By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has asked aides of Governor Ben Ayade to acknowledge the supervisory role of the commissioners of the various ministries they belong to. There are 27 commissioners and almost all have fallen out with Special Advisers, Special Assistants and Boards Chairmen in
By Ushang Ewa and Nandi Bette Staff of the Obudu mountain resort have written Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State threatening to begin a comprehensive industrial action by next week if issues concerning their owed salaries and allowances among others are not resolved before then. This comes a few days after the staff chased
By Obeten Godfrey Mr. Great Ogban, an Enterprise Development Expert and Social Entrepreneur has outlined “lack of capital for start-up, multiple taxation from Government, negative mindset among others” as hindrances to successful entrepreneurial job creation in Cross River State. Mr. Ogban barred his mind when he spoke as a guest on a radio program “The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was Charlena Johnson in her No Cross No Crown that said that: “We shouldn’t be ordinary; we should challenge ourselves and not just think inside the box. We should dare to be different and get out of the box.” Whether or not, Governor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade of Cross River State read
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The maiden literary art competition of the Cross River State government will be named after wife of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Dr. Linda Ayade says the Department of Creative and Knowledge Economy. This followed the endorsement of the competition by Mrs. Ayade after a visit to her
By Ushang Ewa Magam Elvis, a final year law student of the University of Uyo was shot dead during the elections of Zonal coordinators of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) held last weekend in Otuoke, Bayelsa state. Elvis, aged 23 hailed from Ekajuk in Ogoja local government area of northern Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Zana Akpagu has promised to give scholarship to members of the University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School (UCIDSS) Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) team for their outstanding performance in the Craft Category of the recently held SAGE competition in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has presented a N1.3 trillion budget for the 2018 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. A breakdown of the budget dubbed: “Budget of Kinetic Crystallisation”, shows that 70 per cent of the budget is for capital expenditure while 30 percent is for recurrent