By Favour Adinya A bill seeking to create Ogoja State from Cross River State has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation, co-sponsored by the member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State, Godwin Offiono, and three other lawmakers, aims to alter the 1999 Constitution to carve a new
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Caucus of the Cross River 10th National Assembly has demanded the creation of Ogoja State, out from the present-day State. The caucus led by Senator Jarigbe Agom of the Northern Senatorial District, Senator Eteng Williams of the Central Senatorial District; House of Representatives members – Peter Akpanke and Godwin Offiono, and
By Ogar Monday Stakeholders have called for the scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) as they are merely stooges in the hands of the Governors. This took centre stage alongside the creation of Ogoja state at the public hearing of the constitutional and electoral review committee of the federal government held Wednesday in
by crossriverwatch admin Palpable excitement mixed with prayers pervades the atmosphere in Ogoja the northern Senatorial District of Cross River State following the listing of Ogoja State among the eighteen approved for creation by the National Conference. A cross section of people in the six local government areas that form the Senatorial District who spoke
by crossriverwatch admin There was jubilation yesterday when the National Conference overwhelmingly endorsed the recommendation for additional 18 new states nation-wide including Ogoja State. The National Judicial Institute (NJI) venue of the conference erupted in celebration soon after delegates voted in favor of the recommendation of the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government;
by crossriverwatch admin The ongoing National Conference has received memoranda from members of the public for the creation of Ogoja state from the present Cross River state. Delegates from Cross River State had on Friday submitted a memorandum to the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government for the creation of Ogoja State from
by crossriverwatch admin Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba on Wednesday said the requests for the creation of states had raised fears that it might be difficult to create any in the country. Ndoma-Egba said this at an interactive session with newsmen in Calabar ahead the Peoples’ Public Session on the Review of 1999 Constitution. According to