A local government administration expert in Cross River State and good governance proponent, Dr Ndoma Odey, has called for the creation of 12 additional
Cross River State, with a population of about five million and a land size bigger than Togo and Benin Republic, currently has 18 local government areas. Travellers from the southernmost coastal city of Calabar take seven hours to arrive at its Bekwara LGA, a border community with Benue State.
In a statement, Odey said the new creation, in addition to the existing 18 LGAs, would bring the total number of local government areas to 30, with each state constituency qualified for one. “There is therefore the dire need to further divide the state into Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Authorities to facilitate speedy development at the grassroots. Apart from attracting development to rural areas, creating LCDAs will bring about administrative convenience as well as address the concerns and agitations of many minority groups for a Local Government of their own, thereby reducing the number of conflicts in the state,” he said.
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