By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House of Assembly has recently permitted the State Governor Sen. Ben Ayade to borrow N1,519,884,078.86 (one billion, five hundred and nineteen million, eight hundred and eighty-four thousand, seventy-eight naira and eighty-six kobo) only. Ayade who wrote to the Assembly said the loan “is to enable Government meet its
By Archibong Jeremiah Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President, Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian State Governors and other
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has disengaged and terminated the employment of 40 Law Officers serving in the State Ministry of Justice. The affected law officers were employed in December 2016, about three years ago, after a rigorous employment process which was reported in various newspapers and outlets nationwide. Over
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Ambassador The United States Embassy Central Business District Abuja Dear Ambassador RE: CALL FOR VISA BAN ON CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR BEN AYADE We are a civil society organization that prioritizes human rights and good governance in Nigeria. We have consistently taken a stance against the myriad violations of the constitutionally
By CrossRiverWatch Admin 28 October 2019 The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission Maitama, Abuja. Sir, RE: PERSECUTION, ILLEGAL ARRESTS AND ILLEGAL DETENTION OF ACTIVISTS AND JOURNALISTS BY THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVERS STATE. We are a civil society organization that prioritizes human rights and good governance in Nigeria. We have consistently taken a stance
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Budget Office of Cross River State has disclosed that the 2020 budget of the State is still underway. Governor of the State, Ben Ayade, was billed to make a radio broadcast of the budget on Friday but the presentation was stalled because the budget was not ready. Director-General of the State
By Agency Reporter The Cross River House of Assembly has commenced activities to amend the Anti-Cultism Act which was passed into law in April 2002 during the administration of a former Governor of the State, Mr. Donald Duke. The bill, christened ‘Cross River State Public Order Prohibition of Secret Cult And Offensive Weapons Bill 2019′
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Plans have been concluded to launch Tony Ekoh Foundation as part of activities to mark the 9th edition of Dread Tony Ekoh Anniversary/Inaugural Memorial Lecture. According to Ras (Arc.) James Ikpi, Lion of Ethiopia, Umor-Otutu in a press release, this year’s event will consist of 3-day (26th – 28th October, 2019) activities