By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade this morning presented the 2016 appropriation proposal to the State House of Assembly. While presenting the budget, Ayade called it “Budget of Deep Vision” maintaining that “I inherited a rich State”. According to the Governor, the budget is structured on
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly will continue with the screening of the commissioner nominees today after the initial 16 were screened yesterday. The screening which is expected to commence by 10am as announced by the Speaker of the House, Hon. John Gaul Lebo, is not expected
By Jonathan Ugbal President Mohammadu Buhari today performed the ground breaking ceremony of the 260 kilometres dual carriage superhighway, one of Governor Benedict Ayade’s signature projects with a promise that he will return for the commissioning. Buhari while addressing Cross Riverians at the site of the ground breaking in Nsan, Akamkpa local government area said
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River’s governor Benedict Ayade says the introduction of a skills acquisition program by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) in its youth Pilgrimage tour is laudable just as he made a case for a holy land in Nigeria. According to Ayade who says he has seen the agricultural system in place
By CrossRiverWatch admin The ground breaking ceremony for the 240km Super Highway from Calabar to Obudu up to Kastsina Ala, which was earlier scheduled to be done by President Buhari on September 21 will now hold on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. The event was cancelled due to concerns about the Environmental Impact Assessment of the
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Chairman of the All Progressives Party, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani has just been announced as the Cross River state ministerial nominee on the floor of the Senate. Details later.
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal yesterday dismissed all the cases it had at its disposal calling them “mere academic exercise” giving victory to all the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the tribunal. The cases were between Dr Alex Egobona of Labor Party (LP) and Mr. Bassey Ewa of PDP,
By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Thursday met with President Buhari to iron out issues surrounding the delay in the kick of the 240km Super Highway from Calabar to Obudu in the northern part of the state. The governor also used the occasion to kick against the privatization of public