{"id":2477,"date":"2025-02-13T16:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pillartoday.ng\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2025-02-13T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:10:20","slug":"the-return-of-kwa-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"pillartoday.com.ng\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Kwa Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kwa Falls.<\/em>
\nOPINION<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Frank Inyang<\/strong><\/p>\n

KWA\u00a0 FALLS\u00a0 was once upon a time one of Nigeria’s prominent Eco- Tourism attractions\u00a0 located within an oil palm plantation at Aningeja in\u00a0 Akampka Local Government Area , Cross River State , South South Nigeria<\/p>\n

Between\u00a0 the 70s and\u00a0 80s, it was a rendezvous to be as tourists ( both local and foreign ), fun seekers ,picnickers, academics\u00a0 and even the religious thronged there especially during weekends . It was a fun sport and resort of note\u00a0 witnessing\u00a0 heavy vehicular and human\u00a0 traffic.<\/p>\n

Its ambiance and serene environment\u00a0 , a distance from the noise\u00a0 from an urban area , creates\u00a0 an enabling environment for tourism to succeed in a quiet environment\u00a0 located deep inside\u00a0 an oil plantation off\u00a0 the Calabar- Oban- Cameroon Road<\/p>\n

Students of Geography visited there for the\u00a0 practical aspect of their subject to get\u00a0 a clearer understanding. Same with students of Electrical Engineering that\u00a0 came not only to see water falls, but\u00a0 be acquainted with the technology and workings\u00a0 of hydro Electricity<\/p>\n

Kwa Falls , like the Bar Beach in Lagos , was also a site for spiritual assignments, where stumps of\u00a0 burnt candles of various colors could be seen on stones within reach<\/p>\n

With time, the water falls got into oblivion and the environment was unkempt, bushy and abandoned in a very green vegetation of\u00a0 ferns and herbs with a broken stairs.<\/p>\n

Like the mysterious bird, Phoenix, Kwa FALLS Eco- Tourism Resort has sprung to life courtesy of the Cross River Government to reclaim its place amongst other sites across the country in view of its location as an international border town to attract foreign tourists.<\/p>\n

According to the Operational Manager of the Resort, Mr Paulinus Asim, “the state government through late Hon Abubarka Ewa, then the\u00a0 Commissioner for Tourism, had worked\u00a0 assiduously to ensure the resort came to life before he died-”<\/p>\n

Asim disclosed that\u00a0 the government sought equity shares from a commercial bank in a joint partnership with others\u00a0 to ensure the resort’s\u00a0 success story, noting that the resort which is located within the Wimer Oil Palm Plantation and a short distance from the Unicem Factory (LAFARGE), has been revamped and restructured in standard to meet tourists’ delight<\/p>\n

Facilities, either restructured or newly installed or built to give the water falls a face lift, include African Huts for a sit out, a\u00a0 Reception , Restaurant \/ Bar area, Staircases to the falls, renovation of the\u00a0 old building for conference or board meetings and convenient area.<\/p>\n

Asim stated that the resort has been equipped for those that\u00a0 wish to celebrate their Valentine Day there as plenty of activities have been lined up for the day.<\/p>\n

Such activities include Couples Competitions, Dance and Games, Special Photo Booth for Couples’ Photo Shoot, Karaoke and Cultural Performances\u00a0 for a fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kwa Falls. OPINION By Frank Inyang KWA\u00a0 FALLS\u00a0 was once upon a time one of Nigeria’s prominent Eco- Tourism attractions\u00a0 located within an oil palm plantation at Aningeja in\u00a0 Akampka Local Government Area , Cross River State , South South Nigeria Between\u00a0 the 70s and\u00a0 80s, it was a rendezvous to be as tourists ( […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"pillartoday.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}