By CrossRiverWatch Admin As part of gestures to encourage and support indigenous enterpreneurs who chose to return home to invest in Cross River State, the state Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has promised that he will personally contribute to helping the businesses stabilize and break even. The governor said this while making a goodwill donation of
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says he will award the sum of NGN2million to the best researcher on the topic; “The Superhighway As A Means Of Decoupling Cross River From The Dependence On Federal Allocation Via Public, Private Partnership”. However, only members of the Course 39 study group of
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says the 21 megawatts power plant initially scheduled to be delivered this month will be completed in February 2017. Ayade had said in August that the facility will be ready by December to ensure 24 hours supply of electricity but failed to give
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Bank of Agriculture has commenced the verification of rice farms of the beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Program in Cross River State. Fidel Egoro, the Chairman of Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on
By Okey Emmanuel The Cross River State Government has acquired lime stone, quarry and mining licenses, and is ready to set up quarries in the three Senatorial districts of the State. The disclosure was made by the State Commissioner for Natural Resources, Hon. George O’ben-Etchi in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch TV. His words: “Lucky
By Archibong Jeremiah The Federal Government of Nigeria has given approval to the Cross River State Government to commence full work on the proposed Bakassi deep seaport. The disclosure was made recently by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong. Mrs. Rosemary asked all Cross Riverians to have an open mind about
By Obongha James The Cross River State Government has placed a ban on erecting of outdoor advertisement boards not produced in the State. This was made known by the Director General Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency (CRISSAA), Stanley Nsemo-Livingstone where he revealed that they are currently working with some students from Cross River
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River today (Thursday) inaugurated the `Calabar Municipal Garden’ which will serve as the 2016 Calabar Carnival village, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Ayade said that the village was chosen because it was central and accessible to residents and tourists. The governor said the village would