By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s former top spy, Ekpenyong Ita has written the management of Max Air limited to add the Calabar aviation route in it’s operations. Mr. Ita who retired in 2015 as Director General of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS in a letter sighted by CrossRiverWatch and dated January 13, addressed to Max Air
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN No fewer than 28,000 youths across the 18 Local Government areas of Cross River State are been targeted to benefit from the International, Federal and State Government grants for a period of two years under the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) program. Mr. Christopher Anake, a representative
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It has been seven years since the Nigerian government privatized electricity in the country. Since then, we’ve seen marginal improvement and neglect of electricity distribution channels which have led to the loss of life. Funmi discusses this and increased tariffs with Power Up Nigeria founder, Adetayo Adegbemie, Eyo Ekpo, Energy Sector Specialist
By Agency Reporter Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade Wednesday signed the State’s 2021 budget into law. Christened, budget of Blush and Bliss, the 2021 budget has a total sum of N281.9billion, a sharp reduction from the previous budget sizes of over 1.01trillion. Speaking at the signing ceremony which held at the State Executive
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the 2021 appropriation bill of Two Hundred and Seventy Seven Billion, Seven Hundred and Eight Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty Naira (277, 708, 738,550) tagged Blush and Bliss into law. Sources in Government House Calabar say the
Around 2016 or so, I wrote an article which revealed how Cross River State was on the verge of losing $26.5m World Bank assisted agric grant. At the time, because of my article, my name disappeared howbeit, expectedly from the list even though I stood a great chance of being selected. The said publication caused
By Maxwell Effiong A grassroot people’s empowerment Non-Governmental Organisation, Policy Alert has ended a one day workshop on budgeting process, accountability and transparency. The workshop christened “Open Budget Deep Dive” held in the city of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria’s first capital. Mr. Tijah Bolton-Akpan, Executive Director of Policy Alert in his address to the
By Jonathan Ugbal Documents obtained by CrossRiverWatch have revealed how the Cross River State Government starves its 18 Local Government Councils of funds. The Local Governments are captured each month when the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meets to share revenue generated from across the country in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. And, claims that