Super highway: Ebonyi community demands compensation for destroyed farms, decries looming hunger

The accepted ruler, leaders and stakeholders of Ndiebor Ishieke Autonomous Community successful Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State person demanded compensation for crops and farmlands allegedly destroyed during borrow-pit excavation for the ongoing Calabar–Ebonyi–Benue–Nasarawa–Abuja Superhighway project.

The assemblage besides called connected the Federal Government and the project’s contractors to guarantee that excavated get pits were reclaimed, further encroachment connected unmarked farmlands stopped, and capable consultations held with affected landowners earlier further excavation activities.

The stakeholders made the demands connected Thursday during a gathering with representatives of the operation institution and task liaison officers astatine Alibaruhu Ishieke successful the community, wherever they expressed interest that the demolition of yam, cassava, rice, millet, beniseed and different crops was threatening the livelihoods of residents who beryllium mostly connected farming for survival.

Speaking connected behalf of the community, the accepted ruler of Ndiebor Ishieke Autonomous Communit...