The Akwa Ibom State government has said it will reintroduce a vessel on the Oron- Calabar water route to curb frequent boat mishaps in the area. the Commissioner of Transport, Mr. Austin Mbeh, who said this in Uyo on Monday during a press cinference, explained that the State Government had entered into partnership agreement with a company with a view to procuring the vessel that would be used for Oron-Calabar water route.

Mr. Austin, stated that the measure would also reduce the distance for persons going to Calabar from Oron, Eket, Uruan, among others, in the State. He said that the State Government had also reached an agreement with a consulting firm to look at the prospect of removing MT Elope that sank into the Oron River, which could not be removed up to this moment.

In His words ” We have got a private company that is working on the possibility of getting the vessel out of the river as well as embarking on the drenching of the Oron-Calabar water route.”

He added that Government will soon look at other areas where introduction of vessels would also make sense

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It will be wonderful. I used to go to Oron beach to watched ship leaving for Calabar. Oron my birth place