The Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Julius Okputu told newsmen at the end of the weekly State Executive Council meeting, that though government was aware that most of the mentally disturbed persons roaming the streets were not indigenes of the state.

Okputu said government’s decision is hinged on keeping the state clean and such people off the street as well as exhibiting good neighborliness, blaming its incidence on poor family system, marginalization and failure to restore family values.

He disclosed that government intends to keep the aesthetics Calabar metropolis and other urban areas clean in preparatory to the annual Christmas Festival which is expected to attract tourists, remarking that the festival has attracted much anxiety as what to be done is to keep those towns cleaner having provided leadership in clean environment across the nation.

He further disclosed that the council has called for the extension of the East-West Road from Oron to Calabar as a way of creating a sense of belonging among Cross Riverians, adding that the state is pursuing the request with an appropriate machinery to ensure that it is done.

According to him, Federal roads in the state are in deplorable condition as the intervention by the Federal Government is necessary because of the rate of failure on the failed roads.

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