By Leke Baiyewu, Punch Newspaper The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed a bill for its third reading to create a South-South Development Commission despite the existence of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The House had earlier on Tuesday considered and adopted the report by the Committee on Justice on the bill. The legislation is titled,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Hon. Eta Mbora, member representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Constituency in the House of Representatives has received commendations and goodwill from his constituents. The homage was after he recently attracted another set of projects to his people. The projects include electricity transformers, solar powered boreholes and several blocks of classrooms. The federal lawmaker disclosed
By Asare Asare, Daily Post Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, Mr. Venatius Ikem, has said that stakeholders are those to decide which of the three senatorial districts in the State shall produce the governor in 2023. In the last few days, there have been feverish debates by key
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The organized labor in Cross River State on Thursday, last week, suspended it’s 30 day industrial action after a deal was brokered by the Chairman of the Cross River State Traditional Ruler’s Council, Etinyin Etim Edet Okon. This is contained in its Bulletin 17. All arms of the Unions in the State
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By CrossRiverWatch Admin Senator Gershom Bassey representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District and his colleague representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Senator Jarigbe Agom, appear set to lock horns over zoning of the State governorship slot for 2023. Senator Bassey while speaking to attendees at the Calabar Declaration Conference recently, reminded them that zoning and
By Emmanuel Una Ogoja sons and daughters have endorsed Ambassador Emmanuel Asegem to represent Ogoja/Yala in the House of Representative. The endorsement took place when he stopped briefly on his way to Bekwarra to honor late Mike Ogar, 4th Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, where he was cheered by the youths and friends on
By Patrick Obia Weeks after CrossRiverWatch investigation revealed that after budgeting ₦42 billion, Cross River Government resorted to an obscure company for the construction of spaghetti flyover, rehabilitation and dualization of Calabar-Odukpani highway, the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has inspected the site. Governor Ayade visited the site a day before presenting the State’s 2022