By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The commissioning of railway projects in Abuja by President Muhammadu Buhari while Cross River state is plagued with decayed road infrastructure, insecurity and unemployment is despicable said the South-South Coalition Solidarity Forum, A Civil Society Group Thursday in Calabar. About one hundred members of the group bearing placards
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Panel of inquiry set up by Cross River governor, Ben Ayade to investigate the recurring communal crisis in the state has commenced sitting in Calabar. The panel which has as its chairman, former deputy governor Efiok Cobham was inaugurated by Ayade to find lasting solutions to the issues surrounding communal clashes
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The appointment of a new Executive Director (ED) for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) by President Muhammadu Buhari is a step in the right direction as his administration health policy is centred on primary health care says Betta Edu, the director general of the Cross River State Primary Health
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A leading aspirant for the position of the national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Raymond Dokpesi says if given the mandate to serve, he will lead the party to victory at the national level in 2019 and ensure its re-dominance in the Nigeria’s political terrain. The media mogul stated this
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent There is a smart plan being put in place to ensure zero rates are recorded in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS as well as those of hepatitis B says the Cross River State government in different fora over the week. The health commissioner, Inyang Asibong and the director general of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Comrade Odey Adamade’s Unity cup will kick off August 1, a statement from the foundation says. The statement signed by the programme head Undeshi David and made available to CrossRiverWatch by him, says the competition which is in its third edition is “Open to all teams across the ten political wards of
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The extensive disparity in the access to healthcare in Cross River State is due to the lopsided distribution of health personnel to the detriment of rural areas says the state council chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association Offiong Ikpeme during the council’s annual general meeting/scientific conference held Wednesday in Calabar.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin About seven aides and one cabinet member in Cross River governor, Ben Ayade’s administration have met with bigwigs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a defection plan in place findings by CrossRiverWatch can reveal. The appointees, CrossRiverWatch gathered from impeccable sources are tired of the administrative style of the governor and