By Inyali Peter The standard of education in Cross River State will improve measurably if Cross River representatives in the National Assembly invest 10 percent of their constituency allowances in the sector said Eyam Abeng, the president of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Alumni association while briefing newsmen recently in Calabar. “The task to
Twelve years ago this month, the 5th Senate was inaugurated with Senator Adolphus Wabara as Senate President and I was sworn in as Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, after my election to represent the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State. I was assigned Committees and made Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid
by crossriverwatch admin Halfway into the tenure of the Senate, 34 senators have not sponsored any bill since coming to office, according to official records released by the Senate. The Senate’s Mid-Term Assessment Report shows that of the total 109 senators, 74 have sponsored at least a bill during the period starting June 2011 while
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Prince Bassey Otu who is representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District in the National Assembly on Saturday 27th April, 2013 handed items worth over fifty million Naira to over two hundred members of his constituency. The items ranged from cars, buses, speed boats, sewing machines, tiles cutting machines, barbing and hair
by Vanguard Hon. John Owan Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) represents Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency of Cross River State in the House of Representatives. He is also the Chairman, Appropriation Committee of the House. It could be said that the duty of appropriating funds for the ministries,departments and agencies of government falls squarely on
Culled from Sunday Independent Victor Ndoma-Egba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is currently the Majority Leader of the Senate. The three-term senator representing Cross River Central, in this engaging encounter with SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, speaks on many issues of national importance. Excerpts…. With the move of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to stop local government
by crossriverwatch admin One of the key areas proposed by the National Assembly in its ongoing effort to amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 is the provisions of the Constitution relating to the functions and responsibilities of Local Government Councils in the Country. The functions of a Local Government Councils by