By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was simply a comedy show and not a budget proposal presentation. To see my former VC, now deputy governor of Cross River state and the state House of Assembly members sit to listen to a clown present that crap is the height of absurdity. A budget proposal is an estimate based
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Thursday presented a budget of NGN1.3 trillion tagged “Budget of Kinetic Crystallization.” The figure and name of the budget has sent the social media sphere agog with comments and CrossRiverWatch monitored some on Facebook and Twitter which are listed below. Legor Idagbo, a federal legislator
By Ushang Ewa and Nandi Bette Staff of the Obudu mountain resort have written Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State threatening to begin a comprehensive industrial action by next week if issues concerning their owed salaries and allowances among others are not resolved before then. This comes a few days after the staff chased
By Obeten Godfrey Mr. Great Ogban, an Enterprise Development Expert and Social Entrepreneur has outlined “lack of capital for start-up, multiple taxation from Government, negative mindset among others” as hindrances to successful entrepreneurial job creation in Cross River State. Mr. Ogban barred his mind when he spoke as a guest on a radio program “The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was Charlena Johnson in her No Cross No Crown that said that: “We shouldn’t be ordinary; we should challenge ourselves and not just think inside the box. We should dare to be different and get out of the box.” Whether or not, Governor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade of Cross River State read
By Jonathan Ugbal The British government through the British Council has confirmed that it will be hosting a Creative Hustle event in Calabar as part of the annual Calabar Festival. The Creative Hustle is a series of TED styled talks hosted across the country, with the aim of building young people’s awareness about job and
By Archibong Jeremiah The Special Adviser to the Cross River State Governor on Job Placement; Mr. Jesse Ejemot has revealed that in no time, about 700 Cross Riverians will be employed. Mr. Ejemot disclosed this when he spoke as a guest on a radio program “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo” which holds every Sunday on
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has signed a construction agreement with Chinese state owned company; China Harbour for preliminary works on its Bakassi deep seaport. The deep seaport is one of the signature projects of the administration of Governor Ben Ayade and despite being delayed, he said that the