By Ogar Monday Mixed reactions have trailed the announcement by the Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade that he was abolishing all forms of taxation for low income earners in the state. Our correspondent who went to town to seek the opinion of those the policy is meant to affect reported that while some
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government says it has plans to develop new cities in the 18 local government areas across the state. The governor, Benedict Ayade disclosed this when he received a team of investors from Ireland who according to him are specialists in housing especially low cost housing.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday announced he was abolishing all forms of taxation for low income earners in the state. Ayade who disclosed this during a media parley in Calabar, said a bill to this effect is before the state House of Assembly. The governor maintained that the poor
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that plans are underway to downgrade the Cross State Polytechnic otherwise known as the Institute of Technology and Management, ITM in Ugep to a technical college. The Cross River State Government had entered into a partnership with Highbury College, Portsmouth, United Kingdom to design a demand-driven curriculum for
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade left for Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland where he is expected to meet with key Irish investors as he continues his drive to industrialize the state. The Irish trip was preceded by a courtesy call on the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr.
It is unfortunate when the law is perverted for want of peanuts. I cry at the paucity of analysis on the judgement between Ayade and Agi. To inform our teeming youths I am forced to give a response. It is worthy of note that Agi instituted a purely pre election matter. Pre election matters are
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, yesterday dedicated his Friday victory at the Abuja Federal High Court to God and the good people of the state. Governor Ayade who said this shortly after he was cleared of any wrongdoing by Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja, disclosed that
The coming together of two opposing gladiators to agree on a common purpose is not everyday happenstances. Earlier this week, Agba Jalingo on his personal Facebook wall, opined that those who fight Buhari as a prelude for Ayade’s attention were greatly mistaken. I strongly agree with him. The comments on his wall had reactions from