I will not rest until Bakassi people are properly resettled -Ita-Giwa

By Nicholas Kalu, AbujaFormer presidential adviser, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, says she will not rest until the displaced people of Bakassi local government area in Cross River State are properly resettled.Ita-Giwa, who marked her 75th birthday on Friday, said this was the main reason she was still active on the political scene at this age.I am still fighting for my people. We are Nigerians who were suddenly displaced out of no fault of ours. We didnt ask to be ceded. Our ancestral home was just ceded without any consultation and for many years now we have been crying.This is a fight so I would never give up on until proper resettlement is achieved, she told The Nation on Friday.Popularly known as Mama Bakassi, Ita-Giwa has been unrelenting in her effort to ensure justice and proper resettlement for the people of Bakassi, who were displaced following the ceding of their land to Cameroon.As part of her many philanthropic efforts, she runs the Bakassi Children Foundation which caters to the needs, including the education, of Bakassi children.
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