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  • Hon Hilary Bisong Thanks Constituents For Inaugural Victory, Support

    Hon Hilary Bisong Thanks Constituents For Inaugural Victory, Support

    The member representing Boki 2 State Constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Hilary Bisong, has expressed appreciation to stakeholders, members of the All Progressives Congress and his constituents for the unflinching support given to his aspiration.

    He said that his re-election as a third term member in the state assembly indicate the overwhelming support for his political growth and the rare privilege given to him to serve.

    The lawmaker stated that in the face of many challenges, he was elected for a third term to serve, hence his desire to collectively work with the people of Boki 2 in addressing their concerns.

    “During these uncertain times, my highest commitment is to be your bipartisan voice in the state Legislature so that we can achieve our shared goals.

    “From this point forward, your struggles are my struggles, your concerns are my concerns, and your hopes are my hopes. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but I am ready and excited to work for you.

    As brothers and sisters, let us shun the things that divides us as one big family and look in-wards toward making our constituency a great one.

    Thank you for this tremendous honour done on me to once again represent you in the state legislature, this is a shared mandate and we will always work together.

  • Boki New Yam Festival: Rt Hon Hilary Bisong Preaches Peace, Unity

    Boki New Yam Festival: Rt Hon Hilary Bisong Preaches Peace, Unity

     

    Rt. Hon Hilary Bisong, Member representing Boki II State Constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly has congratulated Boki sons and daughters worldwide on the celebration of the 2021 New Yam festival holding today (August 18).

    He called for peace, unity, joy and happiness among the people, saying that the festival is a period of togetherness, love and tolerance.

    Bisong, who described the festival as a cultural rebirth, re-union and celebration of the “New Yam” as the king of crop, said that Boki was blessed with mass fertile land for agricultural produce.

    According to the lawmaker, the celebration will also foster peace and unity in Boki, adding that the festival had always attracted deserving Boki sons and daughters at home and in the diaspora for the occasion.

    He used the occasion to commend farmers who have kept the occasion alive by producing yams for the celebration.

    He prayed for a bumper harvest on the side of the farmers, thereby asking God to bless the fruit of their hands.

    He called for a peaceful celebration among the youths, thereby urging them to shun all forms of violence within the period and beyond.

  • Rt. Hon. Hilary Bisong Commends Sen. Gershom Bassey For Ekpugrinya Junction- Okundi Road Maintenance

    Rt. Hon. Hilary Bisong Commends Sen. Gershom Bassey For Ekpugrinya Junction- Okundi Road Maintenance

     

    The member representing Boki II State Constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Hilary Bisong, has commended the Senator representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District, Gershom Bassey, for the ongoing rehabilitation of the Ekpugrinya-Okundi highway in Cross River State.

    Bisong, who commended the National Assembly member for capturing the road in the National Budget, said that the maintenance will drive economic development in the area.

    According to him, Sen. Bassey, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), had shown capacity in community development through road infrastructure.

    “I want to specially thank Sen. Gershom Bassey for capturing the Ekpugrinya-Okundi highway in the National Budget on my request.

    “I made a passionate appeal to him when I visited him in his office last year concerning the road and he assured me that the road will be captured for maintenance.

    “Today, massive work is ongoing on that road and the good people of Boki are very happy with his kind gesture.

    “Senator Bassey has shown enormous capacity and utmost desire for road infrastructure in the state,” he said.

  • Citizens Solution Network Calls On Government To Wade Into The OKu Killings In Boki LGA Of CRS

    Citizens Solution Network Calls On Government To Wade Into The OKu Killings In Boki LGA Of CRS

    By Elijah Ugani – Calabar

    Citizens Solution Network, a non governmental organization has called on the government of Cross River State and the Nigerian Police to ensure that the perpetrators of the killings in Oku community in Boki local government area on the frivolous allegations of witches and wizards should be prosecuted in line with the necessary laws to avert further reoccurrence.

    In a release signed by the Country Director of Citizens Solution Network, Comr. Richard Ifono and made available to THE LUMINE NEWS, indicates that other elderly citizens are still living in fears and coma that they may also be attacked.

    Full text of the release “A very disturbing information has got to us here at Citizens’ Solution Network’s Office, Calabar Secretariat that several women have been burnt to death in Oku Community in Boki Local Government Area in Cross River State on the unacceptable allegation that these women_ our elderly citizens, mothers and sisters are witches and wizards. Also Chief Bernard Kekong was among the number of persons that were killed by the arsonists that carried out these reprehensible killings.

    As we speak John Otu and Edward Kekong have sustained severe injuries, and are struggling to survive as a result of these killings targeted at them and others that were accused of witchcraft.

    Also information reaching us here shows that many elderly citizens are scared of being attacked and are on the run for their lives over such useless and senseless accusation of being tagged witches.

    Let it be in public registry that we condemn in the strongest terms the killings of Chief Kekong Bernard and several women that were burnt to death in Oku Community in Boki, Cross River State on the outrageous claims that they were witches and wizards.

    We call on the Nigerian Police Force to speed into action to safeguard Oku Community to prevent more senseless killings of our elderly citizens, and to ensure that all those who are responsible for these heinous crimes of murder are brought to justice.

    This is a terrible precedence that must not be allowed to stand. The idea that a miscreant would accused a fellow citizen of witchcraft and get such human burnt to death should be strongly rejected and condemned unanimously by all. All extra judicial killings must be investigated and the perpetrated prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law to discourage such killings in future.

    The Nigerian Police Force and the Ayade-led Government must ensure that all those responsible are arrested, prosecuted and given the heaviest of sentences for these multiple homicides. No level of excuses from the Oku killing gang should be accepted.

    Signed

    Richard F. Inoyo
    Country Director, Citizens Solution Network.

    For: Civilian Population and Council.