A/Ibom Youths Block Highway Over Compensation Row

Work on the Okobo Local Government Area axis of the Akwa Ibom State segment of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway project has been disrupted by angry youths from Nsie community. The youths are demanding adequate compensation for houses, farmlands, shrines, tombs, and aquatic ecosystems allegedly destroyed by construction firms handling the project. Checks by our correspondent…