COMMITTEE VISIT TO EASTERN NAVAL COMMAND, CALABAR

COMMITTEE VISIT TO EASTERN NAVAL COMMAND, CALABAR

The second phase of the House of Representatives Committee on Navy oversight visits took them to the Eastern Naval Command, Calabar.

The committee arrived Calabar on Sunday 8th March, 2020 preparatory to its oversight visit to all naval formations within the Eastern Naval Command.

The committee was at the headquarters of the eastern naval command where it was welcomed by the Flag Officer Commanding the Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral DA Adeniran.

The committee Chairman inspected a guard of honour mounted by the Command’s Quarter Guard, before been led to the Command’s Conference room where the committee was briefed on the activities of the command, encapsulating its achievements, challenges and projections.

In his response, the committee Chairman assured that their visit was not to victimize anybody, but to take a genuine assessment of the activities of the command and collaborate in whatever way necessary to assist the command overcome its challenges for optimum productivity.

As the command securing the highest number of oil installations in the country, the committee Chairman assured that the basic needs of the command must be met, so as to further secure the main source of revenue of Nigeria and the mainstay of its economy.

The committee was at Nigerian Naval Ship (NNS) Victory, where it was received by the commandant, Rear Admiral VC Okeke. The committee was conducted round the jetty.

From there, the committee was led to the Naval Primary School, Ikot-Ansa where it inspected ongoing projects within the school.

The committee was at Naval Referral Hospital Calabar, where it inspected facilities at the hospital and the ongoing interns quarters construction project, a 24 single-room self content apartments. The committee Chairman expressed satisfaction with the quality of work been delivered and advised the site engineer to consider certain safety measures while tiling the lobbies.

The committee was led by the FOC Eastern Naval Command to the Navy Secondary School, Akpabuyo- Calabar, where the Chairman inspected a guard of honour mounted by students of the school, before inspecting the e-library constructed by the command. The committee inspected the hostel accommodation under construction in the school, yo replace the one gutted by fire sometime ago.

Members inspected ongoing building constructions at Atimbo and Akim Naval barracks, both in Calabar before taking their lunch at NNS Victory officer’s mess, where the committee rounded off its visits for the day 1.