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CRSG Assures NTA Of Support
The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has reiterated his readiness to collaborate with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Calabar in an effort to ensure full coverage of events and programmes in the State.
Imoke who stated this when he received the new General Manager, NTA Calabar, Mrs. Catherine Allotey and other members of management on a courtesy visit in his office, promised that he would do everything to ensure the station is well positioned to meet the current realities in terms of publicity of its programmes.
He assured the NTA team of a more realistic partnership that would not only cement the already existing cordial relationship with his government, but also ensure the station achieves its dreams of attaining a network status in the shortest possible time. The Governor commended the Minister for Information and Communication, Mrs. Dora Akunyili as well as the Director-General of NTA for their pragmatic approach to reform the station which he noted is now a force to reckon with in the international media arena.
He called on the management staff to rally round the new General Manager with utmost determination and dedication to enable her succeed in the task of showcasing the State to the outside world.
Earlier, the new General Manager, NTA Calabar, Mrs. Catherine Allotey, who until her posting was the General Manager, NTA Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, said she was in his office to rekindle the already existing relationship between the State and the station with a view to strengthening it.
She promised to bring back the lost glory of NTA Calabar, which she noted was viewed from the neighbouring Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and some parts of Akwa Ibom and Rivers States.
On the newly constructed NTA Ogoja, Mrs. Allotey said that the station which currently runs four hours test transmission will be commissioned before the end of the year while the Ikom station, according to her, is receiving due attention.
She, therefore, appealed to the state government to assist her in renovating the dilapidated structures currently housing the NTA Calabar station and promised to consolidate on the long standing relationship for a regular and wider publicity of the state.
Niger Delta
Tai Agric Sector Gets Emergency Attention …As Chairman Distributes Farm Inputs, Inaugurates Technical Team

The Chairman of Tai Local Government Council of Rivers State, Hon. Matthew Nenu Bari Dike has declared a state of emergency in the agriculture sector of Tai local government.
Speaking while distributing farm implements and other agricultural support packages to the farmers at the council’s headquarters in Saakpenwa, yesterday, Dike challenged farmers to show their farms before requesting for financial assistance.
The council boss stated that as a government, they were committed to putting smiles on the faces of the people and assured that his administration would ensure that every person in the local government is happy.
“As a government we want to assure you that, we will stop at nothing to ensure you all are empowered and living happily”.
According to him, “the gesture is aimed at enhancing food production and security through agriculture, and enjoined all lovers of agriculture in the local government area to identify with the quest to redefine development through agriculture in the local government.
He encouraged everyone to cultivate the passion and return to agriculture, to guarantee self-reliance, maximum food production and security in the area.
His administration, he said, would purchase more yam seedlings in order to get greater production to encourage exportation beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“A boost in yam production will also empower farmers in the Local Government Area”, the elated chairman said.
In a related development, the Chairman has inaugurated a five, member Agricultural Technical Committee for the Local Government Area.
The committee is made up of Pst. Anderson Wariboko, Barr. Paul Newman,, Smith Nyor-Ue, Gladys Jumbo and Dr Keke Rammyson
Also speaking, the Director of Agriculture, Tai Local Government Area, Mr Anderson Wariboko revealed that the event was part of activities to mark the chairman’s 100 days in office.
Wariboko who led the chairman, and other leaders of the council on the distribution of the farm inputs to the farmers, was full of praises for the chairman, Hon. Dike whom he said has the interest of the people at heart.
Kiadum Edookor
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