By Archibong Jeremiah and Philip Agba The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has been urged not to have more than 500 cabinet members. The call was made by Mr. George Odok, a journalist is the State who was a guest on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo” this evening where he maintained that “It’s
By Archibong Jeremiah and Philip Agba The Sen. Ben Ayade led administration soon to unbundle policy of “Food On The Table” in Cross River State which has catered for over 6000 appointees in the past 3 years and some months has been likened to an al majeri system. According to Mr. Edo Owan, a Public
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Femi Adesina and a political scientist, Akinloye Oyeniyi, have disagreed over the procedure that led to the conviction of Justice Walter Onnoghen by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Adesina who is the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity insisted that the Federal Government followed due process in
Every ambitious person develops a set of blue prints to guide him or her through the journey to his/her expectations. Senator Benedict Ayade must have proven himself an ambitious and serious minded leader upon his assumption of office, in fact, in his very inauguration ground, he made bold statements about some key signature projects he
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent As Christians across the country celebrate the death and resurrection of the Saviour, Jesus Christ, Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has called on all faithful to imbibe the virtues of peace, love, sacrifice and forgiveness which he said represent the core values of Easter. Ayade who made
It is no longer news that Cross River State paraded the highest number of political appointees between 2015-2019 under the administration of Governor Ben Ayade. Available records states that Ayade had over 6, 000 appointees who were drawing regular salaries from the State Government coffers even without offices, designations and job schedules. The Governor came
By Margaret John: House of Assembly Correspondent and Efa Sunday The candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party for the position of the member representing the Yakurr/Abi federal constituency in the February 23, 2019 polls, Mr. John Lebo has said that he will only congratulate the winner of the elections, Mr. Alex Egbonna of the All
By Our Government House Correspondent Ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has disclosed that he will reduce the size of his cabinet in order to ensure better service delivery. This is even as the Governor, in a statement released in Calabar on today, Thursday, directed