Why Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway (2), by Eric Teniola

The article continues a narrative on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, focusing on the history of Calabar and the legacy of Mma Mary Slessor. It recounts that Slessor lived in Odukpani Local Government Area, where she fought against the custom of killing twin children and their mothers, and that she built a two-bedroom mud house known as a Caravan, which villagers called "Fine Pass All." In 1889, a missionary carpenter named Mr. Owens constructed a more permanent structure for her, with iron sheet walls, wooden doors and windows, and a 21-step staircase supported by two pillars and wooden railings. The piece notes that Cross River State continued to mark Slessor's birthday about a hundred years after her birth, and that the coastal highway serves to remind people of Calabar's importance.

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