By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Ben Ayade has commence talks with the United Kingdom on partnership in requisite skill training and investments in a bid to raise the required capacity needed to construct an alternative economy for the state. Ayade disclosed this in an interview at the site of the Cross
By Our Correspondent The Head of Service of Cross River State, Barrister Ekpenyong Henshaw, has charged workers in the state civil service to reciprocate Governor Ben Ayade’s gesture of prompt payment of salaries through increased productivity and strict compliance with the civil service code. Henshaw who made the charge during a chat with newsmen described
INTRODUCTION Democracy is a government of the people; especially: rule of the majority. Youth make up more than 50% of the total population in Cross River State. From this it is clear that youths form an important demographic in the democratic structure of the state. Can there then be a credible representative democracy in the
More than a year ago, precisely on January 2nd 2015, in a semi rural community called Oban Town, then Governor Liyel Imoke brought then candidate Ben Ayade as part of his entourage, to grace the Akachak Festival, the annual community carnival organised by the Ejagham East people in Oban Town. Imoke had promised to rank
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has been conferred with the Award of Excellence by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for his leadership and foresight in improving the life of the people of the state. Presenting the award, the Executive Director Center for Peace and President/CEO of
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has acknowledged the effort of the state health team and reminded them of his government’s resolve to provide quality Health Services to Cross Riverians through private public partnership with health investors who are already in the state to invest. He informed the people of
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Benedict Ayade yesterday slammed the Director General of the state’s micro enterprise development agency (MEDA), Ignatius Atsu for what he termed as eye service in the distribution of a 200 million naira agro SME fund. Ayade who interrupted Atsu while he was giving his opening remarks
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Bank of Agriculture has expressed its readiness to partner and assist the Cross River government in large scale Banana production amongst several others in its bid to deliver on its mandate of financing the agro sector to ensure food security for the nation. The Managing Director of the