INTRODUCTION Recently, the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly and Member representing Abi State Constituency Hon. John Gaul Lebo communicated his plans to unveil the Abi State Constituency Development Strategy. He said that as part of the strategy, 3 strategic areas will the subject of focus. 1) Educational Discovery Initiatives and Scholarship.
We have entered a new year 2016 which happens to be an election year in Cross River State as we expect the present Local Government Administration to come to an end and prepare to elect a new set of leaders at that level. I will like to use this platform to reach out to an
by crossriverwatch admin Last week I wrote that there is a subtle leadership crisis rocking the Cross River Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, concerning which part of the State should produce its Governorship Candidate for the 2015 elections. Until this moment nobody has refuted my story or permutations. The PDP has maintained a
by crossriverwatch admin Barrister Tanko Ashang, Legal Adviser to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has his eyes on the governorship position of Cross River State in 2015. In this interview with, Bassey Inyang, he spoke on this and other issues. Excerpts: Why do you want to run for the governorship of Cross River State
by crossriverwatch admin Two members of the Federal House of Representatives from Cross River State, Hon. Owan Eno representing Ikom/Obubra Federal Constituency and Bassey Ewa representing Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency have both denied having any link with the Baraja faction of the ruling People’s Democratic Party nPDP. Owan Eno who is also the Chairman of the
by crossriverwatch admin A socio political group in Calabar, Movement For Democratic Equity, MDE has urged the people of Cross River State to support the Northern Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the State. The newly formed group stated this in Calabar while on a courtesy call to the Chairman of the Nigeria
by crossriverwatch admin The recent pronouncement by the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke to the people of the state on the kind of person that will succeed him has been creating ripples within political circles in the State. The governor while speaking on a live television program “2 Hours with the Governor”
by crossriverwatch admin Barring any last-minute change in plans, it is just a matter of few days before the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) takes its toll on the Cross River State chapter of the party. Information exclusively obtained by the Sunday Vanguard reveal that plans are already in full throttle that will