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The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) on the 30th of October 2021, admitted 50 members into the Institute at an elaborate ceremony at Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr HCIB was admitted as a Senior member of the Institute. He received his award alongside other notable awardees including the Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO) Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Kingsley Obiora. Speaking on receipt of the award, Asuquo Jr. stated that “The Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) is the world’s foremost institution when it comes to banking & financial professionalism, ethics and integrity. To be inducted as a Senior Member of the institute today is a great honor and privilege that I do not take for granted. I am humbled and I will continue to strive to maintain the highest level of fiscal discipline and tr

  Solomon Ugo, Calabar The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar,Prof. Florence Obi, has restated her administration's commitment  to deliberately improve the welfare of students on campus.  The First female Vice Chancellor of the institution disclosed this in her matricuation address held at Abraham Ordiah stadium in Calabar on Friday. Welcoming  students to the, " home of creative minds and distinctive centre for shaping future leaders", she expressed happiness at the clement weather which nature has bestowed on the administration in her first matricuation as Vice Chancellor of the 2nd generation university which is in sync with the mood of the occasion. "Let me specially welcome our academic babies, freshmen and women, parents, friends and relations and numerous well wishers that have converged to witness this event and share in the joy of our children who are about to be admitted formally into studentship of  this great university" Highlighting the in

  By Kingsley Agim  The Cross River State Agency for the Control of  AIDS (CR-SACA) has inaugurated a 14-member Media Advocacy Action Committee in its avowed determination to promote awareness and expound greater attention to HIV/AIDS-related matters in the State. In her remarks at the virtual inauguration recently, the Deputy Director, South South Zone of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Uduak Daniels said the setting up of the HIV & AIDS media advocacy platform was a move towards consolidating on the value of institutional partnerships and collaboration with media practitioners/professionals. According to Dr. Daniel, the media advocacy think tank is aimed at ensuring that the media becomes significantly involved in the forefront of HIV/AIDS education, social mobilization, and advocacy to bring about sustainable behaviour and social change in the South-South zone.  Speaking while inaugurating the Cross River State Media Advocacy Action Committee,the  Director Gen

Director General of Ayade Home health, Dr Genevieve Barnaby Ephraim, has expressed sadness at the death of a member of the House of Assembly, Hon Elizabeth Ironbar representing Akpabuyo State Constituency, who died on Wednesday 27th October 2021. Dr Barnaby, in a statement , said: “It is with total submission to the will of God that we receive the sad news of the death of Hon Elizabeth Ironbar a grassroots politician who spent most of her life serving the people of Atimbo East Ward”. The DG described the deceased as a rallying  point at Atimbo East Ward and a source of unity to her people, noting that she will be remembered for her selfless service and excellent representation of her people as a former public officer and politician. "It’s with a heavy heart that I write this following the death of our Honorable Mother and Leader , Elizabeth Ironbar. A formidable woman and political icon in her local community and Atimbo East in particular, it is devasting to know that she is no lo

  The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has commiserated with the Qua Nation, over the demise of the Ndidem of the Quas, His Royal Majesty, Ndidem (Dr.) Patrick Inok Oqua Agbor. Speaking during a condolence visit to the palace of the Ndidem of the Quas, the Vice Chancellor described the late Monarch as a friend, brother and ruler who has left indelible footprints on the sands of time. While describing his demise as a ‘great loss’ to the Qua nation and the University, she said, he lived an exemplary life and impacted positively on the lives of his subjects. The VC, who further extolled the virtues of the late Royal Father, described him as man with a ‘heart of gold’ and an accomplished academic who upon retirement from the service of the University came back to impart knowledge to the students. She said that the late Monarch would be missed by not only the Qua nation but the University community, adding that, his contributions to the development of

  Dear Betta Edu, you have demonstrated uncommon wisdom and exemplary leadership and it is on that note I joined the rest of your supporters, family, and friends in wishing you a happy birthday escorted with peace, good health, and happiness. Your birthday coming at this time has to symbolize the genuineness of your person and the greatness in you. To be honest, you are one of the people I don't joke with, you have been a blessing to me and many Crossriverians. You are a woman like no other, standing above your equal with an amazing quality and smiles, which made it possible to always see the best in people and you know how to harness young people's potentials to get the desired results. May you live as much as you want and never want as much as you live on earth.  Congratulations Ma, age graciously. Trinity Jesam Publisher of Detailing Cross River

  The University of Calabar has held her first Solemn Assembly for the 2020/2021 academic session. The event which was held at the Institutions International Conference Centre exuded a spiritually charged atmosphere as participants actively partook in both the praise and worship, as well as prayer sessions. In her remark, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Florence Banku Obi welcomed all the congregants on behalf of the University Management even as she gave God all the glory for the success of the day. According to the Vice Chancellor, the theme of the event; ‘Power to Recover’ is apt because in her words, we are gathered to recover the lost glory of the University. “We will recover all that has been taken from the university. We will recover all the souls and raise a standard against untimely death.  Recover our students from the attraction to cultism, recover the reading culture in our students and erase all vices in the university Prof. Obi used the occasion to thank the

  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR} in Nigeria have been commended for donating an Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory to the University of Calabar. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, who gave the commendation shortly after commissioning the Research Laboratory at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, expressed appreciation to UN Refugee agency for the kind gesture. Prof.Obi who described the development as a ‘dream come true’ said Unical had over the years craved for a Research laboratory but was not feasible. The University helmsman said the laboratory will promote medical research and assured UNHCR that the institution would put the laboratory into good use. This came as she announced that the University will grant scholarships to 10 Cameroonian Refugees as a way of supporting UNHCR in achieving their mandate of providing succor to refugees. "While

  The University of Calabar has sought the support and partnership of the South Korean Embassy in Nigeria in the area of building of indoor sports centre as the University prepares to host the Nigerian Universities Games (NUGA) in 2023. Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Florence Obi, who visited the Korean Embassy in Abuja, told the Korean Diplomat that all necessary arrangements by the University to host the NUGA games in 2023 was on course. The VC presented the design of the indoor sports centre to the Ambassador. Responding, the Ambassador, His Excellency, Kim Young-Chae, said that the South Korean Government will explore ways of collaborating with the University, especially in the promotion of sports like taekwando and cultural exchanges.  The VC later took a tour of the South Korean Central Centre where she was later adorned with a South Korean dress.

  A healthy society is a wealthy society so they said, that is why, the Cross River State Government has deviced an alternative approach towards reaching Communities through the "integrated medical outreach" approach by sensitization, awareness and  therapeutic processes. And as part of activities to mark the 2021 Eid-El-Maulud celebration, no fewer than 300 adults including women and children have benefited from the community health intervention program held in Nasarawa, a Hausa-Fulani settlement in Cross River State. State Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu while speaking to the beneficiaries noted that, the medical intervention is to encourage people in the State to take the COVID-19 vaccination without any fear. She said vaccination would help to curb the spread of the Coronavirus in the state and country. “COVID-19 vaccine is designed to give protection to those who take it by making their bodies produce substances known as antibodies whose function is to fight diseas

The Cross River State Government has urged Muslim communities in the State to take the COVID-19 vaccination without any fear. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu advised on Tuesday during her Sallah day visitation. She said vaccination would help to curb the spread of the Coronavirus in the state and country. “COVID-19 vaccine is designed to give protection to those who take it by making their bodies produce substances known as antibodies whose function is to fight disease. She encouraged them to debunk report making rounds as vaccines are safe and free Edu urged Muslims across the State and the rest of the citizenry to ensure good personal and environmental Hygiene to prevent Cholera and other diseases. She encouraged them to visit the hospitals for Antenatal care, childbirth, treatment of childhood illnesses as well as nutrition and immunization services, reaffirming the position of the State Government in her determination to defeat COVID-19 and other diseases in the St

There were shouts of joy, dancing, and jubilation as young students took procession into the Tear Rubber Cross River State College of Nursing and Midwifery Science Itigidi ABI LGA. In the words of a matriculant “ It feels like a dream, that I will graduate with a degree from this institution & go for NYSC, God bless super Governor and visionary Health Commissioner.”  Following hard work, Governor of Cross River State Sen Ben Ayade working through the Commissioner for Health in collaboration with the Legislative arm were able to gain Accreditation For the first College of Nursing Sciences in South-South Zone of Nigeria meaning graduates will now be awarded a degree and are eligible for NYSC, an unprecedented height the Health Sector has recorded amongst others mind-blowing achievements in the last 12 months. The College held her first Matriculation and Capping exercise. The event that had the wife of the Governor Dr. Linda Ayade as the Special Guest of Honor also had the Speaker of

  The Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission recently commenced zonal hearings across the country in line with its constitutional mandate to “review revenue allocation formula and principles from time to time to conform with changing realities.”  The focus of the current hearings, as provided by the Commission, is on vertical allocation which focuses on the revenue sharing formula strictly between the 3 tiers of the executive, namely, Federal, State, & Local Government authorities. The current formula allocates approximately 52.68% of revenues to the Federal Government, 26.72% to the states, and 20.60% to Local Government councils. Prior to the commencement of the South South Zonal hearings, the six states of the zone made a decision to present a joint communique to address the situation as it concerns the zone. Ahead of the presentation of the joint resolution, His Excellency Senator Professor Ben Ayade established a committee to elucidate the position of Cross River State, wi

  By Trinity Jesam The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams has tasked pioneer matriculants at the College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences to focus on their studies and be law-abiding to the rules and regulations guiding the institution. The lawmaker gave the charge, yesterday, at the maiden Matriculation/Capping ceremony of nursing students of the College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, Itigidi, 18th October 2021, Itigidi, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. Rt. Hon. Williams, who was the Chairman of the Occasion encouraged the students to use the rare opportunity given to them to excel not just as nurses in the state but globally as the State Government has made the school conducive enough for learning. The Speaker urged them not to allow their lights to go deem, but rather keep the flag of the noble profession flying because the lives of the people are in their hands. The legislator used the opportunity to thank the forme

   The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has sought the partnership of the Nigerian Air Force in Calabar in the area of security provision for the institution. Obi said this on Monday in Calabar when the Commander of 305 Special Mobility Group, Air Commodore Garba Jibia, paid her a courtesy call in her office. She said that the university was facing security challenges, ranging from kidnapping of staff and students, stealing on campus among others, hence the need to collaborate with the military for enhanced security. The VC told the Commander that the university shares its boundary with the Qua River, adding that most suspected kidnappers were using the waterways to gain entrance into the school. She solicited for steady presence of the Nigerian Air Force on campus, adding that such patrol and ‘show of force’ can go a long way to scare suspected kidnappers and thieves. “As a university, we are willing to partner with the Nigerian Air Force because we ha

By Ambrose Edem From Calabar South I've come to realize that God raises men that are not even related to you to take you to His ordained/planned destination/position. I've been a close admirer and an ardent follower of Dr Betta Edu right from her days as Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency. She has proven to be more than a leader and one who have refused to rest until her fellow Youths succeeds. After losing out of my numerous job search, i decided to pick the Air force form, immediately that was done i had only one person in mind. I called her Media Aide Engr Ntem Kris whom i was opportune to have his contact through my friend and course mate Enik Ethorti (now in the Air Force too courtesy of Dr Betta Edu). He was even the one who looked for me as i admire his humility and commitment. On meeting him, i told him i applied for Air Force and will wish he takes me to see the Commissioner Dr Betta Edu as i need her help, i saw a passiona

  The newly elected Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, Mr Erasmus Ekpang, has commended Gov. Ben Ayade for uniting the party in the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Ekpang, while thanking the Governor, APC stakeholders and the people of Boki local government area for wide acceptance of his nomination, expressed satisfaction with the high turn out of APC Chieftains who witnessed the State Congress election. According to him, the APC Chieftains that witnessed the delegate congress has further given the party the strength to retain power in the state come 2023. He said that Gov. Ayade, through the congress, has shown that he was ready to work with all stakeholders with a view to move the party forward. He expressed confidence over the emergence of Barr. Alphonsus Eba as the state APC Chairman, assuring that his strength, charisma and grassroot disposition will lead the party to victory in 2023. APC chieftains that witnessed the delegate co

By Kingsley Agim and Jesam Ofem  Teachers Continuous Training Institute Biase, Cross River State, has held a two-day induction workshop for pioneer principal officers in a bid to improve their performance and efficiency. Declaring the induction workshop open, the Director General Prof. Taoheed Adedoja  stated that the essence of the induction workshop is to build capacity of institute’s managers, adding that training of other officers of the Institute would also hold in different location soon.  “We are doing this because we want to be richer in knowledge and experience, management skills, human relations so we can create better environment for the development of the school in line with international best practice,” the DG remarked.  He further pointed out that for one to be in-charge of retraining others, they must be given an opportunity to retrain themselves first and be replete with the knowledge to impart in others; hence the reason for the two-day induction programme for the pion

On account of Governor Ben Ayade's determination to prioritize investments in capital expenditure and reduce operating expenditure spending, BudgIT, a civil tech organisation  that strives to make public data and budgets more comprehensible to the public, has rated Cross River State high in its 2021 State of States report. Described as, "the most comprehensive annual report on the fiscal health of States  in Nigeria", the report is an assessment tool which indicates fiscal strategies States need to deploy to raise needed resources to invest in their people. Ranking Cross River in 8th position, having come from the 14th position it occupied in 2020, is an indication that the State has done impressively well in prioritizing investments in capital projects, while reducing year-on-year operating expenses by as much as 30 percent, including reduction in overheads, by over 70 percent. Budgit's report has further indications that with Cross River's fiscal fiscal health,

Dr Betta Edu, the Commissioner for Health in Cross River, has described the approval  of Malaria Vaccine by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “a positive step forward for the entire world.” Edu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Calabar that Malaria had killed many people more than HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and many other diseases.   She said that scientists have been searching for vaccines for malaria over the years but have not been able to get a major breakthrough. According to her, over  11%maternal mortality, especially in sub-saharan Africa is associated with Malaria, major cause of death in children under five years is also malaria, the general population even in Nigeria is affected by malaria with huge economic burden to families and even Government. Recent research in Cross River state showed that Malaria was the reason behind most outpatient visits to health facilities. She added that “getting a vaccine that can prevent  Malaria is a blessing and we believe th

Across the 36 states of the Country and the the Federal Capital Territory inclusive, Primary Healthcare Centres have remained the first point of call to citizens due to the absence of bureaucracy in gaining access to services and it's availablity in almost all Communities. With over 30,000 Primary Healthcare Centres across the country, and high profile case management procedures as a result of Covid-19, there is need for round the clock functionality to offer basic services to clients, hence the need for improved power supply in these facilities. With some of the most common services like management of Malaria , diarrhea, typhoid, HIV/Aids , Antenatal and Post Natal Services, Daily Immunization services offered, there is need for specimen preservation, vaccine potency maintenance as well as the illumination of structures to aid efficiency in service delivery. It was on this premise that the "Good Governance Team" in collaboration with the National Primary Healthcare Devel

By Kingsley Agim and Trinity Ofem The Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget, Monitoring and Evaluation, Comrade Otu Otu-ita has showered praise on his principal Sir Ben Ayade for signing up partnerships that aims to ensure good governance in Cross River State. This commendation was made when he flagged off the ongoing 3-day Open Governance Partnership meeting in Calabar, he said Governor Ayade penchant for good governance and accountability has initiated policies and programmes that are reforming the system with palpable evidences to show for it. The  SA Budget also thanked the Governor for signing up for the OGP programme which he emphasized, is going to provide solutions to teething issues bothering on priorities and people-centred. Comrade Otu charged government officials and civil society organizations in the event to take the meeting seriously, bringing their inputs in line with priority areas that would portend a better Cross River State for all. He further averred that the m

Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu has doled out educational scholarships to over 1320 school children so far in various schools in its scholarship award program. The Commissioner in furtherance of her Community Youth Empowerment Scheme has awarded the multi-million Naira educational scholarships to school children in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State just as it commenced distribution of school desks, exercise books for school children across the communities of Adadama. No fewer than 1320 pupils in various Institutions received Exercise Books, Desks, and School Fees for their Annual scholarship award program. Speaking at the presentation on empowerment, Dr. Betta Edu explained that education is a key component of socio-economic development and the greatest human capital investment. "I am committed to building the capacity of these people and institutions in the communities, particularly the school children and youths by identifying skill gaps and

  By Uchino Amatey In line with the whole school model approach, The Cross River State Government has recently commissioned two new 9-classroom blocks, comprising of library, lavatories and offices at St. Theresa’s Primary School, Odukpani and St. John’s Primary School, Akamkpa Local Government Areas (LGAs). Commissioning the projects, the Executive Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr. Victor Odo congratulated members of the communities for being beneficiaries of the whole school model approach, which he reiterated was to ensure a more conducive environment for effective teaching and learning. While commending Governor Ben Ayade’s efforts, Mr Odo called on members of the community and staff of the school to compliment government’s efforts by protecting school facilities against theft and vandalism. He added that the only way to attract more facilities from government is by safeguarding and proper utilization of existing ones. Extending gratitude to the Board and

The Cross River State Commissioner for Health Dr. Betta Edu has officially Flagged Off the 1st Round Outbreak Response on Poliomyelitis vaccination Exercise alongside the Director-General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency Dr. Janet Ekpenyong. The exercise which took place at the PCN Primary School Big Quo Town is to help protect children from Polio Virus Type 2 as over 300 cases have been recorded across Nigeria with none in CRS. Polio Vaccine Type 1&3 had already been administered as Polio Virus Type 2 is beginning to show up again in neighboring states. Speaking during the Flagging Off Exercise, the Health Commissioner called on Mothers to ensure they get their children vaccinated. "Every day in CRS we try to prevent disease outbreaks just like we did during the outbreak of Covid-19, we started an early prevention campaign and this is what Governor Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade has been emphasizing on; Disease Prevention. As a State, we don't have po