By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has described as shocking and devastating the sad news of the death of Honorable Stephen Ukpukpen, the lawmaker representing Obudu State Constituency in the House of Assembly. Governor Ayade, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita said the
By Ushang Ewa Cross River State lawmaker, Honorable Stephen Ukpukpen (PDP Obudu) has died CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Mr. Ukpukpen was confirmed dead on arrival (DOA) at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) about an hour ago. Sources say Mr. Ukpukpen had gone for routine exercise in the morning when he slumped and was rushed
By Monday Ogar: House of Assembly Correspondent The leadership of the Cross River State House of Assembly says it will consider the state’s grazing prohibition bill for second reading and subsequent public hearing at its sitting on Wednesday (tomorrow). The speaker of the assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) disclosed this last week in a
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River House of Assembly has given the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade clearance to access NGN20 billion in funding through a bond facility. The clearance follows the approval of the report of the adhoc committee led by Honorable Eteng Jones (PDP Yakurr2) presented on the floor of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Mr. John Gaul Lebo (PDP, Abi) has said that the 8th Assembly cannot go against the norms to publish budgets of the Cross River State government. The 2016 and 2017 budgets have not been accessed by anyone outside a few state actors while
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River House of Assembly has passed the 2018 appropriation bill of NGN1.3trillion presented by Governor Ben Ayade. Mr. Ayade had presented the budget before the House on November 30, 2017 and tagged it a “Buget of Kinetic Crystallization” which drew mixed reactions from the masses. And, on Thursday during plenary,
By Frank Edima Follow @FFrankedima and Ogar Monday Follow @ogar_monday The Cross River chapter of the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ campaign has advised the political class in the state, especially the State House of Assembly to speedily assent to the bill seeking to reduce the age to contest for electoral offices or risk being
By Ogar Monday House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday Following the January 2017 court order that led to the ejection of the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) from its former office along IBB way in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, the Executive Secretary, Mr. Joe-Mary Ekeng has said that the agency operated “from under