by Punch A group led by a former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, on Saturday disagreed with another body over where the displaced people from the Bakassi Peninsula should be settled. While Ita-Giwa’s group wants Dayspring Island, a fishing settlement along the estuaries of Calabar River, the second, led by the
by crossriverwatch admin The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi, Etiyin Etim Okon Edet has expressed hope that the Presidential Committee on the Resettlement of Bakassi refugees headed by the Vice President, Architect Namadi Sambo, will be the last of such and will succeed in putting smiles back to the faces of his people. Speaking when the
by Vanguard Dr. Joseph Wayas was the Second Republic Senate President. He was the first Senate President to return unspent fund to the treasury. In this interview, the former number three citizen laments that he lives on charity. Excerpts: How have you fared after serving as number three citizen? I’m very proud to be a
by crossriverwatch admin Fellow Cross Riverians, Throughout history, good governance has been the quintessential example of development, and the foundation for a liberal democratic society. The inexorable triumph of liberal democracy gave birth to a society where the governance machinery was to be harnessed in the public’s best interest as opposed to a select group
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