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New Minimum Wage: Ayade Reaffirms Commitment To Implementation

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

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Ayade And The Media: Understanding The Issues BY AGBA JALINGO

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

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Governor Ben Ayade, The Emergence Of A New Despot BY ELIAS OZIKPU

I read without an atom of surprise the news about Governor Ben Ayade’s repression against correspondents of the underlisted media organisations at the Government House in Cross River State: CrossRiverWatch, Hit FM, FAD FM and Sparkling FM. It is the sort of action I have long expected from the governor. It has never been a

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Obudu Born High Court Judge Who Ordered Diezani Arrest, Sacked Sheriff Is Dead

By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court reputed to have ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS and other security agencies to arrest former petroleum minister within 72 hours has died. Ashi died on Friday at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja due

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Ogoja University Of Technology: Northern Cross River Youth Council Leaders Write Ayade

RE: HOUSE BILL 1293, A BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OGOJA 2019. Your Excellency, We write on behalf of the entire Youths and people of Northern Cross River State Senatorial district. First to congratulate you on your well deserved victory in the March 9, 2019 Governorship elections and your subsequent inauguration

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A Vote For Financial Autonomy For State Assemblies (Cross River In Focus) BY AGBA JALINGO

Do you know that budget allocations for LGAs, Houses of Assembly and State Judiciaries are all paid into a joint account which is controlled by the state Governor alone? In Cross River state for instance, 🖕The State House of Assembly only has a recurrent/expenditure bank account. 🖕Anytime the House has a need, an event or

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Governor Ayade Reappoints Asikpo, Christian Ita As COP, CPS

By Our Correspondent Cross River governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the reappointments of Mr Emmanuel E. Asikpo-Okon and Mr. Christian Ita, as the State Chief of Protocol and Chief Press Secretary and Senior Special Assistant on Media. The two appointments take effect immediately a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Dr.

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AAC Tackles Ayade Over N12 Billion Security Vote, Contingencies And Landscaping Of Governor’s Office

27th June, 2019 Governor Ayade Must Explain N12 Billion Security Vote, Contingencies And Landscaping Of Governor’s Office The African Action Congress AAC, is calling on Governor Ben Ayade to come clean on some suspicious items in his secretive 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification. These items include the N7 Billion earmarked for security vote; the N4

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