By CrossRiverWatch Admin The African Action Congress is calling on Governor Ben Ayade to resist the temptation of tampering with local government funds. We are aware that following the implementation of the directives of the National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the allocations for local governments have been paid into the accounts of the councils. We
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In apparent frustration with the Federal Government’s neglect of the State, Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has asked for the return of its 76 oil wells ceded to Akwa Ibom State in 2012 following the ruling of the Supreme Court. Cataloguing what he described as unconscionable injustices meted out to the
By Archibong Jeremiah The recent press release by the Cross River State chapter of Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) alleging that Senator John Owan Enoh and Usani Uguru Usani are at loggerhead. The release which appealed to them to sheathe their sword has been described as “worthless tissues of lies” by Owan Enoh. In
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Bakassi youths took to the streets and marched to the Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday to demand the return of the 76 oil wells handed to Akwa Ibom State by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007 after a Supreme Court judgment. The youths led by Kingsley Asuquo carried placards
By Patrick Obia As reactions continue to trail the Cross River State 2019 budget christened “Qabalistic Densification”, the Executive Secretary of Budget, Transparency and Accountability Network, Kingsley Eworo, has described the budget as “a joke”. Mr. Eworo featured as a guest on Hit95.9 FM interactive regular Sunday program “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”, where he
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the federal government has paid allocations for the month of June 2019 directly into the accounts of the 18 local government areas of the State. The accounts are said to have been almost empty for over a decade following the establishment of the Joint State and Local
By Nakanda Iyadim Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again expressed his willingness to implement the new N30,000 minimum wage. Ayade restated his commitment to the implementation of the new minimum wage when the new leadership of the State Executive Council of Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), led by its Chairman, Comrade Ben Ukpepi
No beating about the bush. Let me begin by showing you this internal memo. Read it. TO ALL CONCERNED His Excellency, the Digital Governor has directed that henceforth, only the underlisted persons should be part of his itinerary: Channels reporter and camera man; AIT reporter and camera man; Ashie Osor (Chronicles), Daniel Williams, Nakanda, Sunny