Nigeria: 1, 000 Security Operatives for Calabar Carnival

2 December 2012

Calabar — As Calabar Festival,which lasts 32 days, begins with the tree lighting ceremony, the Cross River State Government has organized a training workshop for over 1,000 security operatives to make the programme success.

Speaking at a workshop attended by the police, the army, the navy, Civil Defence, State Security Service, among others, the Security Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke, Mr. Rekpene Bassey, said the workshop was necessary in view of the number of visitors expected in the state for the programme.

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