Rotary Club Installs 50th President

The Rotary Club of Port Harcourt District 9141 has installed Rotarian Obiageli Ejezie as its 50th president.
The ceremony which took place at the Rotary Centre, Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt, was attended by people from all walks of life.
Speaking shortly after her installation, Rotarian Ejezie listed out some programmes the club intends to pursue within the next rotary year.
Among programmes listed include maternal and child health basic education and literacy as well as water and sanitation.
Rotarian Ejezie also said the club would embarked on disease prevention and treatment, economic empowerment and community development as well as peace and conflict resolution.
She said the club would target projects that will impact positively on the lives of the people, saying the programmes are meant to affect lives positively and bring lasting change in the society.
Also speaking, the immediate past president of the club, Rotarian Mike Ezeanya, said his administration impacted on seven areas within the last Rotary year.
Ezeanya listed the achievements of the club in the last Rotary year to include donation of medical equipment and consumable drugs to the primary healthcare centre in Port Harcourt, donation and provision of desks, tables, textbooks, notebooks and learning aids to two primary schools and provision of hygiene facilities.
Other achievements, according to him, are free eye treatment and diagnoses test to over 150 public transport drivers, micro credit empowerment to 50 market women with grants and loans, financial rewards and recognition to encourage public school teachers, rewards of excellence to public school students, civic child acquisition, creation of awareness in market places and free planting campaign.
Ezeanya commended the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, for the rehabilitation of the Rotary Centre road and also thanked members for their support.

By: John Bibor & Oribim Ibama.