Having served for eight years in the State House of Assembly, I understand firsthand the critical role that well-informed lawmakers play in shaping policies that impact the well-being and development of our communities
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed into Law the Local Government Amendment Bill 2025. The Legislators passed the bill after deliberating on the report of it’s Joint Committee on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Judiciary, Public Service Matters, Public Petitions and Conflict Resolution
Sir, you had no justification in characterizing my team and I in such mediocre and disdainful terms, when you know very well that the decision to conduct elections does not lie with the commission. At best, the commission can only make critical preparations and then wait for funding approvals and matching orders from the chief
They use poverty as a form of political control. The poorer the people, the more likely they are compelled to sing and dance at the celestial glory of the sovereign who does no wrong. Every single project is magnified as the greatest, ever. He knows the truth, but what the heck! The wealth of the
There are those who argue without evidence, that the very idea was formulated in Cross River State by the then Governor Donald Duke.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has directed the immediate payment of all State and local government workers as well as pensioners. In a release made available by his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbeche, the Governor directs all unpaid salaries and pensions should be paid immediately while those with
TOPIC Promotion Of Local Government Staff In Cross River State And Matters Arising. INTRODUCTION The Nigerian public service is established by Section 169 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as altered. In a similar vein, Section 206 establishes the civil service of States in the Federation. The Local Governments are not
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, has released guidelines and timetables for the conduct of 2023 local government elections in the State. The Commission had on May 20, 2022, issued the notice in line with section 20 subsections 1 and 2 of the act establishing the