By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government on Monday harvested for the first time, rice seeds from its automated rice seedlings and seed manufacturing factory popularly referred to as rice city in Calabar. The governor, Senator Ben Ayade witnessed the event and described it as a feat for the state even
In this article similar to the previous ones, I do not intend to pretend that my principal and Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, like any other human being is without faults or shortcomings. Embarking on such course and fallacious position is to put him in the realm of a God, and gods.
By Ushang Ewa Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was on Monday absent from the inauguration of the national convention planning committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. Mr. Ayade, alongside his predecessor, Senator Liyel Imoke are the only two Cross Riverians appointed into the 86 – man committee headed by Delta State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A political group under the name of “Concerned APC Stakeholders, Southern Senatorial District, Cross River State” have issued a communique to President Muhammadu Buhari complaining that, in Cross River state, juicy appointments are focused in the Central, therefore the APC governorship aspirant should be chosen from the South. The group led by
By Jonathan Ugbal A shootout at the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obudu local government area on Friday has left at least one dead and another injured following attacks during the consultation visit of gubernatorial aspirant, Mr. John Owan-Enoh with controversy surrounding what led to the death of the student. The victim,
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent In what seems to be a twist of events for the much publicised wide acceptance of the Cross River Health Insurance Scheme, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has said it will resist any form of deduction. The Cross River State Government had launched the scheme tagged ‘Ayadecare’
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The good people of Cross River State have been unfortunate victims of the Governor Ben Ayade’s promise mill, fooled by the striking grandiosity of his projects and the deception in his eloquence. The governor has been flagrant in defending the practicality of his improbable dream projects, even going as far as saying
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Nigeria’s Senate President and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki has hailed the economic vision of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade pointing out that his ideas are what the country needs at the moment. Mr. Saraki gave the commendation Wednesday in Calabar, the Cross River