25-Year-Old Calabar Trees Pose Threat To Residents

Residents, traders and motorists plying White House Street in the Calabar metropolis have raised alarm over old, decaying trees planted during the administration of former Governor Donald Duke, which now pose a threat to them.
LEADERSHIP checks revealed that most of the trees planted over 25 years ago as part of Calabar’s beautification programme have become old, dead and decayed, with their branches breaking and falling at regular intervals.
Of particular concern is a large, almost dead tree on White House Street whose dead branches, according to the residents, fall regularly, forcing pedestrians and motorists to scamper for safety.
A mechanic workshop owner on 86, White House Stre...