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Plateau FIDA adopts children’s surgical ward at JUTH, donates materials

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3 years ago

May 29, 2023

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The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Nigeria, Plateau State Branch has adopted children’s pediatric Surgical Ward 16 of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) for intervention in commemoration of the 2023 Children’s Day in Plateau State.

The State Chairperson of FIDA, Barr. Obioma Achile said the event served as the formal inauguration of the Surgical Ward incorporated for various intervention by their organization henceforth.

She said inline with this year’s theme: “More money for Primary Education” of children, they’re adding a voice that there is need for more money for the healthcare of children and their education in Nigeria.

“FIDA is a non governmental organization, we have a very serious mandate. We have great passion for the women and children, sometimes they’re educated but still vulnerable. That is why we use the mechanism of law to protect them, we embarked on litigation where necessary, and ensure prosecution.

“We look at the area of abduction, and when you abduct a child you must be responsible for their needs. This event is to also commemorate the 2023 Children’s Day Celebration which is 27 May with the theme: “More money for Primary Education”

“And FIDA is adding her voice again to this year’s theme which says More Money for Primary Education that we need more money for healthcare and education of children also.

“We have adopted this Surgical Ward as our own, by implication here it means we will be visiting this Ward from time to time with various intervention as a body.

We brought rouge capet to carpet the playing ground of the children especially those who will recuperate from their ilment at the Ward will have a place to play there which will also enhance their healing.” she stated

The Federation of Women Lawyers donated materials to patients of the Surgical Ward at the Teaching Hospital as part of their pet project such as rouge carpet, forms, toys, toiletries, noodles biscuits, pads.

The CMD Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) Dr. Pokop Buptwada represented by the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee Dr. Josiah Njem Maina commended the organization for their intervention which has taken away some financial burden for the management of the Teaching Hospital.

He said, “I want to really comment FIDA for this kind gesture, you don’t need to have the whole world before you touch somebody’s life. This which FIDA did will not touch only the people presently in this Ward but any other person that will be admitted here at the Surgical Ward 16.

“We were given complain of the condition of this Ward being too cold as a result of the tiles on the floor. The management was only working towards that and FIDA came, we are so grateful because you have relief some financial burden in this aspect.”

He applauded them for fighting the cause of women and children. He hinted that JUTH has long adapted the affirmative action as an establishment “that is why you see women are in various positions as members of the Management of the Teaching University. Our doors are open to FIDA, you have kick-started and I believe that another organization will see the need to come in also in another angle to intervene.”

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2027: Clan insists governorship seat remains in Ebonyi North

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41 minutes ago

June 25, 2026

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A socio-cultural organization in Ebonyi State, Ezza Ezekuna Development Association, EEDA, has declared that the governorship seat in the state must remain in Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone till the 2031 general election, for justice, fairness, equity and political stability.

EEDA dismissed the recent communique issued by a group describing itself as the Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council, in support of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Ifeanychukwuma Odii, from the Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone.

It declared that the Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council has no legal existence as it is not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, and has no constitutional foundation within the constituent clans of Umuekumenyi.

Briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abakaliki, National President of the association, Chief Kingsley Akam, Secretary, Comrade Uchechukwu Edeh, and a member of the association, Professor Chike Emmanuel Onwe, said EEDA aligns itself with the established zoning arrangement governing political succession in the state.

It insisted that Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone must be allowed to complete its own two tenures of the governorship seat as done by other two senatorial zones in the state.

“The Ezza Ezekuna Development Association believes firmly in justice, fairness, equity and political stability. These are not abstract values to be invoked in ceremony and abandoned in practice.

“They are the operative principles upon which durable inter-communal harmony is built, and they have contributed significantly to the peace and progress enjoyed across Ebonyi State since its creation.

“We align ourselves fully with the established zoning arrangement governing political succession in Ebonyi State, and we do so not as a new or recent conversion but as an expression of a position that the leaders and people of Ezza Ezekuna have previously declared and consistently maintained.

“That position has never changed, and it shall not change. The governorship of Ebonyi State remains, in accordance with the prevailing zoning understanding, in Ebonyi North until 2031. No reasonable Ezza person, properly informed of the history of our state and properly committed to the collective stability of Ebonyi, would oppose this arrangement. Those who do so act neither on behalf of Ezza people nor in the interest of the peace that all our communities depend upon.

“The so-called Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council has no legal existence. It is not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. It has no constitutional foundation within the traditions or governance structures of any of the constituent clans of Umuekumenyi.

“It is, in plain terms, a contraption — assembled hurriedly and without mandate by individuals pursuing personal political agendas under the cover of a name designed to create the illusion of collective authority. The public, the media and all relevant institutions are advised to treat it as such,” Akam said.