The Cross River Government has taken an inventory of victims of the flood disaster in Boki Local Government Area of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several communities in the area were ravaged by flood and mudslide from Afi Mountain on July 14 after four days of persistent rain.
Mrs Patricia Endeley, the Commissioner for Social Welfare and Community Development, told NAN in Calabar that the registration of the affected victims in Boki took place from Sept. 25 to Sept. 28 in the affected communities.
Meanwhile, the state government has approved the constitution of the State Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO).
According to Mr Michael Aniah, the Secretary to the State Government, the committee has Prof. Eyo Etim Nyong, a Geologist as Chairman.
He said that members of the committee included Mr Effiong Bassey, Mr James Aniyom, Mr Eyo Oku, Dr Sandy Onor, a historian, a representative of the Federal Ministry of Environment and a mines officer in the state as manager. (NAN)