by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government through the World Bank Assisted Commercial Agricultural Development Project (CADP) has disbursed grants of N157,268,647.93 to farmers in the three value chain of rice, cocoa and palm oil in the state. Making the presentation in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital, Deputy Governor of the state, Efiok
by crossriverwatch admin Dr. Iyam Ugot has since 2000 been in government in Cross River State. He started as the Commissioner for Health and later, Special Adviser on Roll Back Malaria under Mr. Donald Duke. In 2010, Senator Liyel Imoke, occasioned by his commendable performance appointed him the Special Adviser on Community Health. In this
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Social Welfare and Community Development, Mrs. Patricia Endeley on Tuesday took over two abandoned children, Esther and Elisha Akpan who have since been sleeping in a police facility after they were rescued by the police and volunteers from the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, a child’s right
by crossriverwatch admin There was palpable tension among the leaders of Bakassi on Thursday afternoon at Ikot Effiom when the presidential Committee on the Resettlement of the Displaced Bakassi People visited the place to address the traditional rulers and the people on government plan to fully resettle them. Mr Abba Moro, the Minister of Interior
by crossriverwatch admin For casting aspersion and using unprintable words on their political leader, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, over the plight of the refugees in the area, the Bakassi Peoples General Assembly, an assembly made up of prominent members of Bakassi, has described the local council Chairman, Dr. Ekpo Ekpo Bassey as a confused and sinking
by crossriverwatch admin One Abraham Bepeh, the son of a pastor in Betukwel Village in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his friend identified as Richard Beshel Mashok with whom they have been having running battle over a girlfriend, Miss Anna Ushie. Abraham is
by crossriverwatch admin The shutting down of the Federal College of Education Obudu by agents of the Cross River State Government last week has incurred the wrath of three unions in the institution which have described the action of government as uncivil and are consequently demanding the immediate reopening of the school. Three unions in
by crossriverwatch admin The activities of some schools who engage in examination malpractices by creating special centers were students pay huge unapproved amounts to get desirable results, popularly known as ‘miracle centers’ have been put under watch, crossriverwatch can authoritatively report. State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Offiong Offiong who disclosed this in Calabar during a