27th June, 2019 Governor Ayade Must Explain N12 Billion Security Vote, Contingencies And Landscaping Of Governor’s Office The African Action Congress AAC, is calling on Governor Ben Ayade to come clean on some suspicious items in his secretive 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification. These items include the N7 Billion earmarked for security vote; the N4
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State government has written a firm based in the United States of America to discuss terms over it’s interest to “acquire and gain assets of Tinapa,” a document obtained by CrossRiverWatch reveals. The letter with reference number “GO/S/17/VOL.1/149” dated June 26, 2019 was a reply to an expression of
By Jonathan Ugbal The leader of the enforcement team from the Department of Public Transport (DOPT)which allegedly caused the death of Mr. Michael Eyo Essien, a hawker at Watt Market in Calabar is currently in Police Custody says the acting Director General of the DOPT, Mr. Godwin Nyiam. “I have brought the driver and leader
By Margaret John, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has began in earnest, kicking off with a tour to the Ayade Industrial Park. The tour took place after a brief plenary session on Tuesday, where a majority of the House went to oversee the various State projects. Among the sites
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent Moved by Governor Ben Ayade’s rice value chain revolution in Cross River State, the Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Nelson Brambaifa has disclosed plans to key into the project and expand it to other States within the region. Brambaifa
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than five communities in Obudu are currently deliberating how best to chase Fulani herders who had occupied hilly areas of Ohong, Bedia, Ibong, Bebuabie, Begiaba, Kutiang and Akorshie communities. Five of the said villages had come together and nominated 10 youths whom were tasked to eject the herders who are
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