PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will next Tuesday October 20, perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 260km super highway undertaken by the Cross River State Government.
The ceremony was initially billed for September 21.
The super highway is to serve as the evacuation route for the Bakassi Deep Seaport, a signature project of the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration in the state.
Meanwhile, there is excitement in the state, especially in the communities where the groundbreaking ceremony will be performed by Buhari.
In Obung Village in Akamkpa Local Government Area, Village head, Ntufam Boniface Edet and the youth president, Mr. Philip Ogar, expressed the community’s delight that the President would be visiting.
Ogar said the super highway passing through his community would bring a lot of benefits to his people and other neighbouring communities. He said youths of his community and their neighbours were excited about the super highway and that they were happy with what the governor was doing.
Ogar believes the multi-billion naira project would aggressively open up their area to development as many businesses will spring up, creating employment opportunities for the people, adding that every member of his community including the chiefs, elders, women and the youths were overwhelmingly hopeful and happy about the project.
The youth president commended the governor for his vision and drive, assuring that his community would support the governor and provide whatever assistance that would be required to ensure that the project is achieved.
Also speaking, an Environmentalist attached to the project, Mr. Francis Njeni disclosed that his responsibility was to take stock of the different species of trees that would be cleared to give way for the road and would ensure the replanting of such species.