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FIDA Empowers 30 Women

Over 30 women including widows have been presented with empowerment packages by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Rivers State chapter under its Feed the Family Scheme.
The presentation was part of the programme marking the 30th anniversary of the state chapter of the federation in Port Harcourt.
Meanwhile, wife of the Rivers State Governor, Hon Justice Suzette Nyesom Wike has urged members of the federation to use the occasion of the 30th anniversary to push for more rights for women and children.
Justice Wike, said this in a key note address on “Raising The Bar in the Promotion of the Rights of Women And Children”.
The state first lady described the theme for the celebration as “a welcome ambition awakening the fact that though the movement for the promotion of the rights of women and children already exists, it has become apparent that to be able to make any meaningful impact in this struggle, the necessity to push the bar several notches to the highest point and demand for a level playing field in all segments of our endeavour as opposed to the leveler field is the order of the day must be the next frontier”, she said.
Mrs Wike said that Rivers State is already raising the bar in promotion of the rights of women and children, stressing that the Child Right Law is fully functional and the Rivers State Government for the very first time ever, has a women deputy governor, including former and present chief judges and several female commissioners.
Also speaking, Chairperson of FIDA in the state, Mrs Anthonia Osademe said that the celebration will enable the organization to take stock of achievements and also plan ahead.
She said that the feed the family scheme was to ensure that the beneficiaries are economically self-reliant.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.
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