised that the Council shall put the facility to use in a way and manner to bring about economic prosperity not just to Bankpor-Irruan, Irruan people but the entire Boki Nation.
The Chairman later led the DG and his team to another community where land has been donated for the Construction of a 6 classroom block with offices and VIP Toilets.
The DG Of BORDERCOMM, Mr. Noel Ugbong hinted that the proposed project shall be constructed by his Agency, and assured that the contract shall be awarded soon, haven gotten a site.
The Traditional Rulers and people of Irruan Nation showered praises on the Governor and the Border Communities Development Agency for the timely intervention and attention given to them and explained that the new 6 classroom block with all the modern convenient facilities will be a huge relief for the existing Primary School which has only one block with an overflowing population.
