by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has restated his government’s commitment to hosting the best ever National Sports Festival, tagged the Centenary Games in November. The governor will be in Lagos on Monday for a stakeholders meeting at the Whitbaker Hotel in Ikoyi where he will explain the importance of hosting
by crossriverwatch admin The federal government is planning to construct the longest pipeline in the country from Calabar via Ajaokuta to Kano State, as part of efforts to ensure steady supply of gas to meet growing market demand. Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke disclosed this while delivering a paper titled: “Encouraging Investment in
by crossriverwatch admin Wilmer, the Malaysian company that rented the CALARO Oil Palm Estate in Mbarakom, Akamkpa Local Government Area says it has planted palm trees in 1,750 hectres of the 5,555 hectres it leased from the Cross River State Government. Mr Henry Dosumin, the Senior Estate Manager who told newsmen in Mbarakom on Tuesday
by crossriverwatch admin The 6.9 Kilometer Margaret Ekpo International Airport by-pass road which cost the Cross River State Government 6.45 billion naira is to be commissioned soon even as government has paid over 200 million naira compensation to property owners along that route. Mr Legor Idagbo, the Cross River State Commissioner for Works who showed
by crossriverwatch admin Barely days after firemen attached to the Cross River State Fire Service had a hard time putting out a fire that nearly consumed one of the cinema theatres in Calabar’s Marina Resort, reports reaching CrossRiverWatch say it took the intervention of staff of the Resort and public spirited individuals to avert what
by crossriverwatch admin Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River has restated his call for the removal of solid mineral resources from the exclusive legislative list in the Constitution to encourage states and private sector participation. Imoke made the call during an interactive session with newsmen in Calabar on Friday. He said the State Government had
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River Attorney General, Attah Ochinke convened a meeting in his office with telecom companies in the state over the move by the government to enforce compliance with the structural integrity policy by telecommunication companies operating in the state. He spoke with CrossRiverWatch after the meeting. Excerpts: CrossRiverWatch: What is the rationale
by crossriverwatch admin Barely two weeks after it was presented by the Council Chairman, Hon Mrs Edith Amadi, the Abi Legislative House has passed the Local Government’s 2014 appropriation bill into bye-law. The sum of Two Billion, Six Hundred Thirty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand, Two Hundred and Three Naira (N2, 633,987,203)