By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state will now be the only state in the South/South geo-political zone left without properly constituted LGAs after Bayelsa state announced that LG elections will be holding in the state July 27, 2019. After a brief stint by caretaker committees under former governor, Donald Duke, it has been a rarity
By Our Government House Correspondent Ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has disclosed that he will reduce the size of his cabinet in order to ensure better service delivery. This is even as the Governor, in a statement released in Calabar on today, Thursday, directed
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has lauded the Federal Government for its untiring efforts in taming militancy, sea piracy and other maritime vices along the country’s water ways. Ayade who stated this during the inauguration of the Naval Warfare Course 3, at the Naval War College, Calabar
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent Director General of the Ayade Care Home Health, Dr. Genevieve Banarby-Ephraim has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to embrace electronic voting system, as the commission prepares for 2023 General elections. Dr. Barnaby made this call yesterday while speaking to CrossRiverWatch in an exclusive interview in Calabar.
The overwhelming support for the reelection of Governor Ben Ayade across the 18 local government councils of Cross River State in the March 9 governorship election has reaffirmed the unwavering and unflinching commitment of Cross Riverians to ensuring equitable distribution of powers amongst the three Senatorial districts of the State. Ayade, who in 2015 magically
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the Saturday’s Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, describing the exercise and turnout as both peaceful and massive respectively. Ayade accompanied by his wife, Linda, arrived Kakum Town Hall, Ipong polling unit, Obudu with registration area code CR/09 at
By Aplefe Ojong Barely 48 hours after the adoption of Cross River State governor, Senatoe Ben Ayade by the 18 chapter Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the state Chairman of the party, Chief Ikpi Eni, has affirmed that the party has indeed adopted the governor as its candidate in Saturday’s election. According to
By Our Government House Correspondent President of the Nigeria Labor Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba Wednesday mandated workers in Cross River state to cast their votes for the State governor, Senator Ben Ayade in Saturday’s governorship election. Wabba who spoke through Comrade Ofueonyeadi Innocent, at the commissioning of NLC’s ultra modern complex in Calabar, the