By Elijah Akoji and Lukman Abdulmalik, Solacebase Lack of access roads and warehouses for storage of grains for rural farmers were the key reasons for the multi-billion naira Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Program initiative by the Federal Government in 2013. The project was funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 13
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State governor Ben Ayade has embarked on a commissioning spree as he inaugurated four industries in one fell swoop. The industries are some of his legacy projects. They include the 24, 000 birds per day chicken processing factory known as Calachika which is the first of its kind
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) resume from the election break, Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of the institution has embarked on inspection of new projects embarked on by the school management, this according to reports, is to ensure contractual compliance and standards. According to a post made on Facebook by George
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has begun the execution of 32 new projects in public schools across the three senatorial districts of the State. The State SUBEB Chairman, Senator Stephen Odey, disclosed this in Calabar on Thursday during an interaction with journalists. Odey stated that the projects
In May 2015, Ben Ayade, the Obudu born Professor, Senator representing Cross River North at the time, and governorship flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2015 general election in Cross River State, declared an end to the sufferings of Obudu people to the delight of an ecstatic crowd that gathered at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government says it is ready to privatize some of it’s businesses including several of the industries initiated by the Ben Ayade administration. John Odo, Chairman of the State’s Privatization Council flanked by other members of the Council told journalists in Calabar that, the State Governor was keen on
By Socrates Mbamalu, Foundation for Investigative Journalism Multi-million-naira projects for which money has already been allocated and withdrawn have been abandoned in Cross River State, BudgIT Tracka is reporting. At Model Government Secondary School, Okpoma, Cross River State, a N15 million project for the construction of a schoolgate has been abandoned. The school, located in
Out of the three projects that were brought to the fore yesterday as facilitated by Hon. Legor Idagbo, the member representing our federal constituency, (Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwara) in the House of Representatives, I take the liberty to look at them one after the other. Charity begins at home as they say, so today, I will begin from