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Faced with increasing rate of ecological problems and threats to the environment, Cross River State government has approached the Federal Government for N23 billion aid to tackle gully erosion and flood menace in the state.

Commissioner for Environment in the State, Dr. Julius Okputu, who disclosed this, said the demand was made through a letter written to that effect by the state governor, Liyel Imoke, recently.

Okputu, who spoke during a media parley with journalists in Calabar on Tuesday, said the environment of the state is plagued by at least 450 erosion sites and flood sites, out of which 250 are very critical.

Okputu said some of the critical erosion and flood sites are Ikot Uduak, Calabar Shore-Lines, Ikot Anwatim, Beebosco and Atimbo.

Okputu said given the seriousness of the situation, the state’s Deputy Governor, Mr. Efiok Cobham, was dispatched to do a presentation before the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

The commissioner also disclosed that the state intends to attract at least N30 billion as carbon credit between now and 2012 as it leads the pace in Nigeria in containing carbon emission.

Okputu said the state has started putting structures in place as well as take stock of the biodiversity target to ensure that the amount is attracted to the state.

Okputu said part of the target is to plant at least five million trees annually across the nooks and crannies of the state.

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