Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Commissioner of Information, Chief Akin Rickets has expressed high hopes that the concession agreement between the state government and Chris Parkes Marketing Solution, CPMS Africa for the collection of signage rates will yield positive results in due course. The Information Commissioner bared his mind at the toasting ceremony of
By crossriverwatch admin A constituency initiative by Senator Ben Ayade (PDP, Cross River North) in collaboration with Ministry of Niger Delta will see the commencement of construction of a cassava processing plant at Wanakom, Ukelle Yala L.G.A.of Cross River State. This was made known that the handing over of the site for the project on
By Sylvia Etta The sum of sixteen billion, three Hundred and Ninety-five million, Two Hundred and Ten thousand, Two Hundred and Ninety-six naira only has been earmarked in the 2015 Cross River State appropriation bill to service debts. The state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, who gave this hint in his 2015 appropriation speech delivered before
By Aplefe Ojong Cross River State is to spend a total of one hundred and forty-nine billion, four hundred and forty-one million, six hundred and eighty-one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-one naira and two kobo in the 2015 fiscal year. The appropriation bill christened “Budget of Transition”, presented to the Cross River State House of
The other day some of my friends were praising President Good luck Jonathan and Liyel Imoke because of the fact that the Minister of Transport, Idris Umar visited Calabar to commission the contract awarded for the commencement of the dredging of the Calabar channel last week. However my investigation has established that President Jonathan and
By George Odok Jr. President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, said the Calabar Port had potential to boost economic activities in Cross River and neighboring states. The President made the disclosure at the inauguration of dredging of the Calabar channel. Represented by the Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, Jonathan said the dredging of the Calabar
By Elijah Ugani The Obudu Legislative Council has described as unfortunate and unacceptable the non-implementation of its Resolutions, prominent among them being the lease agreement between the Council and Whisper Garden for the management of the Liyel Imoke Civic Center in Obudu which has remained under utilized and dilapidated. In one of its plenary sessions,
Ejike Ejike The award of the contract for the Calabar Channel by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to a joint venture, Calabar Channel Management Limited (CCM) and Niger Global Engineering Services Limited, followed due process and not in contravention of any law, a director of Niger Global Engineering Services has said. Reacting to allegations by