By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Thursday presented a budget of NGN1.3 trillion tagged “Budget of Kinetic Crystallization.” The figure and name of the budget has sent the social media sphere agog with comments and CrossRiverWatch monitored some on Facebook and Twitter which are listed below. Legor Idagbo, a federal legislator
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has asked aides of Governor Ben Ayade to acknowledge the supervisory role of the commissioners of the various ministries they belong to. There are 27 commissioners and almost all have fallen out with Special Advisers, Special Assistants and Boards Chairmen in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was Charlena Johnson in her No Cross No Crown that said that: “We shouldn’t be ordinary; we should challenge ourselves and not just think inside the box. We should dare to be different and get out of the box.” Whether or not, Governor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade of Cross River State read
By CrossRiverWatch Admin To forestall the strains occasioned by a hike in prices of commodities during Christmas, workers in Cross River State, have reasons to smile as the State governor, Senator Ben Ayade today, (November 30) commenced the payment of December salaries for the state’s workforce. This is not the first time the Ayade led
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 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 Being an address presented by the author at the Cross River State Young and Emerging Leaders Forum held in Calabar on November 29, 2017. The chairman, distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a pleasure to be here with you today and I thank the organizers for inviting me to speak on this
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Good health and well-being is an integral part of human existence, especially the specie of human creature that is vested with the responsibility of procreation. Goals three and five of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals strongly advocate for “Good Health and Well-being” and the “Empowerment of all women and girls across