COURTESY VISIT

A REPORT ON THE COURTESY VISIT BY AWLO TO THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE, ON THE 13TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2023

It was a delight to have the African Women in Leadership Organization (AWLO) Cross River state Chapter, pay a courtesy visit to Her Excellency, Rev (Mrs.) Eyoawan Bassey Edet Otu, the wife of the Cross River State Governor in Nigeria.

The visit was lead by the founder and President of the organization- Dr Elisha Attai, in the company of the State Patroness – Bishop (Dr) Magaret Ene-Ita who is the Honourable Commissioner for Social welfare in the state, the state VP- Mrs Bassey John Anari-Evogor and other members of the state chapter who were all introduced to Her Excellency by Ofonime Ekpenyong- the Director of Protocol (AWLO).

Dr Elisha congratulated Her Excellency on her assumption of office and said she deserved the elevation as she had journied with AWLO over the years with her unwavering support to the vision of the organization. He proposed a synergy between Cross river and Akwa Ibom states, for upcoming projects in AWLO and decorated her to join the AWLO global Patronesses community.

The state Patroness- Bishop (Mrs) Magaret Ene-Ita, gave a brief remark in appreciation to Her Excellency for sacrificing time to be with the chapter despite her very tight schedule.

Her Excellency, in her response, thanked the founder/president and the state chapter for paying her the visit and finding her worthy of such great encomiums showered on her. She expressed her readiness to work with the organization not just as a member but also in partnership with the office of the First Lady.

The wife of the Governor spoke extensively about her Pet project – “Humanity without Borders Empowerment Initiative” which is her NGO with the motto “touching lives and changing destinies”.

While enumerating the 5 major aspects of it to be Social Welfare, health, education, environment and agriculture, she shared the success of her projects so far including back to school packages distributed to 5,000 indigenes; visitation to orphanages; free medical outreach across all local governments areas of the state;

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1Christen Daniel