RE: HOUSE BILL 1293, A BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OGOJA 2019. Your Excellency, We write on behalf of the entire Youths and people of Northern Cross River State Senatorial district. First to congratulate you on your well deserved victory in the March 9, 2019 Governorship elections and your subsequent inauguration
Do you know that budget allocations for LGAs, Houses of Assembly and State Judiciaries are all paid into a joint account which is controlled by the state Governor alone? In Cross River state for instance, đź–•The State House of Assembly only has a recurrent/expenditure bank account. đź–•Anytime the House has a need, an event or
By Our Reporter The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has elected Edem Darlington as its new Chairman. Mr. Darlington succeeds Hope Obeten publisher of Calabarblog, who has been appointed Chief Press Secretary by the Speaker of the Cross River state House of Assembly. Similarly, Archibong Jeremiah was returned unopposed as the Secretary. Comrade
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State government has written a firm based in the United States of America to discuss terms over it’s interest to “acquire and gain assets of Tinapa,” a document obtained by CrossRiverWatch reveals. The letter with reference number “GO/S/17/VOL.1/149” dated June 26, 2019 was a reply to an expression of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has budgeted five billion Naira to spend on “contingencies,” and “landscaping of Governors office” in Calabar. Of the sum, Governor Ben Ayade has four billion Naira to spend for “contigencies.” The budget subhead is tagged “His Excellency Contingencies” and falls under the recurrent expenditure of the office
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government 2019 budget estimates provide a total of NGN1,420,000,000 (one billion, four hundred and twenty million Naira) for Governor Ben Ayade’s travel and transport for the 2019 financial year. Of this figure, his local travel and transport is expected to gulp NGN800,000,000 (eight hundred million) while NGN620,000,000 was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Police command in Cross River has arrested two suspects in connection to the death of a hawker simply identified as Michael who was killed in a confrontation with officials of the State’s Department of Public Transportation DOPT, in Calabar on Friday. The command’s public relations officer, Mrs. Irene Ugbo, a Deputy
By David Nsa It’s barely twenty four hours since the last down pour in Calabar, Cross River State. A state which is reputed to be the cleanest state in Nigeria, but here are pictures of how the state looks, hours after the rain. Our repoter who took a tour round to some strategic places, shows