Total debt of Cross-River State as at the end of 2017 was approximately N177.16bn. External debt grew to $167.9mn in 2017, from $114.9mn in 2016. Meaning the administration of Governor Ayade alone incurred additional $53mn external debt between 2016 and 2017. Cross River Domestic debt also rose to N125.65bn in 2017, from N116.06bn in 2013.
By jonathan Ugbal The premises of Agrim, a company that produces popular liquor ‘Tombo’ has been razed in an inferno. The fire, witnesses told Hit FM correspondents began about 10:00AM on Sunday. The entire plant located inside the Calabar Free Trade Zone Authority, including equipment and two vehicles; a bus and a saloon car suspected
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has appropriated over N14.5 billion for tourism related activities under the purview of the Special Adviser Governor’s Office, a study of the 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification shows. A newly introduced African Festival of Arts and Culture (Africult) will cost the State N300 million while a motor
By Patrick Obia and David Nsa The Nigerian Medical Association, Cross River State (NAM- CRS) branch has said the body has proceeded in total and indefinite withdrawal of its members from medical services in both public and private hospitals, clinics, Health Care centers, due to the recent kidnap of a Consultant Haematologist, Dr. Iyama Marcus,
By Ushang Ewa Men suspected to be personnel of Nigeria’s Secret Police, the SSS are said to have stormed the headquarters of the Ministry of Lands and Housing Development in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Wednesday to trace the leak of a document earlier published by CrossRiverWatch. The document contains an approval for
By Archibong Jeremiah Dr. Marcus Inyama, a staff of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has been kidnapped. The President, Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) UCTH chapter, Dr. Echeng Imoke confirmed the kidnap to this reporter on phone. Dr. Marcus is an Associate Professor Hematology hails from Akwa Ibom State was kidnapped Thursday, July 18th at
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has asked the 18 Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in the State to raise N2.5 million each for “security cover.” The HOLGAs are the most senior civil servants in the local governments and have ran the councils since December
The governor of Cross River state in southern Nigeria claimed that only 1.1% of total crime in Nigeria was committed in his state, making it the safest in the country. The best statistics available from the National Bureau of Statistics don’t back up the governor’s claims – 1.61% of all crimes in the country are