Obol Lopon of Mkpani Promises Transformative and Qualitative Leadership as he Inaugurates a New Mkpani Town Council.
By Eteng Obono Okoi. H.R.H Obol Sunday Obono Okoi the Obol Lopon of Mkpani. Hon.(Evang.)Nnanke Liberty Ibor (Chairman Mkpani Town Council) Mkpani as a town in Yakurr Local Government Area is described in many superlatives. The Mkpani community is prided as the “Lion of Yakurr nation”. It is regarded as a peace loving and the most peaceful community in Yakurr. For the avoidance of doubt, Mkpani people have people at high levels of government in Cross River State, Nigeria and the world over who have everything it takes to transform the community for the challenges of the 21st Century. Yet, development eludes it. Despite, the fact that Mkpani has produced people whose names rings bell far and wide, the community still lacks basic infrastructures such as cottage hospital, good access roads, good market etc. Public Primary and Secondary schools in Mkpani are in a dilapidated condition. The immediate past Mkpani Town Council administration that was established as a 4th-tier of government t