The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has taken a step that if followed through, will from June 1, 2019; make it very difficult for Governors to exert control over the utilization of LG allocations, as presently obtains. The Joint Allocation Accounts Committee (JAAC), where LG funds are paid into will now only exist for the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The AAC State Chairman had alleged in an opinion article that about N4billion Naira was withdrawn from the State and Local government joint accounts, just before the last elections, to fund what the governor called ‘quick win projects’ in the 18 LGAs and that the memo never made it to exco to
This open legal opinion gratis is offered to Professor Ben Ayade both as Governor of Cross River State and visitor to Cross River University of Technology herein called CRUTECH. CRUTECH was established pursuant to Cross River University of Technology Law, Cap C19 LCRS 2004. It is on record that the following have been Vice Chancellors
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent In readiness to when Nigeria will embrace the use of electric cars, Cross River Government is aligning with a Slovak firm, Sirieco Company Limited to establish electric car assembling plant in the State. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Groidis Peter disclosed this recently after being led by
His overly ambitious “super highway” is superfluous, anti-people, a misplaced priority and a fraudulent adventure. It is a deliberate ploy to enrich himself and his cohorts at the State Assembly where all 25 seats are occupied by the PDP. Cross River State sits precariously on the periphery of safety under incumbent Governor Ben Ayade. Ayade’s
By Archibong Jeremiah and Philip Agba The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has been urged not to have more than 500 cabinet members. The call was made by Mr. George Odok, a journalist is the State who was a guest on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo” this evening where he maintained that “It’s
By Archibong Jeremiah and Philip Agba The Sen. Ben Ayade led administration soon to unbundle policy of “Food On The Table” in Cross River State which has catered for over 6000 appointees in the past 3 years and some months has been likened to an al majeri system. According to Mr. Edo Owan, a Public
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent The Government of Cross River State has taken over the management of a set of twin babies born by an inmate at Afokang prison Calabar on Thursday. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong reacting to the event at the hospital, informed that the Governor, Mr. Ben Ayade had christened