By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has flagged off its three-year forest conservation program in eight communities in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Southern Cross River State. The program which is all about securing important forest resources for nature conservation, eco-tourism, sustainable natural forest resource management as well as maximizing forest potential and
By Sylvia Akpan The Calabar Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church will for the next three months, starting today, train the public on eight different skills for free, says its education board. The skills to be acquired according to the Executive Secretary of the Catholic schools board, Rev. Fr. Dominic Umo include; auto mechanics, electrical
By Patrick Obia A non-profit making organization, Girls Leading Africa (GLA) has graduated no fewer than twenty-eight students from its skill acquisition program. The graduates who were all young females were trained in skills such as tailoring, catering, information communication technology among others as a way to be self-reliant. At the graduation ceremony held at
By Daily Post Lawmaker representing Obudu/Bekwara/Obanliku Federal Constituency in Cross River State at the National Assembly, Hon. Legor Idagbo, has reportedly ordered the arrest and detention of the Legal Adviser to All Progressives Congress in the State, Barrister Pius Awa. According to Daily Post, Awa was detained at the Obudu Police Station. Sources within the
By Jonathan Ugbal The member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Legor Idagbo has explained that the unavailability of white collar jobs is the reason why he empowers his constituents with skills from time to time. Mr. Idagbo stated this Wednesday in his native Ijibor, Bekwarra Local Government Area where he doled
By Patrick Obia A leading producer of cement in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Lafarge Africa Plc has empowered twenty-five women from it’s host communities of Mfamosing, Abiati, Ekong Anaku, Mbobui and Akwa Ikot Effanga in Akamkpa and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of Cross River State. The empowerment ceremony held Saturday, September 18, 2021,
Can we organize at least, community town hall meetings, one for the very representatives who hitherto buy motorcycles, sewing machines and deep freezers to empower the people in communities where electricity has never been seen, and youths lack the technical capacity to compete with their counterparts in other States, women lack the capacity to sew.
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent Cross River lawmaker, Honorable Christian Achor (PDP Etung) on Saturday in Effraya doled out items worth about NGN20 million to members of his constituency in an ’empowerment’ wave that has hit the state’s political terrain. The items include 100 units of manual cocoa spraying machines, 3 units of