By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Federal Government says it will use the Cross River Garment and Textile factory as a center for its skill development programs. Labor Minister, Chris Ngige stated this Thursday in Calabar when he visited the factory alongside the governor, Senator Ben Ayade. “From what I have seen here,
By Our Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration has proposed a bill that seeks to provide a legal backing and protect the rights of street hawkers even though the state has domesticated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The proposed bill, an opposite of the one proposed by Governor Akinwumi Ambode
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent About 300 more appointees will soon be announced said Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade Wednesday afternoon during a parley with journalists in the state. Ayade who said his decision to parley with journalists was borne out of the improved perception and media rating the state is currently enjoying
By Inyali Peter The Cross River State Government’s should consider privatizing the Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) due to its inability to fund it said Etinyin Etim Edet, the chairman of the council of traditional rulers in the state during the institution’s annual stakeholders forum held Tuesday at the Calabar main campus of
By Ogar Monday Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says the state is basically a forest considering the fact thatit has one of the few remaining forest reserves in Africa and the highest in Nigeria. The Governor said this, Tuesday while declaring open the validation workshop of the United Nations Program on Reducing Emissions from
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 The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has placed an indefinite ban on all forms of demonstration and processions by the varsity’s community CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. A memo with the title “BAN ON PROCESSION/DEMONSTRATION BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY’ emanating from the Registrar’s office and signed by the
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,