By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has revealed plans to relocate the Lemna dumpsite. He visited the site and other places two weeks and some days after The ICIR-funded investigation that revealed large-scale procurement violations in contracts awarded in 2020 was published. The investigation showed that the contract to
By Patrick Obia and Wisdom Okon The newly inaugurated governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has said his administration “is the Government of Cross Riverians by Cross Riverians for all Cross Riverians and non-Cross Riverians in our land.” The successor of Sen. Ben Ayade remarked while presenting his inaugural speech. He further
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A community-based group in Bakassi, the Great Cabal Organization, congratulates the newly sworn-in governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, on his election victory and swearing-in ceremony. The group in a statement signed by the Organization’s Chairman, Edet Bassey, and Secretary, Ette Effiom, said the victory of the incoming Governor of
Despite having two professors as Governor and deputy in Cross River State, Ben Ayade and Ivara Esu respectively, the education sector has not fared well. The administration has been under heavy criticism about the state of affairs in the past 8 years. The Construction and Fabrication Academy in Biase, the Polytechnic Ogoja, the British Canadian
By Sylvia Akpan Cross River State governor-elect, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has commemorated the May 27th, 2023, children’s day celebration and said that investing in our future means investing in our children. Otu said the theme “investing in our future means investing in our children” is apt. This was contained in a statement made available
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State governor Ben Ayade has embarked on a commissioning spree as he inaugurated four industries in one fell swoop. The industries are some of his legacy projects. They include the 24, 000 birds per day chicken processing factory known as Calachika which is the first of its kind
By Patrick Obia A collective of environment and ecology- focused Civil Society Organizations in Cross River State have written an open letter to the incoming Governor of Cross River, Sen. Bassey Otu to go after illegal loggers and destroyers of the State’s forest. The letter signed by not less than eight CSOs in the State
By Jonathan Ugbal The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba on Thursday morning posted a new Commissioner of Police, CP Gyogo Augustine Grimah to Cross River State. Until his posting as Cross River CP where he is to replace CP Sule Baralabe, CP Grimah was in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration