Dayspring, Nigeria

Dayspring
village
Dayspring

Location in Nigeria

Coordinates: 04°42′18″N 008°28′37″E / 4.70500°N 8.47694°E / 4.70500; 8.47694
Country Nigeria
State Cross River State
LGA Bakassi Local Government Area
Established 2014
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Dayspring is a community in Cross River State, Nigeria, West Africa. It is located on the Dayspring Peninsula (sometimes called Dayspring Island) between where the Little Kwa River and the Akpa Yafe River enter the Cross River from the east, near the mouth of the Cross River. Dayspring Island was the only portion of the Bakassi Peninsula that was not ceded to Cameroons by Nigeria.[1][2]

Dayspring was established in 2014 by the Nigerian government to house the people displaced from the Cameroons Bakassi Peninsula[3][4] when it was turned over to the Cameroons under the accords.[5] The people were primarily fishermen, and two earlier locations, one inland[6] and the other at Ikang turned out to be unsuitable.[7] Despite delays,[8] however, now more than 5,000 people reside at Dayspring,[9] and the residents have a new town hall.[10]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Ita-Giwa, Florence (27 July 2012). "Bakassi: Thank God We Are On Same Page". Nigeria Intel. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bakassi secedes from Nigeria; establishes own flag and radio station". Elombah. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Five Bakassi natives killed, displaced persons hit 1,800". Nigerian Eye. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Okwe, Jude (30 January 2013). "Resettle Us at Dayspring Island, Bakassi Indigenes Tell FG". This Day Live. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nigerian government decry lost of Bakassi". The People's Daily. 15 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nigerian High Court stops government on Bakassi handover". The People's Daily. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Inyang, Bassey (5 February 2015). "FG deceiving Bakassi people on Dayspring resettlement –Rep". Daily Independent. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Reps News: Lawmaker lambasts FG over Bakassi resettlement". Legis Reports. Nigeria House of Representatives. 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Postponement, an act of God — Bakassi people, Ita-Giwa". Nigerian Eye. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Hasten PVC distribution, Bakassi indigenes beg INEC". Nigerian Eye. 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
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