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Governor Ayade Extols Ada Bekwarra ll at 16th Thanksgiving Anniversary Eugene Upah Cross River State governor, Senator Prof. Ben Ayade on Sunday felicitated his Commissioner for Youths Development and Skills Acquisition, Hon. Signor Omang Idiege (Ada Bekwarra ll) during the annual thanksgiving ceremony at the Sacred Heart Catholic Parish Gakem, Bekwarra Local Government Area. Governor Ayade, represented by the state deputy governor, Prof. Ivara Esu said the annual thanksgiving ceremony is as important to the State as it is to Signor Idiege and the people of Bekwarra as it symbolizes happiness, appreciation and existence of a great people. Ayade commended Idiege and indeed the people of Bekwarra for standing by one of their illustrious sons who's also a member of the Cross River State Executive Council to continue in the great works of his predecessor as Ada Bekwarra ll. According to him, he was marvelled by the turnout of well-wishers in the church and at the reception ground. In a...

 The Annual Calabar Year-End Art and Craft Cultural Village Enters Season 3 Eugene Upah Since its introduction a couple of years back to add to the tourism experience of the teeming population of tourists during the yuletide and beyond, the annual Calabar Year-End Art & Craft Cultural Village is dedicated to promote and foster cultural tolerance, propagate national integration and unity, while showcasing the vast cultural heritages of the tourism clusters of the state. The event is set up such that each of the 18 LGAs of the state, together with some sub-nationalities have stands, where their socio-cultural heritages are showcased at a point of exchange without visitors having to travel to those localities in search of their natural products and cuisines.  The village also offers academic institutions and other ethnic clans of African extraction a plethora of choices to exhibit their artifacts through culture, agriculture and products made of local craft from the villages ...