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Amid the incessant national grid collapses that have continued to throw the country into darkness for days, some states have intensified push for independent power plants for a stable and affordable power supply. Saturday PUNCH gathered that while some states have initiated the power generation processes, others have reached advanced stages. The national power grid
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Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has clocked 65 years but he laments that he cannot celebrate due to the high level of hardship in the country. He spoke on a Sparkling FM Radio programme monitored in Calabar, when special adviser on media and publicity, Linus Obogo, as well as special adviser on general
I can’t celebrate birthday because of hardship – Gov Otu
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has clocked 65 years but he laments that he cannot celebrate due to the high level of hardship in the country.
He spoke on a Sparkling FM Radio programme monitored in Calabar, when special adviser on media and publicity, Linus Obogo, as well as special adviser on general duties, Barrister Ekpenyong Akiba, linked him to make remarks on his new age.
Otu said, “I cannot in all sincerity celebrate my birthday with such expected fanfare in the midst of current hardships.
“There’s much sufferings in the country due to current hyperinflation. It would be insensitive to do so. That’s why it is a low-key event.”
He expressed gratitude to the people of the state for their prayers and good wishes.
The governor said his administration was intentional about impacting the people.
“I have occupied many positions in this country. In all, I have never disappointed. So I vow that I shall not disappoint the people of Cross River State as their governor, by he grace of God. There’ll be value addition.”
He disclosed that from next year he will be holding regular town hall meetings across the three senatorial districts in the state.
“It’ll enable the people to speak with me directly; ask me no-hold-barred questions, so that they will hear my responses directly.”
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has described as insensitive the Federal Government’s threat to deduct seven days’ pay from doctors’ salaries for going on strike to demand the rescue of their colleague kidnapped in December 2023. The Vice President II of NARD and Chairman of the NARD Medical Education Committee, Dr. Kefas Wida, who
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has described as insensitive the Federal Government’s threat to deduct seven days’ pay from doctors’ salaries for going on strike to demand the rescue of their colleague kidnapped in December 2023. The Vice President II of NARD and Chairman of the NARD Medical Education Committee, Dr. Kefas Wida, who
The Defence Headquarters has said troops, during operations in the Northern parts of the country, killed 96 terrorists and arrested 227 suspects. The DHQ noted that among those arrested was a terrorist commander identified as Usman Maisaje. In a statement on Friday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major Geneneral Buba Edward, said Maisaje was
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The Defence Headquarters has said troops, during operations in the Northern parts of the country, killed 96 terrorists and arrested 227 suspects. The DHQ noted that among those arrested was a terrorist commander identified as Usman Maisaje. In a statement on Friday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major Geneneral Buba Edward, said Maisaje was
