Rivers

Fubara Rates Primary Health Care Mgt Board High

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2 years ago

January 10, 2024

The Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed satisfaction with the management of the Rivers State Primary Healthcare Management Board (RSPHCMB) for efficient and effective management and maintenance of primary health care facilities in the state.
He made the commendation when he visited the Model Primary Health Care Centre at Akpajo on an inspection tour to assess facilities at the health centre.
Fubara said it was important to visit the primary health care centre at Akpajo to assess the performance of the Board, noting that his visit to the centre has convinced him that the RSPHCMB is working.
According to the Governor, the State Government under his watch will support the Board in every way, noting that “health care is a serious sector which has been reflected in the 2024 budget, and needs to be taken care of”.
He assured the Management of the Board that government will do its best to assist the Board, even as he stressing the need to be healthy in order to work.
Governor Fubara also assured the staff and the people of Akpajo that all the complaints raised by the Doctor managing the facility will be looked into at the appropriate time, noting that issues of manpower as noticed will be addressed.
Also speaking, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Ore, affirmed that Governor Fubara has the interest in the development of the state, saying that part of the Governor’s interest is to provide guality social services, without which, he said, “there will be no development”.
Dr Ore also stated that the Governor’s visit to Akpajo Primary Health Care Centre is to demonstrate his commitment towards ensuring that there is guality health care across all the levels of primary health care, secondary and tertiary health care.
She assured that the complaints raised by the residents of Akpajo with regards to the challenges they face would be addressed to significantly provide a better and guality primary health care delivery in Rivers State.
She stated that the inspection tour to Akpajo Primary Health Care Centre was to demonstrate that primary health is important and that is why the Governor came to look at the challenges in the centre in a bid to address it.
In his speech, Executive Secretary, RSPHCMB, Prof. Kinikanwo Green, said as management of the Board, and according to World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition, primary health care takes care of 70-80 percent of health needs of the people.
According to Prof Green, the Board is working relentlessly together with the government to raise primary health care to the next level, noting that the government’s commitment to providing guality health care delivery would not be overemphasized.
He maintained that the Governor’s inspection tour to Akpajo Primary Health Care Centre was part of the universal health care coverage, “and that is exactly what the has come to fulfill in order to ensure that any problem at the primary health care space would be addressed”.

By: John Bibor

Rivers

NSE Members Tasked On National Dev

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5 days ago

July 11, 2025

The Tide

Members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, have been urged to work hard towards contributing to national development. This call was made at the recent induction of new members by the Port Harcourt branch of the Society. The induction ceremony was used to formally welcome new members and celebrate its elevated new fellows.

Speaking during the ceremony held a in Port Harcourt, the Branch Chairman, Engr. Idaeresoari Ateke Harriet, FNSE, called on members of the NSE to actively participate in the Society’s professional and technical activities in order to contribute meaningfully to national development. He congratulated the new inductees, describing their admission as a testament to their hard work and resilience.

Engr. Ateke also commended the new Fellows for their immense contributions to the engineering profession, reminding them that their elevation is a call to greater responsibility as mentors and role models.

The event featured a lecture by Engr. Prof. Steve Odi-Owei, FNSE, on “Opportunities and Challenges in Nigeria’s Blue Economy.” The Chairman noted that Nigeria’s maritime and aquatic resources remain largely untapped, adding that engineers have a crucial role to play in harnessing these resources for economic growth and environmental sustainability.

He thanked the first female President of NSE, Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala, FNSE, other dignitaries, sponsors, and families of inductees for gracing the occasion.

Also, engineers, especially those in Rivers State have been advised to adhere strictly to the core ethics of the profession and to always uphold the professional ethics of the body.

This advice was given by an engineering expert, Basoene Benibo, in an interview with at the sidelines of the induction ceremony and Fellowship celebration of the Port Harcourt Branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

Benibo stressed the need for young engineers in the state to learn and improve on their skills by tapping from the wealth of experience of older professionals in the field to enable them excel.

Benibo, who is a one-time Chairman of the Port Harcourt Chapter of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, also noted and hailed the efforts of the society in eliminating quackery in the engineering profession.

Some of the new fellows include Prof Jackson Akpa, Pereowei Jose’s and Telema Osima, while the inductees, Engr Mrs Lizzy Onwuso, Engr David Jonathan jnr and Worlu Emmanuel expressed joy in being found worthy to become full NSE members, believing that it would enable them have access to more knowledge, practice rightly and impact the society positively.

Rivers

VALVA Restates Commitment Education Advancement, Literacy In Nigeria

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5 days ago

July 11, 2025

The Tide

The President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian Library Association (NLA), Dr. Dominic Amenaghawon Omokaro, has expressed deep commitment to the advancement of education and literacy in Nigeria through the library system.

Speaking through his state Chairman Dr. Chidara Okachukwu Nyemezu, at the formal Launching/inauguration of the Vanguard for Library Visibility And Advocacy (VALVA) at Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic in Port Harcourt recently, Omokaro discribed the inauguration of the new body as a significant and passionate movement aimed at shining the spotlight on one of the underappreciated yet critical institution in Nigeria’s educational system and national development.

“We are gathered here not just to launch a group, but to launch a vision and ignite a movement to reinforce a mission to make libraries visible and valuable again for our people”, he said.

Dr. Omokaro stated that the birth of VALVA is based of the recognition that libraries, particularly school libraries, are the bedrock of promoting a reading and research culture that includes innovation and lifelong learning in the society, though the system is grossly underfunded and poorly equipped in many cases.

He recalled the theme of its first week under his watch, “Library System for National Development in 2022”, which he hinted was driven by the state chapters.

He explained that the inauguration of VALVA shows an important mission to promote the visibility and development with impact on schools and other libraries through strategic advocacy that will advance quality education and foster lifelong learning culture in Nigeria.

“The vision is clear to promote the visibility where every school and indeed every community will have access to a functional library managed by a professional Liberian”, he said.

Speaking with journalists at the sideline of the event, the founder of the VALVA, Dr. Juliet C. Akex-Nmec, stressed that no society can grow without a functional and effective library.

She urged government at all levels to ensure the establishment of effective and functional libraries across the country.

Dr. Alex-Nmec, who is also an Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Rivers State University, called for the appointment of a Special Adviser on Library matters by the state government in order to assist the government on Library matters.

High point of the event was the formal inaugural of the new body and oath of offices to the new executive.

Akujobi Amadi

Rivers

Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members

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5 days ago

July 11, 2025

The Tide

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.