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The Special Adviser, Event Management, Governor’s Office, Hon. Ken Aklah, has promised a fun packed festival for children at Christmas for the 2016 carnival Calabar.
Aklah stated this during the defence of the 2016 revised budget exercise organized by the Cross River State House of Assembly committee on finance and appropriation
The Special Adviser pointed that arrangements are in top gear with Nickelodeon to cover the children activities for one week which will b held at the Tinapa resort and will be broadcast live each day.
Aklah, however assured that all the sponsors to the children’s festival activities are still willing, like Dangote group of companies among others.
Explaining why the reasons state government is considerate to children being exposed to the hard weather conditions during past street children’s carnivals.
The Special Adviser, informed the Cross River House of Assembly that the 2016 Christmas village will be relocated to the Calabar Municipal Ground to allow the environment of the botanical garden within the State Forestry commission to regenerate itself and also to allow easy accessibility to the Calabar municipal ground.
In response to the presentation by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Event Management, the Chairman, Finance and Appropriation committee Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Eteng Jonah Williams observed that some important and vital programmes and activities were not included in the 2016 appropriation budget hence, the need by MDAs for the adjustments.
