By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Tuesday undertook a tour of the Calabar Free Trade Zone. While there, he visited a cashew nut processing factory. Mr. Ayade also visited the office of the Nigerian Ports Authority where he interacted with the Port Manager and Harbor Master. He was accompanied by the
By Edem Edem, DailyNews The chairman of the Cross River Anti Tax Agency, Bishop Emmah Isong, has condemned the action of illegal tax and toll collectors in the State. Speaking in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Bishop Isong regretted the actions of these illegal collectors explaining that “the enforcement of Governor Ben Ayade’s Anti
By Patrick Obia The demonstration by hundreds of civil and public servants who were delisted from the payroll of the Cross River State Government in mid 2019 by Governor Ben Ayade will continue Tuesday. Some of the affected staff who spoke to CrossRiverWatch say they have no other choice since the State has not heeded
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An unidentified lady slumped Monday in Calabar while protesting against the delisting of her name and about 3,000 others from the payroll of the Cross River State government. The lady is said to have grown exhausted due to hunger. She was later revived and left for her house. The Niger Delta Activists
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Hon. Ojong Ayiba as the new Managing Director of the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Adiabo. The Governor’s approval was contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita. The appointment of Hon.
By Emmanuel Addeh, This Day Newspaper Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday put the amount the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared among the Federal, State, Local Government Areas and other statutory recipients in the first half of 2020 at N3.879 trillion. A breakdown of the disbursements, according to a statement signed by the
By Fred Ezeh, The Sun Newspaper Cross River State Government has disclosed that revenue from farming, particularly cocoa, has replaced oil revenue as the major source of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) used for infrastructural development and other needs of the State. The State Government explained that since the Supreme Court judgment that ceded 76 oil
By Ike Uche A group, ActiveCode Business Hub has promised to empower no fewer than 100,000 youths to cope with the effect of Covid-19 in the country. Managing Director of the group, Dr. Theophilus Ogunbe disclosed this on Thursday during an interaction with Journalists in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. He said his organization