Okuku, Cross River State

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Okuku is a town in Cross River State, Nigeria. It is one of the major towns in Yala Local Government Area. There is a strategic grain silo in Okuku, [1] and the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH Okuku campus) is also located there. [2] Both were commissioned by former deputy governor Chief Dr. Matthias Oko Offoboche between 1979 and 1983.

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  1. "FOOD AND NUTRITION SITUATION IN NIGERIA 2008 / 2009 AGRICULTURAL SEASON" (PDF). p. 26.
  2. "REPORT CROSS RIVER STATE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (CR-SEEDS)" (PDF). p. 62.