By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Commissioner of Rural Transformation, Establishment and Training, Mr. Sunday Achunekang has stated that the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade’s prompt and early payment of workers salary is an indication of great trust in the State’s work-force. The Commissioner added that the Governor’s payment of salaries before time will
By Grace Orok The Cross River State Commissioner for Special Duties, Hon. Victor Agu has disclosed that his Ministry is duty bound to finish inherited projects before embarking on new ones. The Commissioner who spoke recently to our reporter said the governor has given a clear directive that inherited projects should be prioritized. “We inherited
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Council elections to elect Chairmen and legislators for the 18 local government areas of Cross River State will hold in the second quarter of 2017 says the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Dr. Mike Ushie. “I have been saying in different fora on radio and everywhere that elections will
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government Thursday in Calabar inaugurated two Program-for-Results (PforR) committees to access and manage the USD1.5 million made available to the state from the World Bank’s USD500million facility given to the Federal Government. The fund is to execute the Federal Government’s ‘Saving One Million Lives’ (SOML) initiative and
By Ushang Ewa Following a directive by the State Security Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Jude Ngaji to security officials to impound vehicles bearing Government license plates after 6:00 PM, findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that over two dozen appointees and elected officials have been harassed. Government license plates bear green letter coding
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A driver attached to the Cross River State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Calistus Okune, was on Wednesday remanded in the Afokang Prison in Calabar for assaulting two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps. Okune was alleged to have acted on orders of his boss, Mr. Peter Egba, after the Toyota
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dear Hon. Commissioner Mike Eraye, I’m sorry I had to use this means to communicate to you. I would have sent a hard copy letter to your ministry if I were in Calabar. Sadly, I have not visited Calabar and felt at ease ever since I was declared wanted by the Attorney
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The perpetual dependence of states in Nigeria on federally allocated revenue has become the bane of development in the nation. Month after month, the 36 states’ Commissioners of Finance line up in Abuja to receive stipends that are barely enough to achieve the developmental dreams of the various states. This has created