L-R: Superintendent-General, Civil Chaplaining Ministry, Nigeria, Rev. (Dr.) Success U. Ekebuisi, National Director of Foreign Mission Affairs, Rev. (Dr.) Daddy-Sun Ibulubo and Rivers State Co-ordinator, Civil Chaplaincy Ministry, Nigeria, Chaplain Gospel F. Ibulubo, at a thanksgiving service for commissioned chaplains in Port Harcourt, recently
The Cross River State
governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has been conferred with the Award of Excellence by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for his leadership and foresight in improving the life of the people of the state.
Presenting the award, the Executive Director Centre for Peace and President/CEO of US-UNESCO Clubs, Centers and Associations, Mr. Guy Djoken said that “As a token and testimonial to your leadership and foresight in the manner you are improving the lives of the people of Cross River State and Nigeria, we have decided to encourage you with this to boost your morale for more result-oriented initiatives.”
He lauded the state for being at the forefront of tourism development in the country saying; “Cross River has carved a niche for itself in Nigeria by pioneering tourism development in Nigeria. This will afford us the opportunity of showcasing your rich cultural heritage and other bounteous potentials in the state to the world to come and invest in these boundless opportunities existing here.
“We want to help you have the Cross River State of United States because we see you as a very active state so as to enable you draw from the bank of opportunities we have in the United States through active collaboration and partnership with our chambers of commerce and industry to create wealth and continuously improve on the living condition of average member of this great state.”
On areas of collaboration with the state, Guy Djoken further disclosed that UNESCO will love to partner the state to establish a virtual Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre that would serve as a call centre as well as support all other IT-related activities with a view to creating employment opportunities for the youths.
“Apart from our cardinal objectives of promoting peace around the world, free education for a civic society, we are encouraging entrepreneurship training among the young ones to make them self-reliant, create jobs and be employers of labour which is a big departure from what is currently the trend in Nigeria where everyone looks for white collar jobs that do not exist,” he added.
Friday Nwagbara, Calabar
