By Ushang Ewa The Cross River gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections has slammed governor Ben Ayade for acting contrary to what is required in the face of economic strain. In a statement signed by Ochicha, he berated Ayade for enlarging his cabinet when he is supposed to
By CrossRiverWatch admin The All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State has released a statement announcing that members of the party’s National Working Committee led by the National Chairman of the Party, Chief John Oyegun, will be in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Saturday, February 13th to receive defectors from the PDP
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By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Labor Party in Cross River has lampooned local government chairmen, their Vice and Councillors in the state for their performance in the last two and half years of their administration. Describing their performance as abysmal, Mr. Ibok in a statement signed by him and made available to CrossRiverWatch
By CrossRiverWatch admin Over one hundred retirees in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital are demanding for the immediate payment of their gratuity which has not been paid for the past five years. The retirees in a peaceful protest to the governor’s office carried placards with inscriptions like; we are demanding for the right payment
By CrossRiverWatch admin The homes of the immediate past Commissioner representing Cross River State in the board of the Niger Delta Development Authority (NDDC) Paul Adah and former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Venatius Ikem were last night attacked by unknown gunmen who fired shots CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Paul Adah
INTRODUCTION Democracy is a government of the people; especially: rule of the majority. Youth make up more than 50% of the total population in Cross River State. From this it is clear that youths form an important demographic in the democratic structure of the state. Can there then be a credible representative democracy in the
