By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the federal government has paid allocations for the month of June 2019 directly into the accounts of the 18 local government areas of the State. The accounts are said to have been almost empty for over a decade following the establishment of the Joint State and Local
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has explained why he is not interested in expanding and upgrading the Bebi Airstrip near the Obudu Ranch Resort to an international passenger and cargo airport, saying the strip is nestled in a magnetic mountain with high accidents rate. The governor disclosed this while hosting
By Nakanda Iyadim Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again expressed his willingness to implement the new N30,000 minimum wage. Ayade restated his commitment to the implementation of the new minimum wage when the new leadership of the State Executive Council of Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), led by its Chairman, Comrade Ben Ukpepi
I read without an atom of surprise the news about Governor Ben Ayade’s repression against correspondents of the underlisted media organisations at the Government House in Cross River State: CrossRiverWatch, Hit FM, FAD FM and Sparkling FM. It is the sort of action I have long expected from the governor. It has never been a
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Bayelsa State, Mr. Ezekiel Ogbianko has said that the panacea to poverty and unemployment in the Niger Delta region lies in Governors emulating the strides made in the agro sector by their colleague in Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade. Ogbianko made
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, 🖕The State House of Assembly only has a recurrent/expenditure bank account. 🖕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