By Jonathan Ugbal The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo has said that the Federal Government is scared of the concept and vision of the Tinapa’s Premier Business and Leisure resort. The USD470 million project commissioned by former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007. Now, Mr. Lebo took to
By Jeremiah Archibong and Jonathan Ugbal Former Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has said the decision of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to borrow for the proposed 260kilometers superhighway is a misplaced priority due. Obi stated this Monday in Lagos while delivering a speech on the Nigerian economy on ‘The Platform’ where he
It was Roy T. Bennett who said “Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities.” The first step towards creating the future that we desire is seeing a vision of that future. Vision according to the Oxford Dictionary is the faculty or state of being able to see, the ability to think
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The plan by Governor Ayade of Cross River state to establish a shipping line for the state is getting a boost with the commencement of the process of hiring a Transaction Adviser, as well as application for the procurement of merchant cargo vessels and fishing trawlers for Cross River Shipping Lines. A
By Jonathan Ugbal Investors coming into Cross River State in the past two years were uneased with the legal issues surrounding the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade causing a slowdown in the investment drive of the current administration the Cross River State government says. Spokesperson to the Government and Commissioner for Information, Rosemary Archibong disclosed in
By Jonathan Ugbal Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch indicates that Cross River State is set to benefit from the recent approval by the federal government for the implementation of the 13 percent derivation from mineral revenues. The state is currently reported to have a minimum of 28 solid minerals available for commercial exploitation and is facing economic
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says the 21 megawatts power plant initially scheduled to be delivered this month will be completed in February 2017. Ayade had said in August that the facility will be ready by December to ensure 24 hours supply of electricity but failed to give
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Friday commissioned a branch of the University of Calabar Micro Finance Bank (UMFB) at the Vice Chancellors (VC) village in Obudu. The banking institution according to the VC, Professor Zana Akpagu will focus on providing loans for small and medium scale businesses with CrossRiverWatch findings