By Monday Ogar: House of Assembly Correspondent The leadership of the Cross River State House of Assembly says it will consider the state’s grazing prohibition bill for second reading and subsequent public hearing at its sitting on Wednesday (tomorrow). The speaker of the assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) disclosed this last week in a
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday (Monday) directed the payment of salaries for the month of April. This makes it a second year in a row Mr. Ayade has paid civil servants in advance to celebrate the workers day slated for May 1; a situation which drew mixed
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has said that the reason for establishing industries across the state is because it was the best way to create jobs. The governor disclosed this at the inauguration of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN)/ Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) program at
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the recruitment of qualified Cross Riverians for immediate employment at the ultra-modern Rice Seedlings center located at the Ayade Industrial Park in Calabar. This was contained in a statement signed by his spokesman; Mr. Christian Ita issued Tuesday which read in
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commended the Cross River State’s government industrial drive especially in the agricultural sectors. The branch controller of the country’s apex bank in the state, Mr. Sampson Suwannee gave the commendation on Tuesday while on an inspection tour of the office complex for
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River House of Assembly has given the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade clearance to access NGN20 billion in funding through a bond facility. The clearance follows the approval of the report of the adhoc committee led by Honorable Eteng Jones (PDP Yakurr2) presented on the floor of
By Jonathan Ugbal and Ashie Osor The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), Mr. Emmanuel Jime, has described the Ayade Industrial park in Cross River as the best to be conceived by any state government. Jime stated this in Calabar, the Cross River capital after he, alongside members of the management
By Elijah Ugani The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has offered immediate employment to Miss Ima-Obong Etim who emerged as the best batch A stream 1, 2017 NationalYouth Service Corps (NYSC) member in the State. Ayade made the pronouncement at the U J Esuene stadium during the Passing Out Parade of the 2017