Odukpani is a Local Government Area in Cross River State

Cross River State

Cross River State is a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria, bordering Cameroon to the east. Its capital is at Calabar, and it is named for the Cross River , which passes through the state...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. It is largely populated by Efik people.

President Olusegun Obasanjo announced in March 2006 that a 561 megawatt gas turbine

Gas turbine

A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between....

 power station was to be opened at Ikot Nyong in the LGA.
In April 2008 the House Committee on Power and Steel was investigating the power station project, which was only 30% complete and eight months behind schedule, although the contractor had been fully paid.

Settlements in Odukpani include Akpap Okoyong

Akpap Okoyong

Akpap or Akpap-Okoyong is a village in the Okoyong area of Cross River State, Nigeria and is part of the Odukpani Local Government Area....

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