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Administration set up to development Bakassi

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    An administrative body to ensure the rapid development of Efiat West and Tom Scott Island in Bakassi, southeastern Nigeria, has been set up by the Cross River State government, the Nigerian Television Authority reported on Saturday.

    Announcing this during a visit to Efiat West, Governor Donald Duke said arrangements had been made to house state civil servants and provide potable water for the community. He told residents that the federal and state governments were committed to solving their problems. Bakassi, a highly underdeveloped but oil-rich peninsula, has been the centre of a long-running territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon.

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