By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has commissioned a computerized vehicle inspection center in Calabar. Governor Ayade was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Tina Agbor. The center was commissioned in the State Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) Ekorinim, Calabar Municipal. See pictures from the event shared by Matthew Okache,
By Ogar Monday Listen to The Article An unidentified officer of Nigeria’s Vehicle Inspection Agency, VIO in Cross River State has been asked to replace a vehicle’s windscreen he destroyed. The officer, CrossRiverWatch understands, was on duty at Obubra, on the ever-busy Ikom-Calabar highway when the incident happened. Elijah Ugani, a journalist who posted the
By Patrick Obia A bill to strengthen the operations of the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) has been read a second time on the floor of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The bill tagged “the Cross River State Motor Vehicle Administration Directorate Bill 2020” seeks to facilitate the establishment of a directorate which will serve
From the day the Department of Public Transport, DOPT was established by the former Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke there have been constant agitation over the scope of their duties. It’s difficult to clearly define what the Agency was exactly created for as many see it as duplication being that there are
By Jonathan Ugbal The commander of the vehicle inspection officers for Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, Mr. Paul Bepeh has said that the decision of VIO commanders across Nigeria to induct the Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Chief Innocent Chukwuma as a Road Traffic Mayor was based on the fact that
By Ushang Ewa The Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) team posted to Obudu and operating along the Indi-Abeb and Bebuagbong axis of the Obudu-Utugwang-Abuochiche road now demand between 50 to 100 Naira daily from commercial and private motorcyclists and motorists respectively, as ‘Pass’ CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the said team which
by crossriverwatch admin The rush by drivers to beat the September deadline given by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has made both commercial and private drivers who need the new drivers license to undergo serious practical training from the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) office in Calabar. When CrossRiverWatch visited the office at the Ministry