{"id":115433,"date":"2024-11-29T00:16:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115433"},"modified":"2024-11-29T00:16:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:16:12","slug":"fix-itu-calabar-road-in-honour-of-wayas-pandef-tells-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/fix-itu-calabar-road-in-honour-of-wayas-pandef-tells-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Itu-Calabar road in honour of Wayas, PANDEF tells FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1817004253420575659\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Bayo Davids<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1817004253420575659-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nThe National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta FORUM (PANDEF), Ambassador Godknows Igali on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to urgently fix the Itu-Calabar Road connecting Akwa Ibom and Cross River states in honour of former Senate President, Mr Joseph Wayas.<\/p>\n<p>Wayas, the Second Republic President of the Senate died on November 30, 2021 at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing newsmen on arrival at the UJ Usuene Airport, Calabar for the funeral of the top lawmaker after spending 4 hours on the 72km road, Igali lamented the situation of the road under succeeding administrations as a &#8220;criminal neglect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the apex South-South&#8217;s socio-political body stated that the road is presently one of the worst in\u00a0 Nigeria, describing it as \u201ca road where very little work is being done and as such, has become a death trap in which helpless Nigerian commuters struggle their way along with thousands of heavy duty trucks plying the route.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On a day when Nigerians have gathered in Calabar to pay last respect to the Second Republic Senate President and leader of the National Assembly, PANDEF appealed\u00a0 to Mr. President to prioritise the completion of the Itu-Calabar road by funding competent contractors as a fitting tribute to the memory of Senator Wayas,&#8221; Ambassador Igali stated.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, the PANDEF helmsman described Senator Wayas as a Nigerian patriot of a special class and appealed that his immediate area; i.e Akwa Ibom and Cross River states must not be allowed to continue to suffer.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusively, the PANDEF National Chairman thanked President Tinubu,\u00a0 the President of the Senate, Chief Godswill Akpabio and the Governor of Cross River state, Senator Prince Bassey Otu for taking steps to accord the\u00a0 late Senator Wayas a befitting burial.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bayo Davids The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta FORUM (PANDEF), Ambassador Godknows Igali on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to urgently fix the Itu-Calabar Road connecting Akwa&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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