Author: Benjamin Jimmy

In a proactive attempt to gain entrance into the ARISE agenda of His Excellency Pastor Umo Eno,the Ethical and Attitudinal Reorientation Commission, EARCOM has embarked on visit to select secondary schools in Uyo metropolis to advocate against vices. The chairman of the commission, Dr. Dorothy Thompson, while setting the tone for the campaign, warned the schools and students that the governor will not tolerate any form of impediment to the ARISE agenda as it relates to the educational cardinal point of his developmental pursuit for the state. She described such behaviour as cultism, rape, drug abuse as anti ethical to…

A non-governmental organization, Atmosfair Sav80 Clean Cookingstoves has sensitized women in Akwa Ibom State on the negative impact of climate change on their health and the environment. The organization has also introduced the women to clean cookingstoves, a health and environmental-friendly cooking product developed by the NGO to help mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. Speaking during the programme which held at Four Points By Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene, at the weekend, the Chairman, Advisory Board of Atmosfair Climate and Sustainability, an NGO based in Germany, Amb. Faruk Yabo, said the adverse effects of climate change exacerbated by human…

By Benjamin Jimmy Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Akwa Ibom State Command, has been rated high by Human Rights Group for its performance in protecting critical national infrastructure in the state and maintaining a good civil relations with members of the public. Saviour Akpan, Esq., who is the Akwa Ibom State Cluster Lead, handed down the rating during a visit to the head, Department of Private Guard Companies, PGC, of the command, Assistant Commandant E. E. Peters. https://crestnews.ng/pdp-governorship-candidate-mbah-declared-enugu-gov-elect/ Explaining the reason for his visit, Akpan told Asst. Commandant Peters that it was occasioned by the study he was…

A non- governmental organization (NGO), Youth Development Cluster, YDC, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, raised an alarm over what it described as lack of a sustainable youth policy framework after an analysis of the manifestos of the YPP, PDP, and APC governorship candidates in the state. The organization raised the concern in a press conference while presenting the outcomes and recommendations of the analysis it conducted on these three frontline governorship candidates’ manifestos held at Uranus House, Uyo. YDC said it was most worrisome to see gaps existing in these manifestos which suggested that the thinking that went into the…