INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY IN CALABAR EVENT CALENDER

‘Call to Action against Poverty’
A Case for the Poor in Southern Nigeria

From the southwest to southeast and south-south The Global Call To Action against Poverty (GCAP) Southern Nigeria Coalition Is mobilising ordinary citizens and ‘people living in poverty’ across Southern Nigeria to speak out, to defend their human rights violated by extreme poverty and inequality, and for the Millennium Development Goals

Focus City: Calabar, Cross River State

October 16-17 Calendar of Events


“StandUp and Speak Out and for The Millennium Development Goals”

Live interactive media parley:
AM Experience Local Radio/TV Discussion.
Location: Cross River Broadcasting Corporation
IBB Way
Calabar
Date: 16/10/2007
Time: 8.00am

Public Seminar/Discourse:
Poverty Eradication in the Niger Delta
Location: State Library Complex, Calabar Road
Calabar
Date: 16/10/2007
Time: 10.00am prompt



3. Football Match (Novelty) Male
Location: Archibong Square
Calabar
Date: 16/10/2007
Time: 5.00pm prompt

Football Match (Novelty) Female
Location: Government Primary School
Mayne Avenue
Calabar
Date: 16/10/2007
Time: 10.00am prompt

5. World Poverty Day:
Stand Poverty rally, and drama/cultural/musical carnival
Location: Cultural Centre Complex
Calabar Road
Calabar
Date: 17/10/2007
Time: 8.00am prompt

Live interactive media parley:
AM Express, National Radio/TV Discussion.
Location: Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
Murtala Mohammed Highway
Calabar
Date: 18/10/2007
Time: 8.00am

At the end of the event, delegations will be led to communicate the outcome of Public Seminar/Discourse on Poverty Eradication in the Niger Delta to Political Decision Makers in Calabar & Abuja which include:
a) Special Adviser, International Development, State Planning Commission, Cross River State.
b) State Representative, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Cross River State.
c) State Co-ordinator, National Poverty Eradication of Programme (NAPEP), Cross River State.
d) Senator of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Cross River South
e) The Special Adviser, Poverty Alleviation, the Presidency, Abuja.
f) The Special Adviser on MDGs, the Presidency, Abuja.
g) The Chairman, National Planning Commission, Abuja.