By Margaret John and Laura Ella A civil rights activist, Comrade Ben Usang has blamed the poor developmental indices in Cross River on the lack of insight of leaders to project the state’s issues on the national scale as well as corruption. Usang stated this Sunday in Calabar on a radio program monitored by CrossRiverWatch
By Sunday Efa The Cross River Coordinator of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Godwin Odey has said that only 300, 000 out of the over 4.2 million residents in the State have registered for the compulsory National Identity Number. According to him, “This means that only 7 percent of the population has been
By Margaret John A 2019 gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in Cross River State, Mr. Upan Odey has affirmed that he will not go into enterprises that are not sustainable as the state already has too many white elephant projects. Speaking on Sunday during the one hour program ‘The Dialogue With Agba
By David Nsa Hon. Savior Nyong has accused the Federal Government of violating section 12 of the 1999 constitution as amended by ceding a part of Bakassi to Cameroon. Speaking to CrossRiverWatch TV crew in Calabar, the former Commissioner for Transport and Marine, now aspiring to represent Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bakassi in the House of Representatives went
By Andy Mba-Ukweni The member representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency in the National Assembly, Honorable Jarigbe Agom has said that “Some people from Southern and Central senatorial districts of Cross River state are trying to insult the sensibilities of the Northern Cross River man.” He went on to deny insinuations that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
By Jonathan Ugbal The chairman of the Senate committee on finance and gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, John Owan-Enoh has denied allegations that he said he does not need the votes of a particular ethnic group in the state to become governor. Mr. Owan-Enoh made this known in
By David Nsa, Mary Umani And Efa Sunday Residents and commuters across Calabar, the Cross River State Capital, have reacted to the decision of the Federal Government to arm men of the Federal Road Safety Corps of Nigeria (FRSCN). Most Cross Riverians who shared their thoughts with CrossRiverWatch TV said it’s not a step in
By Ilam Patricia The All Progressive Congress Publicity Secretary, Cross River State chapter, Mr. Bassey Ita has called on Cross Riverians to “have an eye for quality leaders in the course of electing representatives during the 2019 election.” Mr. Bassey made the call on air Sunday in Calabar where he maintained that “lack of quality