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
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
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
Being an open letter to Governor Ben Ayade by leaders of the National Youth Council of Nigeria in northern Cross River State on the establishment of the Federal University of Technology, Ogoja. RE: HOUSE BILL 1293, A BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OGOJA 2019. Your Excellency, We write on behalf of
From the day the Department of Public Transport, DOPT was established by the former Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke there have been constant agitation over the scope of their duties. It’s difficult to clearly define what the Agency was exactly created for as many see it as duplication being that there are
Two years ago I protested vehemently when the Cross River State Government wanted to pass one fancy law to regulate and criminalize hawking in the State; some people thought I was being paranoid when I was shouting everywhere that Governor Ayade should not sign that Bill into Law; but sadly, the Governor who loves fanciful
The excellent positive reviews and responses that have flooded the Cross River social media space for the first delivery of seedlings from the Cross River Rice City to Bayelsa, is a testament of the acceptability of the project and citizens appreciation for completed projects. I am simply saying that we will all file out and
House Bill HB 1293, also known as Federal University of Technology, Ogoja Bill, 2019 was passed into law by both chambers of the 8th National Assembly. HB 1293 is a bill that was initiated by Hon. Jarigbe Agom, member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, where it was passed after a motion