River State Carnival Float – 26 and 27 December yearly The Yakurr Leboku Yam festival – 28 August annually The Calabar Boat Regata Anong Bahumono Festival which is held in Anong Village, during which different cultural dances are showcased, including Ikpobin (acclaimed to be the most entertaining dance in the state), Ekoi, Obam, Emukei and Eta Ediba Bahumono Festival which is held in Ediba Village every last Saturday in the month of July Bekwarra, Obudu, Obanliku, Igede New yam festival which is held every 1st Saturday of September every year. Tourism From the soaring plateaus of the mountain tops of Obanliku to the Rain forests of Afi, from the Waterfalls of Agbokim and Kwa to the spiralling ox-bow Calabar River which provides sights and images of the Tinapa Business Resort, Calabar Marina, Calabar Residency Museum and the Calabar Slave Park along its course, there is always a thrilling adventure awaiting the eco-tourist visiting Cross River State. Other tourist attractions are the Ikom Monoliths (a series of volcanic-stone monoliths of unknown age), the Mary Slessor Tomb, Calabar Drill Monkey Sanctuary, Cross River National Park, Afi Mountain walkway canopy, Kwa falls, Agbokim waterfalls, Tinapa Business Resort, Mono rail way and the annual Calabar Carnival that takes place during the Christmas period. Cross River State can be accessed by air through the Margaret Ekpo International Airport at Calabar. There are daily flights to Calabar from Lagos and Abuja serviced by airlines such as Air peace Airlines, Ibom Air Airlines and recently Cally Air, operated by Aero Contractors which worked for about 5 months in 2021 and at the start of 2022, it stopped operation. Reason is still unknown. Education Education started with mother tongue education. Presently, a lot of schools in the state for educative learning in the society. The Tertiary educational institutions in the State includes: University of Calabar, Cross River State University of Technology College of Health Technology, Calabar Ibrahim Babangida College of Agriculture, Obubra Cross River State College of Education located, Akamkpa Federal College of Education, Obudu Technical College Ugep, Yakurr Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo Politics The state government is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with members of the state house of assembly. The capital city of the state is Calabar Electoral System The governor of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive