by crossriverwatch admin The scorecard of Cross River state Ministry of Health in the last six years has been described as “a disaster by definition” due to its poor performance to deliver quality health care delivery to the citizens of the state. State Governor Senator Liyel Imoke made this revelation during the assessment of the
by crossriverwatch admin Conscious of the reality that a significant percentage of the population of his constituency of Northern Cross River State are farmers, Professor Ben Ayade, the Senator representing that Senatorial district is set to distribute millions of kilograms of high yield rice seedlings, faro 47 and 57, to farmers in his constituency free.
by crossriverwatch admin The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar today, Thursday ordered a fresh selection process to fill the revered stool of the Obong of Calabar presently occupied by Etubom Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu. The lead judgement read by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba and confirmed by Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyawu and Onyekachi Otisi upheld the
by crossriverwatch admin A Human Rights Activist and Legal Practitioner, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla has written to the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Honorable Larry Okori Odey demanding information concerning the recent trip of the Assembly members to the United States of America. CrossRiverWatch had reported last week that the
by Vanguard Senate Leader, Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, representing Cross River Central senatorial district, yesterday advised the Federal Government to always keep any agreement entered into with labor unions to save the country from sufferings and hardships occasioned by incessant strikes. The Senate leader, who gave the advice while reacting to the strike embarked upon
by crossriverwatch admin The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Mr. Olumide Akintayo has called on pharmacists to get involved in ensuring that rural dwellers had access to health care services. Akintayo, who spoke at the launch of Reload, a multivitamin, at the just-concluded 32nd National Conference of the Association of Community Pharmacists of
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party Chairman, Mr. John Okon, on Tuesday alleged that some members of the party stockpiled arms and produced fake party cards in the build up to primaries held in the state last month. The party in the state, which held its primaries for councilors and chairmen on
by crossriverwatch admin Suspected cultists that were killed and those arrested recently in the clash between the KKK and Vikings Confraternity are not students of the Federal College of Education Obudu. Reacting to the killings and subsequent arrests of the cultists whom earlier publications had claimed were students of the school, Dr. Eugene Ibili ,