by crossriverwatch admin Tourism industry stakeholders who rose from a recent meeting in Calabar to resolve the ongoing crises between the state government and practitioners over news taxes, have promised to partner with the Cross River State government to create a tourism friendly state. Speaking to pressmen after the closed door meeting with the Special
by crossriverwatch admin The Governor of Cross River, Senator Liyel Imoke, has formally approved the commencement of the Tourism Standards Authority (TOSA) licensing regime in the state, effective 1st November, 2013. This follows adoption of the new Licensing Regulations by the Cross River State Executive Council in March 2013. TOSA, an enforcement unit of the
by crossriverwatch admin Fortune may have smiled on Cross River State, Nigeria’s biggest tourism haven with Friday’s judgment of the Supreme Court relinquishing the control of tourism and hotel regulation to states of the federation. It would be recalled that several state governments and the Federal Government have been embroiled in controversy over the question
by Guardian As Cross River State consolidates on building a full-fledged and all-year-round tourist destination, the state has turned its attention to the proper preservation and promotion of all its heritage sites through legislation, which is expected to bring heritage tourism within the existing framework and structure of the state tourism market. Already, the state
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River has enjoined security agencies in the state to be proactive in tackling security issues for the state to remain the safest in the country. Imoke stated this when he received newly posted service commanders to the state who paid him courtesy calls. The service commanders include
by crossriverwatch admin In the massive shake-up and re-deployments that hit the police last week, the new Commissioner of Police, in charge of the Cross River State Command, Mr. Kola Sodipo resumed work today in Calabar. Mr. Sodipo who until his new posting was the commissioner in-charge of Nigerian Ports Authority, Lagos, arrived Margaret Ekpo
by crossriverwatch admin Officials at the Bebi Airstrip in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State have indicated plans to commence flights in the first week of March in a bid to make the Obudu Mountain Resort which falls within the Local Government more accessible to Tourists. The Community Development Officer, Department of Tourism
by crossriverwatch admin The popular Eleven Eleven Roundabout is for the third time being pulled down and reworked between 2007 and 2012. The same treatment was extended this year to the Marian Road /Mary Slessor Avenue on which the epitaph of the famous twin -saving Scottish missionary, Mary Slessor seats on. The Mary Slessor round