By Archibong Jeremiah The three-man committee to review the transition report set up by the new Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has invited selected individuals to a meeting. The notice of the meeting scheduled to hold tomorrow Monday, in a cluster was signed by Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, Secretary of the Committee.
By Patrick Obia The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has set a three-man committee to review the transition report. This was contained in a press release signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Administration Office, Office of the Secretary to the State Government – Dr. Innocent Eteng, stating that the Committee is
By Ogar Monday A report by two non-governmental organizations, We The People and the Rainforest Resources Development Centre (RRDC), have indicted 79 companies and individuals, including Dansa Allied Agro, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, Wilmar International, the Cross River State Government for the continuous depletion of the forest in the State. The 23-page report highlighted
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Cross River State have expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s local government administrations, scoring the administrators low in social, economic, and political functionalities in the last three years. This was recently revealed in the Local Government Performance Survey conducted by YMonitor to assess the delivery of public goods and effective services
By Patrick Obia We The People (WTP) also known as Centre for Social Studies and Development has presented a new report on the street children menace in Cross River State titled, “Left To Die: Forgotten Street Children Of Calabar.” Presenting the research report in a round table discussion, the Executive Director of the NGO, Comrade
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has inaugurated a Peace, Reconciliation and Rehabilitation Committee to resolve age-long land disputes between Ebom/Ebiaghara and Ediba/Usumutong communities in Abi Local Government Area of the State. The people of Ebom, Ebijaghara, Ediba and Usumutong communities have been engaged in an age-long fratricidal war over
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The hundreds of millions of dollars (US) multinational energy companies pay every year towards development in the Niger Delta are having negligible impact on people’s lives or environmental protection, a new study co-authored by civil society organizations Policy Alert (Nigeria), Publish What You Pay (PWYP) UK, has found. The report, “What’s in It for Us?” is
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim Cross River State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution has reconvened after twenty-two days of it’s last adjournment, it trashed eleven petitions and adjourns to March 4, 2021. Chairman of the panel, Justice Micheal Edem (Rtd), in a brief speech said the panel is back for