By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was simply a comedy show and not a budget proposal presentation. To see my former VC, now deputy governor of Cross River state and the state House of Assembly members sit to listen to a clown present that crap is the height of absurdity. A budget proposal is an estimate based
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Zana Akpagu has promised to give scholarship to members of the University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School (UCIDSS) Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) team for their outstanding performance in the Craft Category of the recently held SAGE competition in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has presented a N1.3 trillion budget for the 2018 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. A breakdown of the budget dubbed: “Budget of Kinetic Crystallisation”, shows that 70 per cent of the budget is for capital expenditure while 30 percent is for recurrent
By Obeten Godfrey For Nigeria to grow as a country and compete internationally, citizens must realize that leadership is ordained for a certain class of people and not for everyone. Her leaders must also learn to separate emotions and religion from governance, said Senator George Sekibo at the South South Nigeria’s Emerging Political Leaders Forum
By Obeten Godfrey The Senior Pastor of the Calabar International Christian Center, Calabar; Pastor Emma Isong has fired what looks like a salvo to power hungry politicians saying that Nigeria as a nation does not belong to one particular generation. The clergyman made known his position last weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital
By Obeten Godfrey The wife of former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River State, Mrs. Onari Duke has challenged youths to spend their time accessing critical information that will make them leaders. Mrs. Duke stated this last weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital while speaking at the South South Nigeria Emerging Political Leaders
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One reason why services are poorly delivered today in Nigeria is because government is given the responsibility to do everything. Democracy was not really designed to work this way. I read that fire service had no water and or petrol to tackle the fire in Watt market yesterday. Part of it is
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Following the clamor for restructuring of the Nigerian federal system of government, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade and Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum, Senator Hope Uzodinma have said the National Assembly is in the best position to drive the country forward or