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Ekondo MFB Partners Toiletpride To Launch Multi-Million Sanitation Financing Initiative In Cross River State

by Admin
February 6, 2026

By TheInvestigator Ekondo Microfinance Bank (Ekondo MFB), a leading microfinance institution headquartered in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital has expressed strong enthusiasm for a groundbreaking partnership with Toiletpride Initiative aimed at tackling the sanitation crisis in Cross River State. The partnership, “Sanitation Financing for Low-Income Families in Cross River State,” outlines a strategic collaboration

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Cross River Government To Host WASH System For Health Stakeholders’ Meeting In Obubra

by Admin
October 27, 2025

By TheInvestigator The Cross River State Government, through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSSA) and the Ministry of Water Resources, in collaboration with Self Help Africa (SHA), is set to convene a Stakeholders’ Meeting under the WASH System for Health (WS4H) Program on Monday, October 27, 2025, at the Obubra Local Government Council

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Cross River Government Seeks FG Collaboration On Food Security, WASH In The State

by Admin
November 9, 2023

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has sought collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government in a bid to address food security, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the State. He made the call on Thursday at Dan Archibong’s Lodge

Members of benefitting communities line up for the hand-over ceremony of rehabiliatated boreholes in Akamkpa Local government Area of Cross River State. Four boreholes in three communities were renovated by the WCS and funded by the USAID through the Watershed Protection for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply, WATERFALL program. (Credit: WCS)

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3,600 People Get Rehabilitated Water Sources From WCS In Cross River

by Admin
September 22, 2023

By Jonathan Ugbal The Wildlife Conservation Society, WCS has handed over four boreholes it rehabilitated to three communities in Cross River State says Joseph Matthew, the WCS Communications Manager in a statement released on Thursday. The intervention was done under the Watershed Protection for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply, WATERFALL program funded by the United

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Cholera Outbreak: Cross River State Government Responds, Sympathizes With Victims, Move To End Chain Transmission

by Admin
December 18, 2022

By Ogar Monday The Cross River Government has intervened following reports of a suspected cholera outbreak in Ekureku, Abi Local Government Area in the Central Senatorial District of the State. Reports from the community have it that the suspected cholera outbreak has claimed some lives but about 30 people are currently receiving treatments in various

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Investigation: Cross River Communities Battle With Water Scarcity In The Midst Of Failed Water Projects (Part 1)

by Admin
October 5, 2022

The Ifako Okoyong community, like several others in Cross River State, is littered with water scheme projects but the people are unable to access potable water for years.. Kehinde Ogunyale reports. Mary Ekpang goes through frustration in search of water every day. She treks several kilometers to a local stream for drinking and cooking water. She relies

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Calabar Community Lacks Potable Water After Cross River Basin Development Authority Mismanaged Borehole Rehabilitation

by Admin
August 30, 2022

Cross River Basin Development Authority, CRBDA, agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2021 contracted Fuuz Nigeria Limited to rehabilitate a solar-powered borehole, and town hall at Ikot Effanga Mkpa in Calabar Municipality for N7.3 million. The contract, CrossRiverWatch Sylvia Akpan reveals, was awarded without budgetary provision which violates section 5, sub 4.2b of

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Lack Of Water, Health Facilities, Bridge: Inside Stories Of Enugu Communities Lacking Government Presence (Part 1)

by Admin
July 2, 2021

This is the first part of the reports on some communities in dire need of basic social amenities in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The focus here is Eha-Etiti under Nsukka East Development Centre. Nineteen years ago, Juliana Okoro was in labor and needed to be transported on a motorbike to a healthcare