By Patrick Obia Weeks after CrossRiverWatch investigation revealed that after budgeting ₦42 billion, Cross River Government resorted to an obscure company for the construction of spaghetti flyover, rehabilitation and dualization of Calabar-Odukpani highway, the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has inspected the site. Governor Ayade visited the site a day before presenting the State’s 2022
By Patrick Obia Despite an ongoing process to privatize no fewer than 34 existing and planned assets of the Cross River State government, the Governor, Ben Ayade says his 2022 budget is aimed at completing the said projects. Mr. Ayade presented the 2022 appropriation bill before the Assembly on Friday despite an industrial action by
By Patrick Obia Despite the massive outcry that greeted the harassment of aged people sweeping roads in Calabar, the Cross River State capital who were protesting being owed for six months, the government has only paid part of the salaries. The women earn a measly NGN7,500 per month which meant they earned NGN46,000 (USD109) in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has presented the 2022 appropriation bill to the House of Assembly. The State expects to spend NGN276 billion out of which NGN106 billion is for recurrent expenditure and NGN170 billion is earmarked for capital expenditure. There was uncertainty over the presentation of the budget due to
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Chapter of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called on the organized labour to suspend its indefinite strike which has grounded the State for more than a fortnight. The NYCN also lent its voice to the politicking ahead of the 2023 general elections, the dilemma of the
By Patrick Obia The meeting between the Organized Labor and the government of Cross River State to resolve the ongoing industrial action on Thursday ended in deadlock. The five hours meeting between the government represented by the Head of Service (HOS), Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem and the delegation of the Organized Labor could not reach a compromise
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The leadership of the ninth Assembly of Cross River State on Wednesday visited the immediate family of two term lawmaker, Elizabeth Ironbar (PDP, Akpabuyo) to commiserate with them over her passing. Led by the Speaker, Eteng Williams (PDP, Yakurr II), the lawmakers described Ironbar’s passing as “light” that has gone of in Akpabuyo.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River born legal practitioner, George Abang Ekpungu resumed today as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ekpungu was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in June this year in line with the EFCC act and was confirmed by the Senate despite a petition allegedly masterminded by allies of