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A’Ibom Evacuates 80 Abandoned Children
The Akwa Ibom Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare last Wednesday evacuated an additional 80 abandoned children suspected to be witches and wizards from a private orphanage in Eket.
The Tide’s source reports that the figure brings to 98 the total number of children so far removed from the custody of an NGO, the Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN).
The Chairman of the State Task force and Child Trafficking Rescue Team, Mr Wisdom Udoka, who gave the figure to newsmen in Eket, said that 18 were removed last Tuesday.
He said the 98 children were in the newly constructed “Security Village” in Uyo, and that the new accommodation had the facilities to ensure the comfort and healthy development of the children.
Udoka said that the state’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare would evacuate the remaining children in the custody of the NGO.
CRARN runs a shelter for some 200 abandoned children accused of witchcraft by members of their communities in Akwa Ibom.
Udoka said, “The administration of Chief Godswill Akpabio has provided a brand new home for the children; they will stay in the home pending when they will be reunited with their families.
“The best place for children to grow is under the care of their parents and we want to discourage the idea of keeping children in temporary shelters permanently.”
Mr Bassey Antia, the Administrator of the centre, said that the NGO was still left with more than 100 children and was prepared to comply with the directives to hand them over to the state government.
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Fouchee Celebrates Asari’s Recognition
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Kalabari Media Forum Hails Recognition Of Dokubo Asari As Amayanabo
The Kalabari Media Forum has endorsed the recognition of Alabo, Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo Asari as the Amayanabo of Torusarama Piri and the historical relevance of the award.
A communique issued after the 2024 end of year summit of the Forum also commends the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialaye Joseph Fubara for the recognition which they described as the best end of year gift to the Kalabari people.
The Communique signed by the Coordinator of the Forum, Alabo Dagogo Clinton and the Secretary, Mr. Harry Awolayeofori Macmorrison states that the gesture should make the Kalabari people to get back to the drawing board and consolidate on existing inter and intra communal peace within the region.
According to the statement, Torusarama Piri was the first place where the founding fathers of Kalabari converged from different cultures, tribes and backgrounds. Adding that those saying that the Kalabari people are not united should think again.
” As the different founding fathers were able to form a formidable ethnic nationality, modern day Kalabari should be able to sink the differences between the constituent communities and with other non-Kalabari speaking neighbours to achieve the needed internal cohesion for development”. It states.
The Forum further congratulated Alabo Asari Dokubo on his recognition and urged him to use the opportunity to do even more for the Kalabari people and Rivers State as a whole.
According to the statement, the Forum is happy with the recognition of Dokubo Asari not because he is one of the patrons of the Forum, but because he is about the most Kalabari-centric figure living, who has also committed enormous resources for the protection of the Kalabari people.
They urged the Kalabari Se Kobiri and the entire people of the ethnic nationality to work with Alabo Dokubo Asari and put to rest speculations about Kalabari that some persons have exploited against the interest of the Kalabari people over the years.
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