TOPIC Whistleblowing As A Tool For Development And Combating Corruption: The Reality, And Way Forward INTRODUCTION Whistle-blowing according to the Collins dictionary is the act of telling the authorities or the public that the organization you are working for or associated with, is doing something immoral or illegal. Although Ralph Nader, an activist in the
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has applauded President Bola Tinubu on the nomination of two Cross Riverians – Dr. Betta Edu and Senator Owan Enoh as Ministers, saying “the nation will be proud of them”. The Governor who took to his social media handle,
By Patrick Obia A non-profit organization poised on ending all forms of witchcraft accusations, the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) has sensitized Cross River Community on witchcraft accusations and the Child Rights Law. BRCI in collaboration with Safe Child Africa, through its Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT) organized an impactful advocacy meeting in Ikot
By Jonathan Ugbal The Center for Journalism Innovations and Development, CJID, has released a documentary telling the stories of journalists who have suffered varying degrees of attacks in the country. The Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo also featured in the documentary where he spoke about the trying times the Newspaper faced when two of
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has summoned the 26 Commissioner nominees sent to the House by Governor Bassey Otu. In beating the 60 days deadline of presenting his proposed commissioners, Governor Otu a few days ago transmitted 26 names to the Assembly for consideration. The Assembly in
By Veronica Utsu and Able Winnard Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as well as stakeholders have sued for a law that will protect whistleblowers exposing corruption in the country. This was the nutshell of a town hall meeting on whistleblowing and whistleblowers protection held in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, with the theme: strengthening the
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Government has directed workers in the State public service to ignore a circular directing them to acquire staff identity cards “as means of identification in the forthcoming State-wide personnel verification exercise.” The directive was contained in a press release signed by Dr. Innocent Eteng, the Permanent Secretary, for
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper In an effort to check corruption, examination malpractice, and cyber fraud threatening the nation’s well-being, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Uyo Zonal Command has equipped students of the University of Cross River (UNICROSS) with tools that can make them become advocates of anti-corruption crusade in the society. The