By Patrick Obia, Mary Bassey, Sylvia Akpan, Veronica Utsu, Wisdom Okon, and Winnard Able In a major policy announcement during President Bola Tinubu’s May 29th inauguration, the government said there will be a removal of fuel subsidy. The subsidy, which has been in place for decades, has been a major drain on the country’s finances.
By Archibong Jeremiah The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu, has approved the appointment of the eighth aides for the office of Deputy Governor, Hon. Peter Odey. Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor in a press statement said the appointment is effective June 8, 2023, the same date it
By Able Winnard The Chairman of Cross River Civil Society Network, Leader Benedict Effiom Usang has urged State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu to unveil his subsidy amelioration strategy. Leader Usang made the call recently in a Facebook post. President Bola Tinubu declared that there would no longer be a petroleum subsidy regime as the current
By Government House Press Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu, has charged his newly appointed principal officers to live above board and be ready to render quality and selfless service to the people. The governor gave the charge in his office, in Calabar, Tuesday, during an interactive session with his newly appointed aides. On
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has announced his Chief of Staff, Chief Press Secretary, and others. The announcement was contained in a press release with ref no: SSG/GAO/102/VOL.VI 217, released on Monday, June 5, 2023. It was signed by Dr. Innocent Eteng, Permanent Secretary, General Administration Office of
By Mary Bassey The Cross River Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has directed the immediate retirement of the State Auditor-General, Mr. John Odey. The directive was contained in a memo signed by the Chairman of the Cross River State Civil Service Commission, Mr. Inaku Uko. The memo with Ref no: CRC/P/25676/T./2 dated June, 2nd 2023
I’ve been racking my head for some time now to really decipher what exactly is wrong with the Nigerian subsidy on fuel that it should be removed. I have also seen people who together, we vehemently rejected and protested against the removal of fuel subsidies, now defending the same thing we resisted some years ago,
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper The Idum Mbube community and Ekikienkpong family in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, have petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Faruk Yahaya, and the Cross River State Police Command over the alleged killing of their son, Joseph Peter Okpe, in Ogoja by troops drafted