Cross River Will Give Late Dr Wayas State Burial, Gov Otu Assures

The Cross River State Governor, Sen Prince Bassey Out, has assured that the late former senate president, Dr Joseph Wayas, would be given a befitting state burial.

Governor Otu, who gave the assurance while playing host to a delegation of Who is Who Forum of Northern Cross River State in Calabar, regretted the delay in the burial of the elder statesman.

The group’s delegation led by the burial committee chairman and former chief judge of Cross River State, Justice  Maurice Eneji, had in attendance the convener of the forum, Dr. Dorn Cklaimz Enamhe, among others.

The statement from Governor Otu came days after his deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, stated that the state would take full responsibility of the burial ceremony of the late former senate president.

Odey had assured a delegation of Who Is Who Forum In Northern Cross River State, a pan regional forum of the nuclear old  Ogoja area comprising Obanliku, Obudu, Bekwarra, Ogoja and Yala local government areas.

Odey, himself an aborigine of the area, expressed happiness and satisfaction with the forum and its effort to ensure that Wayas be laid to rest.   Waya died on November 30, 2021 in a London medical facility aged 80.