By Patrick Obia Cross River State Government has confirmed receipt of 20.4 million dollars grant from World Bank. The grant is from the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) program, which began in 2018, to terminate in 2022. The State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr, revealed this at a press briefing Friday
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River has joined the rest of the country to mark the 2021 Armed Forces remembrance day in Calabar, the State capital. The event had the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade laid wreath for the fallen heroes of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. See pictures below.
1. Unilaterally dissolved the Judicial Service Commission without due process. 2. Set up a kangaroo Judicial Service Commission without due process on 27/11/2019. 3. For selfish reasons, refused to swear in Judges appointed by the NJC for over 3 months. 4. Refused to provide vehicles for the appointed Judges for 19 months and counting. 5.
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN No fewer than 28,000 youths across the 18 Local Government areas of Cross River State are been targeted to benefit from the International, Federal and State Government grants for a period of two years under the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) program. Mr. Christopher Anake, a representative
It is only you that I have been thinking about since Monday. You know yourself. For me, Governor Ayade is history now, even with 866 days to go. For you that is dreaming of taking over from Ayade, if you just want to be Governor for being Governor sake, without any solutions to our teething
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper Local Government Chairmen’s Forum in Cross River State has called on the National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to discipline erring members of the National Assembly for taking the party to court. They made the call on Monday while speaking with journalists in Calabar shortly after a
I hope all of you are already aware that: Cross River is heavily indebted. Cross River is nearly out of favor with lenders. Cross River gets one of the lowest allocations from FAAC. Cross River has one of the lowest IGR figures in the country. Cross River has severe manpower gap. Governor Ayade has further
By Patrick Obia Dozens of aides, supporters and stalwarts of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State who had gathered at 11-11 roundabout in Calabar to protest the Supreme Court’s judgement on the ward and chapter congress of the party have dispersed. The aborted protest was to show