Nigeria: From Ravine to Evergreen – a Paradise Is in the Making in Uyo, Says Anietie Usen

A devastated landscape bowed down before us, with the ugly scars of ravines and gullies. The gaping gullies told a story of nature’s relentless power. Jagged cliffs loomed overhead, their once-solid ground now washed away by years of unyielding heavy rains and flood.

I was in the company of Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State and other top government officials, gazing down the gloomy and seemingly bottomless abyss. That was only six months or so ago. The air was thick with a sense of foreboding…