By Ushang Ewa CrossRiverWatch has compiled a list of seven projects and factories, initiated and completed by the Governor Ben Ayade’s administration. Five out of the seven projects are either moribund or abandoned while the other two are performing below capacity. The abandoned ones include the Cross River Toothpick factory in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Bayelsa State, Mr. Ezekiel Ogbianko has said that the panacea to poverty and unemployment in the Niger Delta region lies in Governors emulating the strides made in the agro sector by their colleague in Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade. Ogbianko made
The excellent positive reviews and responses that have flooded the Cross River social media space for the first delivery of seedlings from the Cross River Rice City to Bayelsa, is a testament of the acceptability of the project and citizens appreciation for completed projects. I am simply saying that we will all file out and
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Government, under the leadership of the Executive Governor, Senator Ben Ayade is set to deliver it’s first supply of rice seedlings to farmers in Kolkuma/Opokuma LGA of Bayelsa State, with headquarters in Kaiama. Governor Ben Ayade yesterday inspected the rice farm workers at the Industrial Park
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government on Monday harvested for the first time, rice seeds from its automated rice seedlings and seed manufacturing factory popularly referred to as rice city in Calabar. The governor, Senator Ben Ayade witnessed the event and described it as a feat for the state even
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The enormous demands of his office coupled with the complex nature of the federation makes the Nigerian President one of the busiest presidents in the world; hence, to get President Muhammadu Buhari to pay a visit to a state twice within three years is no mean feat. This is why friends and
The story of the Cross River State Rice City project can be likened to that of a budding pregnancy. At first, it bears symptoms of an onset of fever and progresses further into physiognomic changes in the carrier of the fetus with manifest signs like vomiting, nausea as well as skin changes. At that embryonic
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It is indeed another landmark achievement of Senator Professor Ben Ayade’s administration. It is very symbolic and historic to many students of history. Many may not remember that during the struggle for the unification of this country when the Nigerian troops attempt to capture the then Calabar in 1967 their entry point