By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Government has assured that it is committed to revamping the State tourism sector by spicing it with new innovations as well as search for more sites. The Commissioner of Culture and Tourism Mr. Eric Anderson made the position of the Government known in Calabar while fielding questions from
By Obeten Godfrey Mr. Anthony Kedang, Cross River State Coordinator of Society for Water and Sanitation has stated that the monitoring unit of the Cross River State Water Board Company Limited is not doing its job properly, which is why there is epileptic supply of portable public water across the state. Mr. Anthony made his
By Margaret Adam While responding to accusations of under performance, the Managing Director of the Cross River State Water Board Company Limited, Dr. Godwin Igile has disclosed that, unlike the administration of Mr. Donald Duke and that of Senator Liyel Imoke, he doesn’t receive subvention from the State Government to run the company. Dr. Igile
By Rolland Enya-Forte The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has accused operators of Depots and Tank Farms of deliberately causing the lingering fuel scarcity in Calabar as they do not sell products to the “catchment area.” The Chairman, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states branch of IPMAN, Mr. Lawrence Agim disclosed this Sunday
By Rolland Enya-Forte A Calabar based Rights Advocate; Mr. Ben Usang has blamed the Federal Government and petroleum marketers for the lingering fuel scarcity that has lingered in the country since 2017. Mr. Usang said that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have failed Nigerians as
By Ushang Ewa The All Progressives Congress in Cross River State has described as “fraudulent,” the Rice Village project of the Cross River State Government. The party in a statement signed by its state publicity secretary, Mr. Mens Ikpeme also accused the state of smuggling rice into the state which it uses to deceive the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin On the 17th of January, 2017, the governor of Cross River State, Prof. Benedict Ayade, made what not a few Cross Riverians viewed as a shocking and bold statement. In that statement, governor Ayade, through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita, damning every seemingly economic unevenness, courageously said that businesses earning
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has revealed that he has lost interest in politics. The Governor bared his mind on Wednesday in Calabar while speaking at the launching of Ayade rice. While encouraging all to engage in farming he further revealed that he took loan from Central Bank to