By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday (Monday) directed the payment of salaries for the month of April. This makes it a second year in a row Mr. Ayade has paid civil servants in advance to celebrate the workers day slated for May 1; a situation which drew mixed
By Jonathan Ugbal Federal lawmaker, Honorable Jarigbe Agom (PDP Ogoja/Yala federal constituency) has said that he does not calculate what it costs him when he gives back to his people. Mr. Agom disclosed this to journalists Wednesday in Ogoja shortly after donating over NGN20 million in cash and kind to over 100 members of his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An unknown appointee of the Cross River State Government is currently in police custody for allegedly attempting to defraud unsuspecting citizens with fake contract documents valued at NGN135 million a statement from the state’s universal basic education board (CRSUBEB) says. The statement signed by the executive chairman, Dr. Stephen Odey described the
By Ushang Ewa Almost six weeks after the denial of the sack of the Managing Director of the Cross River State Water Board Limited, Mr. Godwin Igile, the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has appointed the Executive Secretary of the State’s Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Stephen Odey as administrator of the state owned company. This
By Archibong Jeremiah Contract staff of the Cross River State Water Board Limited, Thursday morning, protested and barricaded the entrance to the premises of the company’s headquarters along Marian road, Calabar over backlog of unpaid salaries. Some of the protesters’ who were preventing entrance to the water company for the second time since engagement, told
By Jonathan Ugbal The final round for voting in the maiden CrossRiverWatch Man Of The Year Award has commenced with a more reliable system of voting a statement from the publishers, CRWatch Resources says. The voting has been migrated from the news portal server to its new media network internet robot with artificial intelligence on
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Follow @NaijaJonathan The Managing Director of the Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL), Dr. Godwin Igile has denied rumors that he has been indefinitely suspended by Governor Ben Ayade. Mr. Igile told CrossRiverWatch Friday morning in an interview that he is yet to receive any communication to that
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved the sum of NGN1.2 billion counterpart fund to enable the state’s Universal Basic Education Board (CRSUBEB) access the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) grant for 2017. This was disclosed by the Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr. Stephen Odey, Thursday in Calabar