…fingers “Cartel” in illicit trade
By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR
Organized Labour in Cross River state comprising , Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC , Trade Union Congress, TUC and Joint Negotiating Council, JNC have bemoaned the incessant illegal logging of Timber in the state.
They described the spate of illegal logging across forests in Cross River as appalling , disastrous while warning that in the next 10 years there won’t be any forest in the state of the ugly trend continues.
Organized Labour raised the alarm after a 4- day interface with Community leaders, monarchs and youths of the over 100 affected communities which ended at the weekend.
Speaking shortly after the tour with journalists , NLC Chairman in the state, Com. Ben Ukpebi described what was happening in Cross River as devastating stressing that what used to be known our a major part of Nigeria’s rain forest was already gone.
He lamented that if nothing was done to forestall what was now a norm in…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
