ADVERTISEMENT
The Sun Nigeria
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
The Sun Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
Home Features

Celebration as community gets health centre after 60 years

18th December 2018
in Features
0
health centre
2
SHARES
244
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Joe Effiong and Ekpedeme Essien, Uyo

The joy of natives of Eyulor community in Urue Offong Oruko Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State cannot be quantified.

Their dream of more than half a century to own a functional health facility was recently realised. The dream came true as one of the numerous micro projects assisted by the World Bank and the Akwa Ibom state government under the Community and Social Development Projects (CSDP) for
communities in the state.

Chairman, Eyulor Community Project Management Committee (CPMC), Mr Francis Onobo, expressed the feelings of the people during the official inauguration of the community clinic. He said the community would eternally remain grateful to AK-CSDP and World Bank for coming to their
rescue.

“Prior to this time, the communities had lost women to childbirth due to the distance of the community to the nearest health care facility.

READ ALSO: Anger in Akwa Ibom community that generates light but lives in darkness

“Notably, today’s event highlights the fulfilment of the yearning and agitation of Eyulor Oro Community to have a functional health facility. From my brief interaction with the elders and rural fathers, I was made to understand that Eyulor village had tried in the 1950s to build a health clinic.

“The only one they could was a make-shift facility for leprosy infectious diseases in the swampy
area of Udim-Oro near the bridge at the entrance of Eyulor. But the building had since been washed away as they were temporary structures with no solid foundations.

“Today, we have an ultra modern health facility with clinic furniture equipment made possible by the World Bank grant program. The goal is to provide antenatal care and delivery services to women in Eyulor and surrounding communities to reduce the incidence of maternal and child mortality and the resultant number of orphans and vulnerable children.

“We are particularly excited today as this primary health Clinic is being commissioned at the time politicians are using free medical care to flag off their campaigns. We therefore invite them to come and make use of our facility,” he said.

Chief Esio Ante Esio who spoke on behalf of the village head of Eyulor thanked the Almighty God for answering their prayers.

“I thank God that he had answered our prayers. Today we have a health centre in Eyulor. We also have motorized borehole and culvert constructed for our community and we are indeed grateful. I also thank the World Bank, the state Government and CSDP for doing these projects for us. We say may God bless them and keep them fit for us,” he said.

Madam Ikwo Etim Akadu, a petty trader, said the motorised borehole had improved the economic life of the Community. Commissioner, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Manpower Planning, Mr. Ekong Sampson thanked the ccommunity for standing with the government to build this project.

He said the present administration in the state has performed creditably well and the situation on ground confirmed the actualization of the five-points agenda of the present administration.

He said between January 1, 2015 and October 30, 2018, governments has completed the construction 171 quality micro projects in 89 communities across the states with the total sum of
N686,903.177.31 to touch lives of the people of Akwa Ibom state.

The general manager of CSDP in the state, Mr. Ishmael Akpan explained that CSDP is an Akwa
Ibom State Government’s project which is only supported by World Bank. He said that the agency has so far recorded wide acceptability and overwhelming enthusiasm by the people in the state.

He said the agency is committed to touch the lives of the poor and vulnerable people in order for
an improved standard of living in the state.

“I want to use this opportunity to thank President Muhammadu Buhari who collaborated with World Bank and brought this project to Nigeria and it was magnanimous enough to allow the project to go to States. I also thank our amiable Governor Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel who graciously fulfilled all the requirements which enabled the state to come on board the programme of Community and Social Development Projects Additional funding (CSDP-AF) which is why we have come this far. As I am talking now, we are already in 89 communities and we provide these quality Micro-Projects which you have seen for yourselves.

READ ALSO: Royal rumble in Bayelsa clan, Oluasiri

“One funny thing about CSDP is that it is inclusive and this is an example of inclusive development whereby everybody in the community is involved. This ensures that one is watching the other and its makes way for transparency and accountability implementation of the micro-projects and of course, it makes for ownership.

This means that you people did it. All that we did was to give you money and as such you people
own the projects.”

Akpan expressed happiness that the Akwa Ibom State government and the Urue Offong/Uruko Local Government Area were all working together to ensure that the project was utilised.

Click Here>>>>>>7 Natural Herbs to Finally End Premature Ejaculation and Weak Erection<<<<<<

Click Here>>>>>>Anti-kidnap and anti-theft device for tracking and listening<<<<<<

Tags: Akwa Ibom Stateeyulor communityfrancis onoboikwo etim akadu
Ajiri Daniels

Ajiri Daniels

Sun News Online Team

Related Posts

2020: Sorrow, tears, blood
Features

2020: Sorrow, tears, blood

12th January 2021
Kwankwasiyya petitions Chinese bank, Lawan to block Ganduje’s €684m loan request 
Editorial

Lawan @ 62: Man of candour and focus

12th January 2021
Amotekun: South West Assemblies pass bill into law
Features

Amotekun: Weaponising ethnicity to destroy good initiative

12th January 2021
Next Post
Broad

Australian minister to quit politics over s*x scandal

Djokovic

Djokovic back on top as old guard refuse to let go

Boki community

Boki community confers highest chieftaincy on UNICAL VC

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Highlights

Labour leader, Didi Adodo dies in Benin

More condemnation trails presidential aide’s comments on service chiefs 

Actor David Mela dies of unknown ailment

FG announces AJ Walters; Glovesly Pro-Project Limited; EgyptAir Maintenance as preferred ALC, MRO bidders

Backward integration not possible with deficient FX, divergent XR – industrialist 

Stay off from S’West’s security affairs , OPC warns Miyetti Allah

Trending

Court remands labourer for allegedly defiling his 6-year-old niece
National

Man, 36 remanded in Ondo for allegedly impregnating his biological daughter

12th January 2021
0

From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area...

Buhari approves posting of ambassadors

Buhari approves posting of ambassadors

12th January 2021
Ohanaeze: Reps deputy minority leader congratulates Obiozor

Ohanaeze: Reps deputy minority leader congratulates Obiozor

12th January 2021
Labour leader, Didi Adodo dies in Benin

Labour leader, Didi Adodo dies in Benin

12th January 2021
More condemnation trails presidential aide’s comments on service chiefs 

More condemnation trails presidential aide’s comments on service chiefs 

12th January 2021
ADVERTISEMENT

Follow us on social media:

Categories

  • Abuja Metro
  • Arts
  • Broken Tongues
  • Business
  • Business Week
  • Cartoons
  • Citizen Joe
  • Columns
  • Cover
  • Culture
  • Duro Onabule
  • Editorial
  • Education Review
  • Effect
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Features
  • Femi Adesina
  • Food & Drinks
  • Frank Talk
  • Funke Egbemode
  • Gallery
  • Global Square by Kenneth Okonkwo
  • Health
  • Insights
  • Kalu Leadership Series
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Letters
  • Lifeline
  • Lifestyle
  • Literary Review
  • Marketing Matters
  • Muiz Banire
  • National
  • News
  • Offside Musings
  • Opinion
  • oriental news
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • PressClips
  • Public Sphere
  • Ralph Egbu
  • Shola Oshunkeye
  • Sideview
  • South-west Magazine
  • Sponsored Post
  • Sporting Sun
  • Sports
  • Sun Girl
  • Tea Time
  • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
  • The Sun Awards Live
  • The Sun TV
  • Thoughts & Talks
  • Time Out
  • Today's cover
  • Tola Adeniyi
  • Travel
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Trending
  • TSWeekend
  • Turf Game
  • Uncategorized
  • Updates
  • Views from Abroad
  • Voices
  • World
  • World News
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Paper Ad Rate
  • Online Ad Rate
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist