Excited students of Community Secondary School, Ikot Ewa, showing off the donated sanitary pads. By Asuquo Cletus PADBANK, a humanitarian initiative aimed at tackling period poverty in Cross River State, has raised awareness on menstrual hygiene and donated sanitary pads to students of Community Secondary School, Ikot Ewa, in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the…
By Anietie Akpan In celebration of the 38th anniversary of State creation, Akwa Ibom First Lady Designate, Lady Helen Eno Obareki, has blessed 38 new born babies in three hospitals in the state, with cash and gift items. At the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Lady Obareki who was represented by the Commissioner…
Gov. Umo Eno during the Ecco meeting on Friday. By Dianabasi Effiong The Akwa Ibom State Government rose from its Executive Council meeting on Friday in Uyo to declare a state of emergency in the health sector. The council also proposed a N695 billion supplementary budget for 2025. The state of emergency in the sector…
Gov. Commissioning the buses. By Anietie Akpan The Colleges of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences in Itigidi, Calabar and Ogoja, have taken delivery of 32-seater buses, courtesy of Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State. Governor Otu who presented the three buses on Wednesday, described the effect as part of his administration’s investment in preventive health…
Gov. Bassey Otu in a handshake with the Special Assistant to the President on Public Health, Mrs. Uju Rochas-Anwuka, flanked by his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey (left) and Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Johnson Ebokpo (right). By Anietie Akpan The Federal Government has described the country’s malnutrition crisis as a national emergency just…
By Ita Williams, Calabar In her effort to give back to society and contribute to the vulnerable through humanitarian efforts, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, Comrade Archibong Bassey, has unveiled her pet project, “Padbank Mobile Outreach”. This is a personal initiative designed to address menstrual hygiene challenges…