Abubakar Ewa, Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture in Cross River State, has passed away.
He was aged 61.
The Witness reports Ewa died on Wednesday at the Arubah Specialist Hospital in Calabar, the State capital, after battling an undisclosed ailment.
It was gathered that members of the Cross River State Executive Council and aides to Governor Bassey Otu had converged at the hospital where Ewa died.
His last public appearance, this newspaper learnt, was at the Arts and Crafts village of the Cultural Center in Calabar, where he informed traders of the State Government plan to carry out a demolition exercise to pave the way for the facility’s reconstruction.
Ewa had served as Secretary and Chairman of the Boki Local Government Council, Special Adviser on Community Relations, and Secretary of the Anti Deforestation Task Force.