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
By Margaret Adam The Management Consultant and Program Manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria South-South Entrepreneurship Development Center, Mr. Emeka Nnamani, has assured the public that the center is not folding up as speculated but that the five years agreement reached between the Cross River State Government, Central Bank and its implementing partners has
By Margaret Adam Mr. Louis Ibok, General Manager, Investment Funding and Credit, Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (CRS MEDA) has urged entrepreneurs to start with grants instead of loans. Mr. Ibok gave the counsel on Sunday as a guest on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”, a topical issue radio program that holds
By Margaret Adam The Chief Executive Officer of La Shakara Branding and Clothing, Mr. Joseph Edet has disclosed that he started his business with N10,000. He added that most entrepreneurs today make the mistake of expecting people to give them resources and forget that information is what is actually needed to get what they desire.
By Ushang Ewa CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the Cross River State Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, had turned down appearing on a radio program; ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar to sing karaoke in his father’s hotel, Channels View Hotel. Mr. Ekpenyong had being invited to join the Special Adviser