By Monday Ogar: House of Assembly Correspondent The leadership of the Cross River State House of Assembly says it will consider the state’s grazing prohibition bill for second reading and subsequent public hearing at its sitting on Wednesday (tomorrow). The speaker of the assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) disclosed this last week in a
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday (Monday) directed the payment of salaries for the month of April. This makes it a second year in a row Mr. Ayade has paid civil servants in advance to celebrate the workers day slated for May 1; a situation which drew mixed
By Margaret John The Lead Counsel of Basic Rights Chambers, Barrister James Ibor has advised that the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) should relocate to Becheve Community in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State. He stated this Sunday on a live radio program “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The wife of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Dr. Linda Ayade has said that the state is ready to beat malaria. Dr. Ayade stated this while addressing residents of Ikot Offiong Ambai community in Akpabuyo local government area on Wednesday as part of activities to mark the 2018 World
By Isek Violet The Cross River State Operating Coordinator of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), Mr. Balingwo Ifegobi has said that its institution have compiled an unemployment database with of over 100, 000 vulnerable youths. “Yesso is a world bank model that has been tested in other countries and in fourteen other
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade made history Thursday in Calabar when he swore in three new Justices for the state’s high court making it a total of seven Judges in less than 35 months in office. They are Justice Imelda Bassey Etape, Justice Obo Awusa Obo and Justice
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent There was a brief moment of emotions as Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade broke down in tears after signing the NGN1.3 trillion 2018 budget of “kinetic crystallization” into law Tuesday in Calabar. Mr. Ayade who had asked his Special Adviser on religious matters, Reverend Father Bob Etta to
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has announced that he will be signing his record 1.3 trillion Naira 2018 budget into law next week Tuesday. Mr. Ayade disclosed this while speaking to journalists Friday in Calabar shortly after arriving at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport after spending almost three