In 447 days time from now, Governor Ayade will share the grace from office. He will stop being our governor. In case you don’t understand; he will hand over to a new governor and become former governor. But, the actual grace sharing begins after the primaries of the political parties, which must hold and be
By Jonathan Ugbal Political parties fielding candidates for the February 26th 2022, legislative by-elections in Cross River State on Thursday, rounded up their campaigns amidst heavy security presence. Two legislative seats – Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and Akpabuyo State constituency are up for grabs. And, the intense politicking peaked on Thursday when bigwigs of the two
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News Nigeria The Cross River State Governor Sen. Ben Ayade has told youths in the State that no one can change their destiny adding that they should not be intimidated by circumstances of their birth. The Governor gave the charge in Calabar, Saturday during a Youth Summit organized by APC Youths
The Cross River State Government’s 2022 budget of NGN354 billion has received knocks and kudos since the Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade gave his assent to it. Notable among the knocks and kudos is that of Policy Alert that spotted red flags in the 2022 budget and report of the previous year, 2021. In this episode,
By Solomon Odeniyi, Punch Newspaper A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations has called on the Governor of Cross River, Sen. Ben Ayade, to lift the ban placed on the activities of civil society organizations in the State. They described the governor’s action as a deliberate attempt to gag CSOs in the State. Addressing journalists in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government has approached NAFDAC to approve it’s Calachika factory. The Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade while on a tour of the facility disclosed that the approval will go a long way in boosting the chain cycle for chicken farming. As reported by Channels TV, Ayade said the chicken factory is
By Jonathan Ugbal In what may be viewed as a show of political force, several bigwigs of the Cross River State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in Obudu to celebrate the Chairman, Venatius Ikem. Mr. Ikem emerged as chapter Chairman, a win in one of the many battles that led to
By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi Cross River State has over 2,000,000 hectares of rainforest originally found in the State and perhaps the primary rainforest remaining was only 729,000 hectares. The rainforest has important biophysical properties which affect local, regional and global environment quality. Cross River State has a deforestation rate of two percent per annum, a