By Patrick Obia and Wisdom Okon Sen. Ben Ayade, the immediate past governor of Cross River State has posited that the back-to-south agenda was divinely orchestrated. Sen. Ayade bared his mind while giving a valedictory speech at the handing over ceremony at EJ Esuene stadium Calabar, May 29th, 2023. He said, “We have shown that
Despite having two professors as Governor and deputy in Cross River State, Ben Ayade and Ivara Esu respectively, the education sector has not fared well. The administration has been under heavy criticism about the state of affairs in the past 8 years. The Construction and Fabrication Academy in Biase, the Polytechnic Ogoja, the British Canadian
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State governor Ben Ayade has embarked on a commissioning spree as he inaugurated four industries in one fell swoop. The industries are some of his legacy projects. They include the 24, 000 birds per day chicken processing factory known as Calachika which is the first of its kind
The 1999 Constitution allows State legislatures to make laws enabling former Governors and Deputy Governors to receive pensions. So, on April 18th, 2005, former Governor Donald Duke, assented to the Cross River State Gubernatorial Pension Law, to provide a pension to any person who has held office as a Governor or Deputy Governor in Cross
By CrossRiverWatch Admin This is the full video of Sen. Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State interview on Arise Television yesterday. He spoke on several issues. Watch:
By Damilola Olufemi, PUNCH Newspaper The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, on Tuesday, said payment of salaries and pensions is an achievement of any government, particularly his administration. He said this while responding to questions on Arise Television’s “The Morning Show”. He said while Cross River receives the least in terms of federal
The article by my friend Agba Jalingo raises concerns about Cross River State’s increasing debt burden and questions the strategies that Sen. Bassey Otu, the incoming governor, plans to adopt to address this issue. Agba highlights key statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Debt Management Office, indicating the growth of both external
According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics NBS and the Debt Management Office DMO, Cross River’s external debt grew from $184.6 million in June 2021 to $279.71million (N129,640,000000. current official exchange rate), in December 2021. While our internal debt has also risen from N159 billion to N197.2 billion at the end of December