Rotary Club of Hill-Top installs first female president after 30 years

ROTARY Club of Hill-Top has installed its first female President after 30 years in Calabar.

The new President, Mrs. Edeje Ekam was installed at the weekend in Calabar during the club’s yearly fund- raising programme.

Ekam expressed her gratitude to members for bestowing the task of leading the 2015/2016 Rotary year to her.

She said the club, being a humanitarian organisation, over the years has fought to give a life to the needy.

Stressing on her agenda for the club in her next one year in office, she said her administration had prepared a list of humanitarian projects to embark on that would benefit Cross River indigenes.

She said, “We have been asked by our Rotary InternationaI President Ravi Ravindran, to be gifts to our world and he has challenged all Rotarians to put our own drops of water to make the ocean richer.

“To heed this call, we have lined up several projects in the six Rotary areas of focus, which we intend to embark upon”.

Ekam commended the members, most especially the past leaders for initiating projects on education, health and economic empowerment of Cross River people.

In her words: “We promise to embrace this challenge and to continue doing these great works that you began in our club 30 years ago”.

The immediate past President, Mr. Ubong Wusen said the club, has over the years, rendered services to humanity in different areas of life.

He disclosed that Rotary Club has helped in the eradication of polio in Nigeria as the disease has been reduced by 99 per cent. The club also awarded one year scholarship to Miss Antonia Ofem and Eno Udobong , students of University of Calabar, among other laudable projects.