By CrossRiverWatch Admim The Cross River State Assembly wants the Government to lift the moratorium placed on the logging of wood and revert the management of the State’s Forests to the Forestry Commission as provided for by the Cross River State Forest Law 2010 as amended. The Assembly also wants the Anti-Deforestation Taskforce to exist
By Patrick Obia Erei Cultural and Traditional Leaders, Abanwan Council of Elders in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, have accused trio-brothers of Ivara Esu, Walter Onnoghen and Nicholas Odum, Cross River State Deputy Governor (immediate past CJN and Paramount Ruler of Biase respectively) of “igniting full blown war” on Erei land and
The Fiscal Responsibility Act is a law of the National Assembly. Section 44 and 45 of the Act which deals with conditions of borrowing and verification of compliance with limits provides as follows: Section 44 – (1) Any Government in the Federation or its agencies and corporations desirous of borrowing shall specify the purpose for
By Uchino Amatey The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in collaboration with Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has ended a 3-day training on implementation of School Based Management Committee – School Improvement Programme (SBMC-SIP) at the West African People’s Institute (WAPI), Calabar. The event which was kicked off on Monday 8th, July
1. PROLOGUE Traditionally, the latin phrase, “Ave, Imperator, Nos Morituri Te Salutamus” was used by the gladiators to address the Emperor before a gladiatorial match. It is now universally used in appealing for a remedial action in any human situation or endeavour. It is so today, that we find ourselves in a unique situation. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration chose to establish the Teachers Continuous Training College (TCTC), Biase currently under construction so as to revolutionize the teaching profession in Nigeria. The college, according to Ayade will commence academic activities in September and commended contractors handling the project for a job
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State, Hon Cletus Obun, has accused the State House of Assembly of being a rubber-stamp to the Governor Ben Ayade government. Speaking to newsmen in Calabar, while reacting on the N5billion loan approved by the House
For a mass population of the Obudu, people, with unarguably the most politically sophisticated elite class in Cross River State, the Ayade governorship has presented them with an incomprehensible paradox. While his emergence as the first democratically elected governor of northern Cross River State extraction has enhanced their claim to being the drivers of Northern