Government needs to go back and look at the productive sector and begin to turn our institutions to those that will produce professionals and not certificate holders. Professionals who can hold tools, and turn around our society for the better
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In the first six months after taking office, 13 new state governors collectively borrowed N226.8bn from Domestic and external financiers. This emerged as findings by Sunday PUNCH showed that 16 state governors also increased the debt profile of their states by N509.3bn with domestic and external debt of N243.95bn and $298.5m (N265.37bn),
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership About $ 30 million has been injected into the rural economies of six States of Abia, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta, and Ondo to boost agricultural productivity and value addition across seven commodities value chains. National Project Coordinator of Livelihood Improvement Family Entreprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), Engr. Sanni Fatai Abiodun disclosed
By Godwin Otang The Cross River State Government has joined the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and other partners to Commission a brand new boat, MF Michael Eja-iya in Calabar on Tuesday. The new boat MF Michael Eja-iya is an additional boat acquired by a private investor, the SeaExpress Transit, operating in Calabar to enhance
By Patrick Obia Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are mostly fishermen and petty traders in the riverine area of Ikang, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, have cried out over the continued harassment and victimization by soldiers of the Nigerian Army. The soldiers who were deployed to the coastal region to
By Godwin Otang Experts and stakeholders in the economic and budget sectors have x-rayed and interrogated the Cross River State 2024 budget. The experts gave their divergent views during a virtual engagement organized by The Cross River Movement (TCRM), moderated by its founder – Iso Bassey. The discussion is geared to get the policy direction
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has signed the ‘Peoples First’ Budget of N296 billion into law. The budget was signed today at Dan Archibong Lodge topping N104, 986, 870, 898,59 billion in the economic sector. Recall that on October 26, 2023, Otu presented the estimate to the State
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River-born businesswoman, Martina Ofem, popularly known as “the international bole girl,” on Boxing Day, was announced the winner of a Toyota Rav 4 Sports Utility Vehicle by beverage brand, The Nines. Congratulatory messages flooded her social media timelines after she posted a video of her celebrating following the announcement on social