By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The House of Representatives Committee on Public Relations has summoned Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar to respond to a petition by some staff of the university. The summon was contained in a letter seen by CrossRiverWatch and signed by the Chairman of the Committee,
By Ogar Monday The member representing Abi/Yakurr in the Green Chambers, Hon. Alex Egbona has called on the Federal Government (FG) to complete the dredging of the Calabar seaport for maximum economic activities. Hon. Egbona who made the call earlier today at the floor of the House of Representatives urged the FG to revisit the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The candidate of the All Progressives Congress and winner of the February 26, 2022, legislative by-election into the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency by-elections, Jude Ngaji has resumed as a member of the Federal House of Representatives after being sworn-in earlier today. Mr. Ngaji was administered the oath of office by the clerk of
Jonathan Ugbal Dr. Julius Okputu, a House of Representatives aspirant for the February 26, 2022 legislative by-election for the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency has rejected reports of a consensus candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The by-elections which include one for Akpabuyo State constituency are necessitated by vacancies arising from the swearing in of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ukelle People’s Parliament, consisting of major political stakeholders in Ukelle nation cutting across the six wards of Ogoja/Yala constituency have thrown its weight behind Chief Henry Onwe’s House of Representatives ambition. Present at the endorsement which took place over the weekend in the residence of Hon. Fred Okem, former Vice Chairman of
By Our Reporter A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Chief Medical Director of Agip Oil Company, Dr. Paul Adi has endorsed Chief Henry Onwe as a candidate of the APC for the Ogoja/Yala House of Representatives. Dr. Adi, a former Commissioner for Health in Cross River State and also a former
By Anthonia Odido The eight members from Cross River State representing federal constituencies in the ninth House of Representatives have contributed only 1.03 percent of the 1,365 bills introduced on the floor of the house says a midterm report by civil society organisation, OrderPaper. This means the members who constitute just 2.22% of the 360
By Mike Odiegwu, The Nation Newspaper A member of the House of Representatives, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has described the Senate under Senate President Ahmed Lawan as rudderless. In an advertorial, Jarigbe said the problem of the ninth National Assembly is the Senate President whom he accused of desecrating the sanctity of the legislative institution through