By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has budgeted five billion Naira to spend on “contingencies,” and “landscaping of Governors office” in Calabar. Of the sum, Governor Ben Ayade has four billion Naira to spend for “contigencies.” The budget subhead is tagged “His Excellency Contingencies” and falls under the recurrent expenditure of the office
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government 2019 budget estimates provide a total of NGN1,420,000,000 (one billion, four hundred and twenty million Naira) for Governor Ben Ayade’s travel and transport for the 2019 financial year. Of this figure, his local travel and transport is expected to gulp NGN800,000,000 (eight hundred million) while NGN620,000,000 was
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) Comrade Hope Obeten has been appointed Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams. The news was confirmed by the ACROJ Chairman to this reporter who was hopeful that he’ll leave up
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State chapter of the African Action Congress (AAC) has called for a “snap investigation and possible prosecution” of the team from the Department of Public Transportation (DOPT) which caused the death of a hawker simply identified as Michael on Friday in Calabar. Michael was said to have attempted retrieving
By Odey Ojeka A new Paramount Ruler has emerged in Yakurr Local Government Area in the person of His Royal Majesty, Obol Ofem Ubana of Ugep. Obol Ofem Ubana emerged the Paramount Ruler of Yakurr yesterday through an election which was conducted by the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs of Cross River State.
By Archibong Jeremiah Over two months after the former Cross River State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Barrister Joe Abang, okayed the trial of Chief Edet Okon Asim (former Chairman of Calabar Municipal and Ayade’s Adviser on Biodiversity) over allegations of raping an underage girl (name withheld), the matter is yet to be filed
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent “There are two conditions for appointments, one is your polling unit result and another is land for farming. If you didn’t do well in your result, but you have land for farming, appointment will come.” These were the words of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade recently, while addressing
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Governors Clement Ebri, Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke have remained tight lipped despite mounting calls on incumbent, Ben Ayade to conduct local government elections in Cross River State. The tenures of the elected officials in the third tier of government elapsed in December 2016 excluding that of Bakassi which stayed till