People who have served in the Cross River State House of Assembly before have asked the Speaker to do something about their health care costs and other personal matters.
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After they were no longer needed to serve politicians like them, they promised their successors in the Assembly that they would also reap the benefits of their request.
Former Calabar South 1 representative Okon Ephraim addressed the assembled guests at the special plenary session of the 10th Assembly, which was called to commemorate the assembly’s second year under the leadership of Speaker Elvert Ayambem.
The influence you have made surpasses our time, and we applaud you all on that, Ephraim remarked. However, we implore you to make provisions for medical expenses and, naturally, other welfare concerns.
We were powerful in this Assembly, and tomorrow you will be a guest here as well. Therefore, you will find yourself in our shoes at some point in the future.
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Elvert Ayambem, the Speaker of the Assembly, promised that the well-being of the distinguished members and staff will remain a primary concern and a major focus in his earlier speech, in which he detailed his accomplishments over the past two years.
Because they often rely on them for their legislative experiences, he promised that the requests of the former members will be considered.
Ayambem revealed that Cross River lawmakers were sponsored to attend workshops in Abuja and Lagos during the year under review, while staff of the Assembly also received in-house training on capacity building. He solicited continued cooperation from all members and staff to sustain a viable House.
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Additional information was shared by him regarding the recent training of two staff members at the University of Calabar on E-Governance by the Korean Government, in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Science, Innovation and Technology.
Ayambem reported that at this time, the legislature passed 39 laws, with nine more in various reading stages; additionally, several of these bills had previously received the approval of Governor Bassey Otu.