By Ada Nkong
As the house committee responsible for State creation considers memoranda agitating for the creation of new states, Chief Hart Modey ,a chieftain in Northern Cross River State has lent his voice to calls for the creation of Ogoja State.
In a statement made available to our correspondent, Chief Modey said Ogoja state is overdue given the strategic role old Ogoja plays as a commercial hub and the fact that those who started the struggle for a state long after Ogoja started have gotten theirs.
According to him, as the largest and oldest province in the south South Geopolitical zone, Ogoja has all it takes to be a state and it will be an injustice if the request is not granted this time
Chief Modey commended the committee for the creation of Ogoja State, all representatives from Northern and Central Cross River State in the national and state assembly as well as the minister of sports Senator John Owan Enoh and other stakeholders who have so far been part of the struggle.
He called on the national assembly to make history by granting the people of Ogoja State the request as it has remained a dream transcending generations.
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