By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has confirmed commissioner nominee, Mr. Eric Anderson as a substantive Commissioner and member of the State Executive Council. The confirmation came after a motion and the adoption of the resolution by the House, brought before it by the Chairman, Committee on
By Ushang Ewa Cross River Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Asu Okang may also hold the unofficial title of Commissioner for slap and harassment affairs CrossRiverWatch gathered. Mr. Okang has slapped no fewer than three persons in public since his appointment. Roland Inah, a lecturer in the University of Calabar was his first
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has called on Cross Riverians to key into the ongoing reformations in the Oil and Gas sector to ensure the state benefits from it. The federal government had announced plans to build two modular refinery in each of the 36 states of the federation. And, the Special
By Jonathan Ugbal The Aids HealthCare Foundation (AHF) has donated a 13KVA diesel fired power generating plant to the Comprehensive Health Center in Ikom local government area of central Cross River State. The plant was installed and commissioned last week by the Director General of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu
By Ogar Monday Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has launched the state’s health policies and plans with a view to effectively steer the sector to a sustainable direction that will provide quality and affordable healthcare delivery for residents. “This is an affirmation of our commitment to provide qualitative and affordable healthcare services to our
By Ogar Monday Cross River State is currently plagued with a shortage of nurses said the Chairman of the state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwifery (NANNM) Comrade Ojong Ogar. Mr. Ojong stated this Tuesday, while addressing participants at the maiden Cross River State health summit where he said there were
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Federal Government has said that the Calabar Pharmaceutical company project of the Cross River State Government is a product of deep vision and pledged its support for the project. The minister for health, Professor Isaac Adewole gave the commendation, Monday while on an inspection tour of the project
By Archibong Jeremiah and Ushang Ewa Nigeria’s minister for health, Professor Isaac Adewole Monday performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ayadecare referral hospital in Calabar, Cross River State capital. The facility will be located at the section of the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan bypass, next to the Thai Africa Rice City project which has now been