By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, yesterday, signed the State’s Infrastructural Fund Bill into law. The law empowers the state government to seek for external funding for its capital projects such as the governor’s signature projects in its effort to render services to its citizenry. Speaking at the signing ceremony at
By CrossRiverWatch admin Yakurr born Rear Admiral I.E Ibas has been appointed the new Chief of Naval Staff by the President Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, General Muhammadu Buhari, Rtd. The appointment was made known in a statement released this afternoon to the press after the President relieved all service chiefs of their positions.
By Okwo Kerry The Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Engineer Saleh Dunoma has disclosed that plans are in top gear to complete all uncompleted projects in airports across the country. This assurance is coming against the background of fears that the Federal Government may have abandoned the upgrading of airport facilities across
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent Hon. John Gaul Lebo, Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly has assured members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) that in no distant time, an enabling law will be enacted by the State House of Assembly to give legal backing to their existence and
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has given guarantee that the House Committee, Chairman on Education, Hon. Itam Abang of Boki 1 State Constituency will sponsor a private member bill that will take care of virtually all the challenges members of Cross
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon John Gaul Lebo has pledged the House preparedness to partner with the Budget Transparency and Accountability Initiative – Nigeria (BTAN) and other related bodies in the fiscal scrutiny of the State budgets. Hon Lebo made the pledge recently in his office
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The security task force of the Cross River State government, code named Operation Skolombo, has been inaugurated with the charge to rid the state of criminals. The state governor Benedict Ayade had as earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch appointed Brig. General Mannix Nyiam rtd. as the Chairman of the taskforce
Our ideology towards the duties of members of the House of Assembly goes a long way to determine the level of effectiveness, and consistency in quality service delivery we will get from them. The best of Imoke’s political outing that went down well with me was the consensus candidates he supported for the Cross River