Nelson Utip
The member representing Calabar Municipality/ Odukpani Federal Constituency, Hon. Bassey Akiba, has extended a free medical outreach to his constituents in his effort to deliver health care services to his people,
A large number of people turned out to take advantage of the opportunity provided by Akiba in the free medical outreach. The venue of the outreach was The Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Calabar, services rendered includes surgeries, diagnostic tests, eye care, free eyeglasses, administering of drugs, treatment and consultations.
The programme stretched from November 8 to 15, 2024. With the second phase expected to be between 25 -29 November at The Women and Children Hospital, Okurikang Okoyong, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State.
In another development, Akiba, The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services, distributed farm inputs such as fertilisers and good quality maize seeds to his constituents who are farmers in his effort at boosting food sufficiency in the constituency, this was done at The Eburutu Barracks in Calabar and farmers trooped out in their numbers to receive the inputs gleefully.