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Know The Owners Of Privately Incorporated Cross River State Companies BY RICHARD DUKE

1. Cross River State Garment Factory Limited i. Otu-Obi Akatchak-Director/Shareholder ii. Ubua Emmanuel-Director/Shareholder 2. Cross River State MegaCity Limited i. A.O.Eba and co Secretary/Shareholder ii. Ikpeme Ben Ebong-Director/Shareholder iii. Joseph Odey Ohiero-Director/Shareholder iv. Ministry of Finance Incorporated (mofi) represented by Joseph Odey Ohiero- Director/Shareholder 3. Cross River Haulage City Limited i. Chief Igwe John Ukagwu

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‘I Can’t Wait For 2023’- Ayade Cries Out, Tells 3,000 Delisted Workers Not To Expect Arrears

By Kelvin Ololo and Marilyn Uyanah Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has said he cannot wait for 2023 to now out of office due to the pressure he is facing from the different systems that make up the State. Mr. Ayade said this on Wednesday, while addressing hundreds of civil and public servants

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Screening For 3,000 Workers Suspended From Cross River Payroll Begins Today

By Ushang Ewa The personnel screening exercise for civil and public servants suspended from the payroll of the Cross River Government by Governor Ben Ayade in mid 2019 will begin today. Numbering about 3,000, some were yet to be pay-rolled and after four days of protests, Mr. Ayade promised to look into the matter. And,

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DETAILS: Labour Suspends Planned Strike, Agree On Hike Of Petrol Price

By Patrick Obia and Kelvin Ololo The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday morning suspended the indefinite strike action over the increase of petrol pump price and electricity tarrif, agreeing on the deregulation of the downstream sector of the economy. This followed a breakthrough in negotiations with the Federal

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Akpabio Orders NDDC To Budget For East-West Road Completion

By Matthew Ogune, The Guardian Newspaper Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has directed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to make provision in its budget for the completion of the East-West road. The Ministry’s Director of Press, Patricia Deworitshe, in a statement in Abuja, quoted Akpabio to have stated this when he

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Workers Suspend #PayrollProtest As Ayade Denies Knowledge Of Demonstrations

By Patrick Obia Sacked workers who have been on the streets of Calabar protesting for four days since Monday over the delisting of their names from the payroll of the Cross River State government have suspended the action to allow for a verification exercise. This resolution was contained in a statement issued Thursday in Calabar

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Cross River, 12 Other States Technically Insolvent, Debts Rise 163%

By Yinka Kolawole, Vanguard Newspaper Cross River and 12 other States in Nige​ria may have become technically insolvent as an independent research report indicated they failed fiscal sustainability test. According to the research conducted by BudgIT, a public sector-focused financial information house, the States’ revenues could not fund their recurrent expenditure obligations together with their

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CALABAR: 3,000 Workers Owed 13 Months Salary Take #PayrollProtest To Governor’s Office

By Kelvin Ololo and Marilyn Uyanah The civil and public servants whose names were delisted from the payroll of the Cross River State government in mid 2019 have taken their protest to the Governor’s office in Calabar. The Governor, Mr. Benedict Ayade had directed that their names be removed claiming that due process was not

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