by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government and the United Nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the 2014 Joint Annual Work Plan with investment portfolio of $1,181,165,557.08. The Work Plan which would initiate the working relationship with 12 UN organizations delivering at the same time to the state with
by crossriverwatch admin Economic Activities in Calabar the Cross River State capital and most parts of the state have grounded to a halt following the ongoing strike by the Petrol Tanker Drivers’ Association, PTDA. The strike which started last week over disagreement between the Cross River State Government and the PTDA over a parcel of
by crossriverwatch amdin Vandalization of power infrastructure is the biggest challenge to power sector reforms and if nothing is done soon to stop the vandals, effective power supply in parts of the country will continue to be farfetched. Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power who made the revelation in Calabar on Saturday
by crossriverwatch admin The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Senator Benedict Ayade is on a tour of European and South East Asian countries in search of foreign investments in his senatorial district. The Senator who is expected to inaugurate his food bank on July 15, 2014 in Ogoja is presently in the United
by crossriverwatch admin The Tinapa Business Resort, Calabar, Cross River State, will play host to the fourth edition of the Africa CEO Roundtable and Conference on Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (AR-CRS), a landmark event that dwells on African continent’s business calendar. Scheduled to hold from June 19-20, the idea behind the event, organizers said, was
by crossriverwatch admin There are indications that the Department of Public Transportation may have become one of the major agencies of government that generates huge revenue on daily basis to the State government coffers. Investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the department which was established in 2009 to over see the regulation and enforcement of public
by crossriverwatch admin The production of palm oil will begin in the 6,384 hectares Wilmer Calaro Oil Palm Estate in Mbarakom, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River in 2016. The Senior Estate Manager of the plantation, Mr Henry Dusmin, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in the Oil Palm Estate, Mbarakom recently.
by crossriverwatch admin Farmers in Cross River State are fighting blackpod disease as rainfall increases in the South East of the country. “The rain pattern is causing infection to crops,” Godwin Ukwu, a farmer and spokesman for the Cocoa Association of Nigeria, said in a phone interview on Wednesday from Ikom, the largest cocoa-producing area