By CrossRiverWatch Admin Operatives from the South South Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Port Harcourt raided the Calabar home of governor Ben Ayade yesterday in continuation of investigation into allegations that the Governor’s younger brother, Dr. Frank Ayade may have perpetrated some shady deals in relation to the project.
By CrossRiverWatch admin All is set for the unveiling of the Cross River State House of Assembly Year II Legislative Road map. Hinting on the event, the Speaker Hon Gaul Lebo said that the package tagged the ‘Cross River State House of Assembly 2nd Legislative Year Reform Architecture’ would be unveiled on Friday 26th August,
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Calabar Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has called on the 8th Assembly to place the bill seeking the establishment of a Center for Citizens Right and Public Defender in Cross River State “side by side” with that which established the Multi Door Courthouse. Barrister Emmanuel Idaka
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross Riverians have been assured that the 26 MegaWatts Tinapa Power plant proposed by Governor Ben Ayade will be ready in 18 months and will boost electricity supply to investors who are coming into the state. The assurance was given during the signing of an agreement between the state government and a
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The member representing Boki II Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Hilary Bisong says that he has fulfilled almost all of his promises in 14 months. Bisong told CrossRiverWatch in an exclusive interview on his experience so far as a legislator that he has
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The wife of the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Omotunde Ivara-Esu has retired from the state’s civil service after 35 years of service. Omotunde who got to the zenith of the civil service, until her retirement was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government Affairs and
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade Friday in Calabar became the first Governor to sign into law, 9 bills including the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Bill which brings to 23, the total number of bills signed so far in the life of the current administration. The
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was yesterday reduced to tears by the squalid and subhuman conditions he found at one of the camps for the displaced people of Bakassi. The Governor who was in company of the Mayor of Dortmund, Germany, Mr. Fuss Friedrich, immediately made a cash donation of