By CrossRiverWatch Admin Just recently, the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade relieved himself of the burden of manning the state’s newly created and obviously signature ministry: ‘The Cross River State Ministry of Tourism’ and subsequently appointed a Nollywood actor, and a former Actors Guild of Nigeria Cross River State chapter chairman and his
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The private conference room of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was on Friday filled with dramatic emotional comments as the State Government signed the contract papers for the construction of the 36 kilometers Yahe-Wanakom-Benue link road in Yala local government area of the state. The project is valued
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Wives of the 17 Southern state governors under the nomenclature, Southern Governors Wives Forum (SGWF) have commended Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade for his developmental strides. They are in Calabar, the Cross River capital for their last forum meeting for 2017 and the President of the SGWF, Mrs.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Five months after the clash between personnel of the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Police Force, Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has donated N2 million to the families of the slain officers. Two policemen were killed and a naval rating critically injured May 30, incident also saw a Police patrol van,
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government, has distributed over five thousand tubers of yam to over 500 poor households spread across the five Local Government Areas in the northern senatorial district of the state. About 15 households per ward were selected for the exercise CrossRiverWatch gathered with the tubers of yams distributed purchased
By Ogar Monday Despite the effort by the Cross River State Government to pay salaries of workers regularly, Budgit, a civic technology organization with interest in raising transparency in governance has said the state cannot pay salaries without borrowing. This was contained in its 2017 Fiscal Sustainability Index that “looks at the ability of states
By Ushang Ewa Following the renewed hostilities between Danare II community in Boki local government area of central Cross River and Bodam community in Western Cameroon last week, the Nigerian Immigration boss, CG Mohammad Babandede has called for partnership between both countries to avert further occurrences. The attacks happened last week and more than 7
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has requested the federal government’s approval for licenses to explore and exploit petroleum resources in the state through the state owned petroleum corporation, PetroCross. The Governor, Benedict Ayade made the request when he received the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani in