By Patrick Obia “All over the legislature they say we are rubber stamp. Most people use the rubber stamp not because they mean it, because they feel you should have your hand gloves and buttons two-four-seven fighting the executive. But when you fight the executives your people suffer, we have the money, and they have
Introduction A political appointee is a term that refers to anyone who has been appointed by someone who was elected into office to man different positions and for different reasons. A political appointment can be made by another appointee also such as an agency head. However, people often use it to refer to appointees of
By Archibong Jeremiah Dr. Mike Ushie, Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Chairman has urged Cross Riverians not to take to social media and criticize his commission. He made the call Wednesday while meeting with party leaders where he issued the 2019 Local Government Election Guidelines and Timetable in the commission. Ushie went on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Simon Amobeda, a judge of the federal high court in Calabar, Cross River state, says the life of Agba Jalingo, a journalist, is in the hands of the court, TheCable report. Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, a local publication, was arrested and charged with treason after some critical social media posts on Benedict Ayade,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana recently promised to confront the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, over the prolonged detention of a Journalist, Agba Jalingo by the Cross River State Police Command. Falana, who was the guest speaker at the 20th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture with the
By Patrick Obia Exclusive from episode 163 of “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”. Program prologue A performance review, appraisal or evaluation is the art of analysing the input, output and efficiency rates of employees, employers, systems, methods and even governments. It is an ancient art and often touted as the world’s second oldest profession. Scientists
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent CrossRiverWatch brings you exclusive audio of the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade’s address to his former appointees before dissolution of the 2015-2019 Executive members of his cabinet today. In his address he said he’s set to take up the role of a “Project Manager”, supervising the completion
By David Nsa The Clan Head of Ntrigon community, Southern Ukelle in Yala Local Government Area in Cross River State, His Royal Highness Ubiet Steven Odom, has called on State Government, Boundary Commission and other authorities to come to their rescue. The royal father made the appeal in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch Radio where