By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent As part of his constituency empowerment program, the member representing Boki 2 State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Hilary Bisong, has distributed a total of eight million Naira in gift items, scholarships and financial support to members of his constituency. The financial windfall
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Deputy Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Joseph Bassey, representing Calabar South State constituency 2 has supported two hundred and thirty-six (236) of his constituents financially. The support which was given in a ceremony recently in his constituency in Calabar South was in six categories:
by crossriverwatch admin The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alh. Aminu Tambuwal has called on Federal Legislators to promote youth and women empowerment in their constituencies in order to assist in reducing the rate of unemployment in the country. Tambuwal made this appeal at the weekend in Calabar during the empowerment program of Hon.
by crossriverwatch admin Professor Ben Ayade, the Senator representing the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State on Tuesday kept to his word to give take off grant to some members of his constituency to assist them start or expand existing businesses. Handing over the cheques of N200,000 (two hundred thousand Naira) to fifty people
by crossriverwatch admin The executive chairman of Ogoja Local Government council, Hon. Rita Agbo Ayim has commended Hon. John Owan Enoh for spending a whopping one hundred million Naira on the empowerment of his constituents. The chairman made this known at the venue of the empowerment program in Ikom Local Government Area of the state
by crossriverwatch admin In cross river today many of my friends have talk about how the present administration has empowered rural communities in terms of projects but the only problem is the poor quality of the projects and the lack of monitoring and wastage in the system. But none of us are a talking about
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government through its Community and Social Development Agency (CRS CSDA) has disbursed N85,472,470 to 56 communities under its World Bank assisted program. While presenting cheques to the various communities at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar, Governor Liyel Imoke commended the benefiting communities in complementing government in its efforts of transforming
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State is using social and community development projects to fight against poverty in the state, Professor Ndiyo Ayara, Special Adviser to the governor on economic matters has said. Prof. Ayara who stated this while declaring open a three day capacity building training workshop for community management