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Of Cross River And The Creation Of A Smart State by ONYEDIKA AGBEDO

by crossriverwatch admin Globally, cities that pioneer the switch to smart ways of living have a huge potential to harvest benefits such as saving money due to lower energy consumption, boosting employment from rolling out new innovative technologies, stimulating entrepreneurship through new business opportunities, cleaner air and a higher quality of life. However, the innovative

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CBN-EDCs: Hope of Would Be Entrepreneurs by JEREMIAH ARCHIBONG

by crossriverwatch admin 2020, a year that Nigeria is foreshadowed to be the economic hub of Africa is not very far off. Against that backdrop, certain perils that may hinder this aspiration have been detected. These include lack of skilled manpower and practical measures to engage the cadre of unemployed youths in meaningful economic activities.

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27 Reasons Why Every Shop And Business Owner In Cross River Needs A Website

by crossriverwatch admin by Dennis Isong I will like to start to by giving you real statistics from verifiable sources so that you will be well informed as a business owner. According to Intel, over 2 million searches are done in Google every one minute, how does that affect me if you may ask, just

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Tinapa, Nigerian Customs at War Over Delayed Cargo

by crossriverwatch admin Recently, the Managing Director of Tinapa Business Resorts Limited, Architect Bassey Ndem while briefing journalists in Calabar painted a gleeful picture about business activity in the place popularly referred to as Africa’s Premier Business and Tourism Resort. However, barely a week after Tinapa played host to over 9,000 lawyers who descended on

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There is No Greater Employer of Labour in Cross River Than Agriculture – Imoke

by crossriverwatch admin   The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke today debunked claims that the state is a civil service state and that the public sector is the highest employer of labor when he declared that agriculture is the greatest employer of labor in the state. The governor made this declaration as part

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CBN Entrepreneurial Development Centre Opens in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin The Central of Nigeria, CBN says it has reserved sixty percent funds meant for entrepreneurial development programs across the country for the women to help build capacity to contribute meaningfully to the growth of individual families and the Nigerian economy. Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria’s Central Bank governor stated this on Monday

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Cross River Acquires N500m Entrepreneurship Development Center

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government has spent 500 million Naira to acquire and renovate the DESAM House in Calabar in readiness for the commissioning of the Central Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurship Development center for the South South zone located in the city. Speaking in an interview with CrossRiverWatch in Calabar today, Mr.

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Why Imoke Has Not Approved Land Applications Since 2007 – Commissioner

by crossriverwatch admin Facts emerged recently why the Cross River State governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has not approved land applications since 2007 when he came into office. Our findings revealed that about two thousand applications for lands in Calabar metropolis and other four urban centers in the state are pending before the governor for approval.

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