By Godwin Otang The Cross River State Government has barred all former appointees of the previous administration from representing or parading themselves as representatives of the State government henceforth, noting that they have been relieved of their duties. Similarly, the office of the Governor has also called out Oscar Ofuka, former Special Adviser on Cocoa
By Our Reporter The Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) are set to onboard and certify 14 commercial cocoa seed entrepreneurs. The certificate issuance will occur on November 8, 2022, at CRIN’s headquarters in Ibadan, Oyo State. In 2021, PIND and CRIN signed a
By Ogar Monday Cross River, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Abia, and Osun States are set to benefit from the United States Department of Agriculture’s program to support cocoa farmers in Nigeria. The program, under the USDA’s Food for Progress program, will be carried out in collaboration with the Lutheran World Relief, and it is meant
By Godwin Oritse, Vanguard News Nigeria There are indications that the protracted congestion at the Lagos seaports may have started pushing exporters to the Eastern ports as more exporters move their export cargoes through Calabar port. Vanguard News Nigeria learned that a total of 80 containers of raw cocoa beans export have been loaded through the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cocoa landlord communities in Etung Local Government Area have appointed new members into the committee to promote their interests. The new committee is led by a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu and has Mr. A.N Abang, a former area manager of Cocoa estates as vice chairman. Gabriel Odu-Oji,
By Fred Ezeh, The Sun Newspaper Cross River State Government has disclosed that revenue from farming, particularly cocoa, has replaced oil revenue as the major source of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) used for infrastructural development and other needs of the State. The State Government explained that since the Supreme Court judgment that ceded 76 oil
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By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State chapter of the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria, has appealed to Governor Ben Ayade to reschedule the allocation of the Cocoa estate till 2020, appealing for opportunity to recoup their investment. The Association made this appeal in a letter addressed to the Governor, which was