By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has again promised that the Calabar garment factory, one of his signature projects will be commissioned by the 1st of April, 2016. The garment factory which was earlier scheduled to be commissioned within the first hundred days in office of Ayade’s administration has seen delays
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Wipe A Tear Today Initiative, a non governmental organization has awarded scholarships to 20 pupils in Obudu local government area of Cross River State. The organization also paid the current and outstanding hospital bills of several patients at the Sacred Heart Hospital Obudu. Over 20 secondary school students from villages in Ipong
By Our Correspondent The Head of Service of Cross River State, Barrister Ekpenyong Henshaw, has charged workers in the state civil service to reciprocate Governor Ben Ayade’s gesture of prompt payment of salaries through increased productivity and strict compliance with the civil service code. Henshaw who made the charge during a chat with newsmen described
By CrossRiverWatch admin The homes of the immediate past Commissioner representing Cross River State in the board of the Niger Delta Development Authority (NDDC) Paul Adah and former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Venatius Ikem were last night attacked by unknown gunmen who fired shots CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Paul Adah
INTRODUCTION Democracy is a government of the people; especially: rule of the majority. Youth make up more than 50% of the total population in Cross River State. From this it is clear that youths form an important demographic in the democratic structure of the state. Can there then be a credible representative democracy in the
