Tag: #Asu Okang

  • Asu Okang Represents Cross River As Tinubu Constitutes Niger Delta Development Commission Board

    Asu Okang Represents Cross River As Tinubu Constitutes Niger Delta Development Commission Board

    STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

    PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW BOARD AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC)

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), inclusive of the following Board and Management team members:

    Mr. Chiedu Ebie – Chairman – Delta

    Dr. Samuel Ogbuku – Managing Director / CEO – Bayelsa

    Mr. Boma Iyaye – Executive Director (Finance and Admin) – Rivers

    Mr. Victor Antai – Executive Director (Projects) – Akwa-Ibom

    Ifedayo Abegunde – Executive Director (Corporate Services) – Ondo

    Sen. Dimaro Denyanbofa – State Representative – Bayelsa

    Mr. Abasi Ndikan Nkono – State Representative – Akwa Ibom

    Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya – State Representative – Delta

    Chief Tony Okocha – State Representative – Rivers

    Hon Patrick Aisowieren – State Representative – Edo

    Mr. Kyrian Uchegbu – State Representative – Imo

    Victor Kolade Akinjo – State Representative – Ondo

    Chief Dimgba Eruba – State Representative – Abia

    Mr. Asu Oku Okang – State Representative – Cross River

    Hon. Nick Wende – Zonal Representative – North Central

    Hon. Namdas Abdulrazak – Zonal Representative – North East

    Sen. Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir – Zonal Representative – North West

    The President expects that the new Board and Management team will ensure a new era of successful administration in the NDDC, in line with his Renewed Hope agenda.

    All of the above listed appointments take immediate effect.

    Chief Ajuri Ngelale
    Special Adviser to the President
    (Media & Publicity)
    August 29, 2023

  • NCDC Replies C’River Says No Plans To Transport Samples From One State To Another

    NCDC Replies C’River Says No Plans To Transport Samples From One State To Another

    By Elijah Ugani – Calabar

    The Nigerian Center for Disease Control NCDC has responded to the allegations by the Cross River State Commissioners of Information and Health that the commission intends to transport samples from other states suspected to be negative to test run the GeneXpert machine at the Nigerian Naval Referral Hospital, Calabar in a press briefing held on Friday 18th June, 2020.

    In a release by NCDC and sighted by TheLumineNews, indicates that the statements by the Cross River State Commissioners of Information and Health are misrepresentation of the Federal Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 testing strategy and efforts to protect Nigerians from this disease.

    “The statements by the Cross River State Commissioners of Information and Orientation and Health are a misinterpretation of the Federal Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 testing strategy and efforts to protect the health of Nigerians from this disease”

    In the release, NCDC explained that, “There are 400 sites in Nigeria with GeneXpert equipment for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. However, we have prioritised the rol-out of GeneXpert in States where there is a high level of community transmission and states with limited or no laboratory capacity for the diagnosis of COVID-19 at the moment.

    “These are Abia, Adamawa, Berue, Borno, Cross River, Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Benue, and the FCT. Already, we have worked with NTBLCP and our partners to activated two GeneXpert laboratories in Kaduna and Nasarawa States. Eventually, we plar to roll out the GeneXpert testing sites for COVID-19 in every state in Nigeria.”

     

    As at the time of filing this report, the COVID-19 pandemic update as provided by NCDC is as seen below.