Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, also known as Mama Bakassi, is one-time Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters. She is also the political leader of the Bakassi people. In this interview, Ita-Giwa says the ceding of Bakassi in Cross River State to Cameroon is a permanent injury that requires permanent healing. Excerpts:

Despite alleged misconceptions over donations towards the medical treatment of Baby Michael Alvez who has facial haemangioma; Henshaw, Aramide Kasunmu and Project Alert have reinstated commitment towards providing continued medical intervention. It will be recalled about three months ago, 21-month-old baby Michael Alvez and his mother Mary were rescued in Lagos with the help of two individuals named Kate Henshaw, Aramide Kasunmu and Project Alert.

The popular saying “Put your money where your mouth is…” has been and still is a phrase that gets the blood rolling. Running a pet project is never as easy people make it seem. If you compare a pet project without adequate funds and man power to a ship without a captain, what you will have at the end of the day is a total ship wreck.

It is only intuitive that we do what we do. We are a technology company. Even though we have card in our name, we are more digital than anything now. We believe the future is digital. Cash has a cost to government, to retailer. We don’t really see that cost but it is there. And cash has some cost that are more like soft cost, you will never hear that any social vice is being done with electronic payment.

When you think of child care, your mind automatically goes to women irrespective of their status in the society. According to the UNICEF, pre-school age corresponds to a critical period of rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial development of the child.