By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondence The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has presented the 2017 appropriation budget before the Cross River State House of Assembly, at a seating held yesterday Monday 31st October 2016. According to figures reeled out by the Governor, the expected Internally Generated Revenue of the Government
By Archibong Jeremiah Dr. Gertrude Njar, Chairman Cross River State Branch, Nigeria Institution of Surveyor (CRS-NIS) has dragged the State Surveyor General, Surveyor Eyo Oku to the Federal High Court Calabar for alleged misconduct seeking damages of N50, 000, 00.00 (Fifty million naira) only. Our newsroom gathered from independent sources that in the suit (HC/456/2016)
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade failed to present the 2017 appropriation bill to the House of Assembly Friday morning as earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch. The protocol unit had Thursday evening sent messages that governor Ayade will Friday morning at about 7:30 AM present the budget to the 25
By CrossRiverWatch Admin AN ADDRESS PRESENTED BY THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE, DR. LINDA AYADE AT THE 2016 NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE OF WIVES OF LAGOS STATE OFFICIALS HELD AT THE EKO HOTEL AND SUITES LAGOS STATE. PROTOCOL It is a pleasure to be here to speak to all
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some media aides of the Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade are presently not happy as a result of events that played out in a closed door parley with the governor yesterday. A source who was at the meeting which was not open to journalists, told CrossRiverWatch that the meeting lasted
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Sources in Government House Calabar have confirmed to CrossRiverWatch that the governor, Senator Ben Ayade will today, Friday, present the 2017 appropriation bill to the House of Assembly. This comes on the heels of a revised 2016 budget which was unceremoniously tabled to the Assembly. Text messages were sent
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than 3 have been killed following renewed gangsters rivalries in the Ekpo Abasi area of Calabar South. It is unclear what the current fight is about with gangster activities spiking shortly after the commencement of degree examinations in the state owned Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH. On Sunday, an
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Yesterday, I wrote in my piece on this platform, Our Tenured god etc, where I posited that rather than appointing useless money sharing behemoths in the name of boards of non existing government agencies , government should rather be employing fresh hands into the civil service to enhance and regenerate it for