By Obeten Godfrey and Philip Agba The Senior Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Creative and Knowledge Economy, Mr. Emmanual Etim has said that the state government has recognized the potentials in the creative sector and is committed to maximizing them. According to remarks he gave at a creative sector workshop
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade was forced to sleep in his Mega Hilton hotel in Obudu when he visited the local government for the burial of his late step mother on Friday. Other members of his entourage slept in other hotels in Ogoja and Obudu local government areas. The Ranch was last weekend shut
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The NGN1.3 trillion 2018 appropriation bill of the Cross River State Government has scaled through the second reading on the floor of the state assembly. Majority Leader of the House, Mr Moses Ucheche, moved motion for the second reading of the bill on Friday, and said that the budget was designed to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, commissioned the Skyrun Ultra modern freezers complex in Calabar and used the occasion to eulogize governor Ayade of Cross River state. The former President was back in the state for the second time in one month to commission the first industrial revolution freezer equipments, complete with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The signing of the Bakassi deep Seaport transaction advisory service contract with Feedback infrastructure service marks a major milestone in the strategic action towards the realization of the vision for the construction of one of the signature projects of the Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade Administration of Cross River State, Nigeria. In the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted the Cross River State Government a power generation license for the construction of a 528MW floating power plant in the state. The license was handed over to a delegation from Cross River led by the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade in a brief ceremony
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Only a few weeks ago the Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade presented what was considered unprecedented in the history of budget making with a whooping N1.3trillion to the State House of Assembly. The size of the budget no doubt triggered a healthy debate across a broad spectrum of the society.
By Archibong Jeremiah The construction of 50 units of 3 bedroom bungalows for Bakassi returnees is currently threatened as the state and the staff are at loggerheads. The project is behind schedule and the Commissioner for Social Housing, Mr. Edem Effiom whose ministry supervises the project told CrossRiverWatch that this was because: “The level of