By Sylvia Akpan Cross River State governor-elect, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has commemorated the May 27th, 2023, children’s day celebration and said that investing in our future means investing in our children. Otu said the theme “investing in our future means investing in our children” is apt. This was contained in a statement made available
If education is expensive, ignorance is still more costly… P. B. de La Bruère – 1903 All around continental Africa, most of the countries appear to be in a state of uncertainty as there seems to be some form of identity crisis following the inability to properly define nationalist goals and holistic approaches to achieving
By Efa Sunday and David Nsa The Grand Commander of the Armed Forces and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to eradicate violence against children in the year 2030. He made this commitment today in a Presidential Speech read by the Deputy Governor of Cross River State,
By Jonathan Ugbal The wife of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade on Monday cautioned youths against indulging in substance abuse during an interactive session with secondary school students as part of activities to mark the 2019 edition of the Children’s Day celebration. The session had students from four secondary schools;
By Elijah Ugani Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Monday flagged off the State Health Insurance Scheme tagged “Ayadecare” at a ceremony in Calabar, the state capital organized to mark the 2018 children’s day. This comes 20 months after he signed into law, the bill to establish the insurance scheme as well as several
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Cross River Governor, Mr. Donald Duke has called for a reflection to build a society fit for children. Mr. Duke stated this in a series of tweets in what appeared to be his 2018 children’s day message on Sunday. He tweeted that: “As we wish Nigerian children a Happy Children’s day,
By Our Correspondent As the nation commemorates 2016 Children’s Day celebration, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has enjoined children not to lose hope in the country. Ayade gave the charge while addressing children at the U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, venue of this year’s event with the theme: “Protect the rights of the