No one can deny how hot it is out there economically. I think that is one area where all the divides agree on. That country hard! Surviving here is made more excruciating daily. There are no off-the-shelf prescriptions for a panacea but you can consider making some adjustments to enable you to swim through the
By Kingsley Charles, Rest of World As inflation rises above 20%, middle-class Nigerians are forming WhatsApp groups to buy food items in bulk directly from producers and share among themselves. Rest of World tracked nine such WhatsApp groups across six Nigerian cities, where members could save up to 22% on food items compared to market
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has bowed to public pressure and extended the deadline for the use of the old notes till February 10, 2023. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made this known while granting Journalists an audience on Sunday 29th January 2023. Godwin said the apex bank had the approval of
By James Emejo, ThisDay Newspaper The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Thursday launched the Nigerian National Domestic Card scheme that will among other things, avail Nigerians the sovereignty of their data, lower costs of transactions, and address challenges in foreign exchange usage. Emefiele said at a time when foreign
(I expressed this concern three years ago, and I was called names…) The excellent positive reviews and responses that have flooded the Cross River social media space for the first delivery of seedlings from the Cross River Rice City to Bayelsa, are a testament to the acceptability of the project and citizens’ appreciation for completed
By Patience Bassey, Blessing Isong And Ichinang Ola Long queues are currently greeting fuelling stations in Calabar over the increasing scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) better known as fuel. CrossRiverWatch correspondents visited most of the petrol stations in the metropolis with long queues of vehicles and those buying in containers spilling onto major roads
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Department of Budget on Monday in Calabar, the State’s at the public presentation of the approved budget for the 2022 fiscal year, said it has alao uploaded the document online. The Governor, Benedict Ayade assented to the budget nearly five weeks ago, less than 48 hours after it was
#CRSLeadership Goals is a column by Wofai Ewa focused on the #CRSConversation. It is aimed at improving social consciousness. ECONOMY In 2017, the Cross River State economy produced a Gross State Product (GSP) of around N890 Billion, forming 0.78% of Nigeria’s GDP, with CRS ranking as the 24th largest economy in Nigeria, 12th in Southern Nigeria