Cross River has witnessed a rise in illegal mining activities and boundary disputes with its neighbours in the past few years.
Mr Gill listed the freed prisoners’ offences to include felony, stealing, breaking and entering, assault, threats to life, cultism and armed robbery.
He said the state would be considering establishing diaspora bands in 2025.
Mr Otu said he was humbled to be celebrating about two decades of the Carnival Calabar and commended his predecessors for holding onto what Doland Duke started.
“When customers call for food or water, does it take up to 30 minutes before they are provided? Do we still have hotels with leaking roofs?” said an official.
He said that restoration of power supply will help improve the economy of the area as well as quality of life.
The two-day review meeting which commenced highlighted the importance of food systems to food security, nutrition, health and environmental sustainability.
Mr Oti said his administration remained committed to implementing the new wage of N70,000 recently signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River has approved the constitution of a Joint Public Service Negotiating and Implementation Committee on N70,000 new national minimum wage
In a statement, the chairman of the PDP in Cross River, Venatius Ikem, said instead of 90 days notice for election, the state electoral umpire gave 30 days.
