Olorogun David Edevbie was among the first callers at the family home of His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, in Owa-Alero, as the Governor and Delta State amiable and graceful First Lady, Dame Edith Okowa, gave out the hand of their daughter, Maxine Ewere Okowa, in marriage to Benue State born Dr Daniel Igoh, on Saturday, April 2.
Edevbie, the frontline aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Delta 2023 Governorship, set aside all consultation activities to celebrate with the Okowas at the colourful traditional marriage that attracted the creme of Delta society which included former Governors Chief James Ibori and Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and his wife, Roli, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Chief Ndudi Elumelu and Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah, amongst others.
Okowa, flanked by former governors Ibori and Uduaghan
In a congratulatory message to the family, Edevbie wrote: “I congratulate the Governor and First Lady of our dear State, HE Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur and Dame Edith Okowa, on the traditional marriage ceremony of their daughter, Maxine Ewere Okowa, to her beloved heartthrob, Daniel Odeh Igo.”
He also prayed God to bless the couple with fruitfulness, peace and marital bliss.
Edevbie shares very close bond affinity with the Okowa family having worked closely with Dr Okowa at various points in the state and recently as his Commissioner of Finance and later Chief of Staff for which he says Okowa is always his boss.
The highly revered culture enthusiast and Omu Anioma, Her Royal Majesty, Obi Martha Dunkwu has advised the pupils and students of Skyset Schools Okpanam, to see education as their future, adding that nothing can ever jeopardise their future endeavours if they focused seriously on their academics.
The Omu who was represented by her Media Consultant, Comrade Patrick Ochei gave this admonition at the Cultural Day Celebration of the school, which held at the NTA Asaba open field on Saturday, 2nd April, 2022.
According to Omu Dunkwu, “Education is the global key that unlocks all doors. That’s why it is recognised as the best legacy any parents can bequeath to their children.
“Your future is in your hands if only you can take the positive path of education. This is the best opportunity you have to study and become the best person you desire for yourself.
Children
“Do not allow the influences of your peers to distract you and derail you from the positive side of life. Make your parents proud of you by concentrating on your studies and by so doing advance the society. This is because the society is awaiting your best for its advancement and development”, Omu Anioma admonished.
Omu further made inferences to the fact that majority of youths these days see education as scam, reiterating that education is not a scam but that such opinion is just a figment of the imagination of those youths who want to take excuse to indulge in negative social vices.
She urged them not to join the bandwagon of derailing young ones as a result of the decay in our societal values, but to stick to the good conducts their parents and teachers are trying to advance to them.
Also admonishing the children in his speech was the Asagba of Okpanam and Chairman of the Cultural Day Celebration, Obi (Dr) Adimabua Ozili.
He equally frowned at the attitude of mothers who could not prepare their girl children for the cooking competition at the event, thereby leaving him with the option of giving monetary reward to the only outstanding cooking competitor at the Cultural Day.
In his closing remark at the end of the ceremony, the Proprietor of Skyset Schools who is a veteran journalist, Mr. Carl Ofonye appreciated God for the grace to drive the vision of helping society grow through education.
He said the success of the event is the consequence of the dedication of the management and staff of the school, who are passionate and committed to proper education of the children under their care.
Ofonye also highlighted the concerns of Obi Ozili over the inability of other students to compete against the only student competitor who is a native of Imo State by origin.
Children
The Proprietor in an absolute authority to reward hardwork, declared no tuition fee for the girl in her first term next session, except boarding fee. This he said, is to reawaken the spirit of competition among the students and to spur them to prepare for next session’s competitive activities.
Highlight of the event was the different cultural exhibitions by students and their families from various tribes. The family of Mrs. Esther Patrick from Edo State emerged the Best Dressed and Represented Family, thereby winning the privilege of being featured in the school’s Photo Book for next session.
Underrate him at your peril, he holds the ace of strategic impulse, deeply unassuming but perilously a master strategist.
Still a grand guru of unpredictability and a political mystery. Till date, no one has been able to dissect and give an exact diagnosis of the man called Muhammadu Buhari.
PMB Mohammadu BUHARI
Experts in the study of body language and gesture are still in awe of the man, political clairvoyants are still in limbo on the impenetrable nature of the man, close aides have been rendered strangers to the inner workings of the mind of this Daura born political enigma. Like he once said, indeed, his mind belongs to everyone and to no one – the very reason he has remained a mystery.
In the last one month, the All Progressives Congress , APC was in the eyes of a tumultuous storm, the party was embroiled in a litany of political intrigues, manipulations and fierce internal struggles. Camps outwit camps as groups battle groups in wits and propaganda.
It got to a point where all hell was let loose as the actors went publicly ballistic in embarrassing fights of attrition. All these narrowed down to one forte; the 2023 general elections. Who becomes who and what were the crux of the fierce battles and the house was near its collapse. Until one man who undoubtedly is the rope that ties the broom waded in and in a telepathic switch everything returned to the default setting, and the ruling party roars back to life.
He first warned in measured words, that the party must not make the mistake of ever allowing the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP return to power. With this sinking into the consciousness of the party faithful defined in belligerence interests, the president reeled out his intervention in what pundits now describe as mechanical and choreographed traces of purposeful leadership.
Indeed politics is consultation laced with deep reflections given the recent happenings in the APC. The conclusion is that the President is not only fully aware of everything and everyone and all the schemings under him but has a tap on every move to the minutest details. He was just observing like a veteran war General awaiting the clinical time to strike.
PMB, Mohammadu BUHARI
Mr President is not only in charge but fully in charge.The four meetings held within the last 48 hours is proof that he understands Wetin dey play. First with the governors, followed by the party aspirants, the National Assembly caucus of the party and then the founding fathers of the party. These deft moves show the man genuinely means well for APC and Nigeria as I have always known and hold in respects all critical stakeholder and the value they bring onto the table. You do not ever take a General for granted or undermine their war strategy.
A day to National Convention and PMB has met with virtually all critical stakeholders of the Party. Leaving everything to this injury time is to me a strategy anchored on appropriate timing and period when there will be no time to RETREAT to REGROUP.
Make no mistake every of those stakeholders are fully under the radar. ‘If you no fear Military, try fear General’ especially the old fox with unpredictable acumen. President Olusegun Obasanjo did same in 2007 for PDP and BOOM President Umaru Yar’Adua appeared.
If you remember President Buhari’s famous bombshell of January 2022 during his chat with Channels TV where he said “If I reveal my preferred successor they will eliminate him” then you can understand that the man is undoubtedly a strategist of inimitable pair.
Written by ABDULLAHI O. HARUNA (Haruspice)
*Abdullahi O. Haruna (Haruspice) a core Buharist and author of ‘The Buhari in Us’ writes from the School of Musing thoughts and reflection.*
Delta billionaire, philanthropist, business mogul Owelle 1 of Onicha Olona, High Chief Jerry Nkeweshe has expressed sadness over the deplorable state of roads in Ezi, Ukala Okwute and Ebu in Oshimili north local government area delta state.
According to The Owelle of Olona, over the last seven years of governor Ifeanyi Okowa led PDP administration indigenous of Anioma nation have been subjected to gruesome experiences plying these roads:
Many have lost loved ones, valuables among other things to accidents that regularly occurs due to the decaying state of the roads.
Bad road networks are highly characteristic of the Delta state under the leadership of Okowa.
However, it has now become a lifestyle for Delta drivers to learn how to manoeuvre their vehicle steering when driving on these bad roads that has notorious potholes, car-eating craters, and deadly ditches.
Bad road in Delta
Despite the governor self-acclaimed title “Roadmaster” road networks in the state have suffered neglect since inception of this administration.
“Okowa have refused to fix the roads and the few roads being constructed are substandard already failing before completion”
“As an Anioma son one would expect that Okowa would consider the Anioma people with basic amenities especially good roads for ease of transporting goods and services, but that’s not the case.
“Anioma roads have degenerated so badly that when it rains, it is almost impossible to drive.
“Flooding has been normalized, and sometimes, it is worsened by overflowing street refuse.
“Anioma people have so lost confidence in the state that many no longer complain about poor governance.
“Bad road networks in Delta state have become a normal lifestyle for the people.
“Corporate workers have made rubber slippers part of their office outfits as this makes waddling through rainfall puddles easier.
“Warri City has it worse, with potholes so bad that it is hard to tell if they hadn’t always been like that.
“It also doesn’t help that one of Delta most plied roads, Ezi, Ukala Okwute and Ebu has become a death trap”.
The Owelle of Onicha Olona described his travel on Delta roads in these words, “The feeling from surviving a fall from maybe 200 flights of stairs is akin to what you get every time you travel by road through Delta State.
“The road networks in Udu, Ughelli and Agbarho Orhokpokpor represents a situational irony.
“The state of the roads in Agbarho Orohokpokpor, is so deplorable that citizens have begun coming up with alternative narrow routes in places that normally wouldn’t be treaded.
“Agbor/Owa Alero the governor’s own town have been eaten up by deep erosion, with marks that look like aftermaths of earthquakes, this is even as the state benefits from Nigeria’s Ecological Fund.
“Governor Ifeanyi Okowa always claims he is working “Roadmaster” but this is not evident in the uneven roads across the State”. Owelle said.
Justices P. M. Ayuba and S. D. Pam, both of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have convicted and sentenced five oil thieves to various jail terms, for illegal dealing in petroleum products without requisite licences.
Court Judiciary
The convicts are: Wei Ibolo, Mudashiru Toaheed, Etim Edet, Martins Savior and Tope Alani.
They were all jailed after pleading “guilty” to one- count separate charge preferred against them by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, upon their arraignment on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
EFCC
The lone count charge read:
“That you Owei Ibolo on or about the 6th day of December, 2021around the Creek of Akassa River, Bayelsa State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did without lawful authority and licence dealt in Crude Oil to wit: about 700,000 litres conveyed in MT. TIS IV thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (17) (a) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17, of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and punishable under Section 1 (17) (b) of the same Act”
Court Judiciary Gavel
In view of their pleas of “guilty”, prosecution counsel: J. N. Dogonyaro and B. C. Kadiri, prayed the court to convict and sentence them as charged.
Counsel to the defendants: M. M. Suleiman and B. C. Okeadaka prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, insisting that, “they are first- time offenders and do not have previous criminal records”.
Justices Ayuba and Pam convicted and sentenced the defendants to various jail terms as follows:
Justice Ayuba convicted and sentenced Taoheed, Savior, Ibolo and Edet to two years imprisonment each, with an option of fine of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200, 000) each, payable into the Consolidated Revenue Account of the Federal Government.
Justice Pam also sentenced Alani to two years (2) imprisonment, with an option of fine of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200, 000) payable into the Consolidated Revenue Account of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
He also ordered that the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) transported in a Toyota Camry car, with Registration Number Lagos NF 301KJA, be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The products, he ruled, should be sounded and sold by the Secretary of EFCC or any other person authorized by him and the proceeds paid into the EFCC Recovery Account domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the vehicle released to the owner.
Both judges ordered that the convicts should depose to affidavits of good behaviour before the court.
The convicts’ journey to prison started when they were apprehended by the Anti- Bunkering Teams of both the Nigerian Navy and Army at Akassa River in Bayelsa State and Okirika in Rivers State, for illegally dealing in petroleum products without appropriate licences.
They were arrested with a vessel laden with about 700,000 litres of crude oil loaded in MT. TIS IV around Brass Terminal Jetty in Bayelsa State, without any certification by the Nigerian Navy to operate on Nigeria waters.
They were all handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution.
As the political race to Dennis OSADEBE House gathers momentum, riverine communities have their hope for a better tommorow rekindled by Olorogun David EDEVBIE.
Olorogun David EDEBVIE’s governorship policies and humanistic traits present a brighter future and greater comfort for the riverine communities than any other contender.
Undoubtedly, Olorogun David EDEBVIE’s quest for a reformed society away from the discrimination and unfair imbalance between urban and riverine dwellers had earlier been demonstrated when he pragmatically ensured the establishment of the interventionist Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs while working at the Presidency as Principal Secretary to late President Umaru Yaradua.
The introduction was to add impetus in tackling the development inequalities and infrastructural deficits that have made life difficult for the people for decades.
Never economical with the truth, Olorogun David EDEVBIE abhors injustice, promotes dynamism and professionalism in management and stands against unprogressive tendencies of the “status quo.”
Olorogun David EDEVBIE is pained by the total darkness surrounding the riverine areas across Delta State.
As a modern mind, he sees the riverine areas as part of the tripod of resources and has committed to developing them to achieve Delta an integrated and accelerated development of the state.
In Delta State, hardly can one mention any riverine region that has no deposit of crude oil. There is no riverine region that has no wealth of agricultural produce in Delta State. There is no riverine region in Delta State that does contribute to the state’s food basket, but when it comes to developments, they lack all the good things – roads, electricity, drinkable water, hospitals, good primary and secondary schools, none existence of tertiary institutions and other basic social amenities.
One would think they committed some offence in history to have been so neglected and consigned to disregard. It is such a monumental aberration.
But Edevbie offers hope. For the first time, we are seeing an aspirant that is putting the development of the riverine areas as a cardinal agenda in his manifesto and he does by demonstrating a deep knowledge of the areas, understanding of the development challenges and realistic plans to solving them.
It is an indication that if given the mandate as successor to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, he is positively determined to rewrite the story of Delta riverine communities and bring them out of the pain and agony of selective uninclusion, disproportionate and denied opportunities from lopsided concentration in developments in upland areas, devastating ecological problems from oil and gas exploration and many more.
It must be known that the riverine communities are about 50% of the landmass and population of the state and the state cannot be said to be developing when such area is untouched.
It must also be known that a larger percentage of residents of the cities are from either the riverine or rural communities and all well meaning Deltans should be prepared to support the bridging of the artificial gap in development created by humans.
By so doing, we can feel a sense of oneness even in our cultural diversity and linguistic differences.
I therefore make a passionate clarion call on the power brokers from the riverine areas in Delta State, to go back to the drawing board, redesign the latitudinal lines and contours in the territorial waters and ensure that delegates of the PDP to the May 21 primary produce for us Ologorun David EDEVBIE, for it is only in him that the rivers people can find hope of a new, better life.
(ATAMEYO, a Deltan from Iyede-Ame writes from Ozoro.)
In the Vanguard Newspaper Viewpoint features published on December 7, 2020, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Special Assistant on Media, Nobert Chiazor, by the approval of Governor Okowa himself, revealed the following about David Edevbie:
“Ever courteous and self-respecting, he is not given to vulgarity or imprudent crudity that are common mannerisms of most political office holders in Nigeria. Far from a stormy petrel, Edevbie is neither a die-hard troublesome politician nor a bullish power monger. He acts more like a genial player, a gentleman in government.
“An affable image refined by disciplined parental nurture and cultured British peculiarity, Edevbie made a dramatic entry into Nigeria’s political space in 1999 when he flew home to assume office as Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, (and) by the time his tour of duty ended in 2003, he had transformed a lethargic civil service from a slow outmoded bureaucracy weighed down by dusty files into a vibrant technological- savvy, computerized institution, leveraged by speedy and efficient operations in fiscal management.
David Edevbie
“His pedigree propelled him to national reckoning when he received an invitation to be the Director of Finance and Strategy in the campaign of the then PDP presidential candidate, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua now late. He was later appointed Principal Secretary when Yar’Adua was elected president in 2007, serving until April 2010 after the death of the head of state, to establish his consulting firm, Avantgarde, reputed with tested portfolio in Power, Oil & Gas, Mining, Health, Telecommunication, Financial Markets and Hotels.
“He returned to mainstream politics in 2014 and became a principal actor in Delta PDP gubernatorial race, conceding to Okowa who emerged flag bearer on December 8 primary and ultimately, governor on May 29, 2015.
“Political tolerance and love of Delta would bring both men together in power as Edevbie became Commissioner of Finance again after his 1999 debut and got appointed Chief of Staff to Okowa in his second tenure as Governor.
“Okowa’s accommodating nature and gentle spirit had coalesced with Edevbie’s civilized nurture and competence to helm in the stronger hold, a new Delta, driven by a policy thrust named SMART Agenda.
“Edevbie as Chief of Staff has so far done his bit coordinating key policies and activities of government appointees with matchless focus and fastidious diligence, befitting of his standard management orientation.
“Together, the Chief of Staff and the Governor are working in the seamless mix to address the challenges of an enchanting but complex state, under a precarious economy influenced by the global meltdown of recession and the phenomenon of a novel pandemic.
“The Edevbie model – power with purpose and responsibility represents the indomitable spirit of youth and the enduring value of the dignity of man.”
These words issued from the Government House, Asaba, by the approval of Governor Okowa himself, truly depicts Edevbie’s essence.
Today, Edevbie is gunning for the Governorship of the same Delta State in which he had supported various administrations to succeed.
The powers that be have severally acknowledged that he is the best.
Delegates of the PDP across the length and breath of the state also acknowledge that Edevbie is the best and they all feel it only makes sense to let the best do the job.
It will therefore be a humungous disservice to Deltans, in fact, a mortgage of the state to nothingness, for our affable Governor Okowa and the respected leaders and elders of the PDP to, for whatever sentiments, grievances or guise, settle for less and deny the people of the opportunity of having their best as the next Governor.
Let good reason, good conscience, love for the state and commitment to a better future for Deltans be the single guide in this matter.
We believe, deep in his heart, Governor Okowa knows this is the best path to follow and would be kind to Deltans to give them the best. We believe he would reject all such suggestions of grievance and malice being falsely attributed to him by those who insist on propagating disaffection, disharmony and disunity within the PDP and among ethnic groups for their selfish interest.
We believe that, with his well known wisdom and love for his state, Governor Okowa will settle for only the best, and the best, he knows, is David Edevbie.
He holds the chieftaincy title of Asiwaju of Lagos after the late Oba Adeyinka Oyekan so honoured him when he was serving as the governor of the state.
But last week, at the opening ceremony of Dangote Fertilizer Plant at Lekki, Africa’s biggest industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote elevated the title to the Asiwaju of Nigeria.
Bola Tinubu
Asiwaju means a worthy leader and exactly that is who Tinubu is.
Tinubu led others in academics at Chicago State University, Illinois, Chicago, United States of America. He is the second most notable student the university has produced. That’s a university that has been in existence since 1867.
Tinubu left for Nigeria and became an Auditor at Mobil Oil Producing Unlimited. He wandered why a big oil company as Mobil was operating its headquarters in a rented apartment and so he set out to establish a befitting head office for the company and in record time, he got it done and the company moved to its own building at Victoria Island, Lagos.
Tinubu brought a lot of innovation into the financial operations of the international oil company that he was elevated to the exalted office of the Treasurer.
That is a worthy leader, you would all agree with me.
Tinubu and Wife, Oluremi Tinubu
Tinubu left this well paid job to venture into politics because he was convinced that he has to use his God given abilities to develop the general society. The pressure from his bosses and colleagues was enormous but a worthy leader must be decisive.
He joined politics and became the youngest elected Senator and one with the highest number of votes all over Nigeria under the defunct Social Democratic Party.
Tinubu was primed to be crowned the President of the Senate until late MKO Abiola became a possible choice to fly the party’s presidential ticket.
Tinubu knew that a worthy leader must be ready to make sacrifice and so, he stepped down so that Abiola’s chance of winning the party’s ticket would not be jeopardized since both are from South West. Rather than insist on becoming the Senate President, he followed Abiola loyally so that his aspiration could be fulfilled.
When the military annulled Abiola’s electoral victory, Mobil Oil wanted Tinubu back but Asiwaju wanted to lead the fight against the injustice with other leaders mostly the older ones. He put his life on the line.
He was a target of the military because he was a major financier of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, a group that had become a bone it the narrow throat of the military junta.
Bola Tinubu
And as they say, a good warrior must know when to launch an attack and when to withdraw. Tinubu knew this and he knew that he would only be able continue the struggle if he remained alive. He left his comfort zone and found his way to neighbouring Benin Republic from where he later moved to America.
If that’s not an attribute of a worthy leader, then what is?
When the military eventually left, Tinubu contested and won the Lagos state gubernatorial election defeating Dapo Sarumi of PDP. Asiwaju was the candidate of Alliance for Democracy, AD.
Tinubu wasted no time in turning around the fortunes of Lagos state by forming a cabinet of very capable hands and brains.
The finances of the state took a leap unprecedented in any part of this country when he moved the internally generated revenue from around N600m a month to N8b.
Tinubu did not hide from the fact that development of the state had to be catalyzed and so he created new local government adminstrative centres across the length and breadth of the state.
From 20 local government areas, he created 37 new local council development areas to bring government closer to the people and to hasten it.
Federal government under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo would not hear anything of such. Allocations meant for the local government were withheld. The state government instead of crying all over the place, took the right and legitimate step by approaching the court.
Lagos state government won at the Supreme Court but the funds were still not released.
What would a worthy leader do?
Tinubu was already making money for the state and so he was able to continue his developmental projects without owing civil servants salaries.
Again, while most other second term governors were struggling to become Senators, Tinubu was again ready to sacrifice for the continued growth and development of the state by supporting the candidacy of Fashola by putting aside his own ambition.
In 2014, Nigerians were tired of PDP misrule but there was no viable opposition with the national spread enough to wrestle power from them.
Tinubu approached General Muhammadu Buhari, a man who had earlier contested three times but failed to win and who had vowed not to run again.
Tinubu ensured that no ACN elements in the new APC contested the party’s ticket with GMB.
Today, the rest is history.
Give me a definition of a worthy leader and I will present to you today’s celebrant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Jagaban Borgu and Asiwaju of Nigeria.
As more women are been celebrated around the World to commemorate the World International Women’s Day, President of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Rebisi Kingdom, Sofiri Gladstone-Dappa PHF, says the Rotary International 1989 Council on Legislation vote to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide remains a defining moment in the history of Rotary.
President of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Rebisi Kingdom, Sofiri Gladstone-Dappa PHF, said this during the presentation of a lecture titled “The Emerging Women in Rotary” at an event organize by the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Garden City to mark the World International Women’s Day in Port Harcourt.
Sofiri Gladstone-Dappa said “I believe that the addition of women represents the single greatest force for Rotary growth since the chartering of the first international club in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1912. Not only have women added to our membership growth, but they’ve helped inject new life into Rotary clubs through their ideas and enthusiasm.”
The Rotarian President while recounting the History of how Women emerged in Rotary said the vote followed the decades-long efforts of men and women from all over the Rotary world to allow the admission of women into Rotary clubs, and several close votes at previous Council meetings.
“The response to the decision was overwhelming: By June 1990, the number of female Rotarians had skyrocketed to over 20,000. The number of women members worldwide reached 195,000 in July 2010 (about 16% of Rotarians) and surpassed 277,000 in July 2020 (about 23%). In our district, 9141 and country at large, we have had amazing and inspiring women trailblazing and pace setting both in Rotary and Beyond, we have Rotary Ambassador Ijeoma Pearl Okoro, a past district governor, she was named among the five Rotary Women in the World leading the fight to end Polio Worldwide. And so many others”, he recounted
Sofiri Gladstone-Dappa while advocating for more women in Rotary, said “As we consciously await the new Rotary Year with a Woman as our president for the very first time, there must be a progressive and positive appraisal of the women folk especially in the new dispensation that is fast unfolding in Rotary today. They must shake their selves off the shackles of intimidation. To my male colleagues too, we must accept that women are active agents of progress and development; hence, we must do everything possible to help enhance leadership potentials and be the true change agents they are. Get more women involved in the business of Rotary, numbers are very important in decision making’’.
On her part, the President of Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Garden City, Precious Ahiakwo-Ovie said “Providing leadership opportunities to women has been a recurring theme for the Rotary International District 9141 Governor, Andy Uwejeyan, who included women wherever possible as he assembled his committees and task forces for this Rotary year 2021-2022. She said the advancement of women within Rotary, based on their abilities, will do much to assist in the recruitment of more women by the clubs.
“Women make up half of the world’s population, and an organization that strives to benefit all of humanity should mirror that fact, Rotarian Precious Ahiakwo-Ovie said.
Highlight of the event includes birthday celebration of the Past President and first female President of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Garden City, Tonye Nria-Dappa. A renowned Journalist who has a breaking record of sponsoring over fifty percent women membership in the club.
