Gov. Otu’s wife supports forest preservation, restoration in Cross River

<h2>Mrs Eyoawan Otu, Wife of Cross River’s Governor, has expressed support for forest preservation and restoration in the state.</h2>, <p>The first lady spoke of the importance of restoring and managing Cross River’s forests effectively and noted that preventing the depletion of the environment was a way of caring for the climate.</p>, <span>Mrs Eyoawan Otu, Wife of the Gov. of Cross River being inducted as an ECCA Ambassador</span>, <p>Otu expressed her support when a team from the Earth Environment and Climate Care Ambassadors, (ECCA) paid her a courtesy visit on Friday, July 21, 2023 in Calabar.</p>, <p>The first lady who disclosed the importance of restoring and managing Cross River’s forests effectively, noted that preventing the depletion of the environment was a way of caring for the climate.</p>, <p>“Those who intentionally destroy the forest should be held responsible and made to face the law,” she noted.</p>, <p>She appreciated the team for their tenacity in championing the fight against environmental degradation and efforts towards preserving the forest.</p>, <p>In her remarks, Ms Joy Ikpi, State Coordinator, ECCA, informed the wife of the governor that the group was a non-governmental organisation concerned with the restoration of the forest that had been depleted.</p>, <p>She explained that the health of residents of the state depended on the health of the soil, hence the need to partner with the government in managing the forest sustainably.</p>, <p>“Cross River’s forest reserve needs urgent resuscitation; for any tree cut down, 10 should be planted.</p>, <p>“There are tree nurseries in all the 18 local government areas of the state that are native to that environment, so permission ought to be taken to cut down any tree to ensure that others are planted,” she maintained.</p>, <p>Also, ECCA Adviser, HRM Glory Eyo, said that the environment was everyone’s business and everyone must be responsible for its care.</p>, <p>Eyo noted that ECCA had Carbon Marshalls who monitored carbon emission into the atm