by crossriverwatch admin Majority of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs, in Cross River State have failed the minimum required standard of implementing the budget for the year 2012. Only last week, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Peter Oti rejected some reports of budget officers from various MDAs
by crossriverwatch admin Information Minister, Mr. Labaran Maku says Cross River State is gradually emerging as Nigeria’s manufacturing hub given the level of investment inflows into the state. Speaking during the Good Governance Team tour of the Free Trade Zone in Calabar where General Electric is to build a manufacturing and assembly facility, Maku said
by crossriverwatch admin Officials at the Bebi Airstrip in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State have indicated plans to commence flights in the first week of March in a bid to make the Obudu Mountain Resort which falls within the Local Government more accessible to Tourists. The Community Development Officer, Department of Tourism
by crossriverwatch admin The outgoing Commander of the Nigerian Army, 13 Brigade, Calabar Brigadier General Shehu Yusuf is widely commended in Cross River and neighbouring Akwa-Ibom state for achieving great strides in controlling the spate of piracy and illegal bunkering in the eastern water ways. Crossriverwatch caught up with General Yusuf recently and he spoke
by crossriverwatch admin The Economic life of Cross River State and other States in the South South, South East zones may soon witness an unprecedented boost with the assurance that President Jonathan has approved the dredging of Calabar Port. Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Mr. Habib Abdullahi, gave this assurance when he
by crossriverwatch admin The Executive Chairman of the Cross River State Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Manuel Chris Ogar has said his agency generated N13billion in year 2012. The agency also generated 9.4billion and N7.6billion in the preceding year 2011 and 2010 respectively. Mr. Ogar made this disclosure in an exclusive interview in his office. According
by freelancefolder.com Over the years that I’ve been freelancing the number one complaint that I’ve heard from other freelancers has to be about the dread that they have for promoting their own business. If anyone had told me twenty years ago that I’d be responsible for marketing and selling for a service-oriented business, I’d never
by crossriverwatch admin The growing profile of Cross River State as a preferred investment destination got a boost yesterday with the announcement by General Electric of plans to establish a manufacturing and assembly facility in Calabar. The facility is part of a $1 billion investment that General Electric intends to make in the Nigerian economy