By Sunday Efa The accommodation problems faced by Bakassi returnees may be far from over as 4,715 of them in Obutong, Bakassi local government area have only 200 houses to reside in. This means and average of 23.575 people, approximately 24 people reside in each of the two bedroom houses built by the government. The
By Frank Edima Calabar South, Akpabuyo, and Bakassi Federal Constituency (CAB) Forum has inaugurated its pioneering Executive Council in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking during the inauguration, the new Chairman of the forum and Member Representing Bakassi in the State House of Assembly, Dr. Ekpo Bassey pledged not to lead the organization astray.
By Frank Edima The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF), has successfully screened and selected 77 children to benefit from its Out-Of-School Children Community (OOSC) project. The screening and selection took place at the Event Center and Chief Chambers in Bakassi and Akpabuyo respectively. Responding to concerns expressed about the project’s implementation and sustainability, The Foundation’s Executive
By Frank Edima/Philip Agba The people of Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local Government met recently in a townhall meeting to discuss and take further action on the recent Supreme Court Judgment which ordered INEC to delineate Bakassi LGA. These town hall meeting was organized by Nka Ufori Ye Nsongonda Efik Efut ye Abakpa, an indigenous group
By Violet Isek The Cross River State Government has announced its plans to partner a Spanish firm, Index financier UK limited for the development of a scrap yard in Akpabuyo local government area of the state. The Director General of the state’s scrap regulatory agency, Mr. Cecil Ita disclosed this while speaking on issues relating
By Jonathan Ugbal The member representing Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South federal constituency in the national assembly, Honorable Essien Ayi has blamed former Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo for the ceding of the Bakassi peninsula. Mr. Ayi made the accusation on a breakfast radio show on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar which was monitored by CrossRiverWatch where he also slammed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The Nigerian senate has read for the first time, a bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic, Akpabuyo. The bill sponsored by the Senator representing the southern senatorial district of Cross River State, Gershom Bassey is expected to be given expedited action on the floor soon after the Easter break by
By Isek Violet And Lucky Edem The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) in collaboration with Care Mentors Innovation Networks (CMIN) has put together “Out of School Children Community Project” targeting to send 600 (Primary and Secondary) school children in Akpabuyo and Bakassi LGAs back to school. The project will do so in three batches of two