By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state on waste management, Prince Otu Duke is dead. Mr. Duke is the elder brother to Orok Duke, who served as the Chairman of the Cross River state sports commission between 2016 and 2019. And, Mr. Orok in a short statement to
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent A financial institution has donated 700 overall reflective vests to the Cross River State government in a bid to properly kit waste management personnel to ensure their safety. Making the presentation to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade in his office on Wednesday, the General Manager, South South, South
By Archibong Jeremiah/Otobong Clement The Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Engineer Mike Eraye has described the attitude of people in the State towards waste management as “not encouraging”. Engr. Eraye who made the assertion in Calabar said: “The attitude of our people towards waste disposal is not encouraging; our mind is dead mostly when
By Elijah Ugani and Jonathan Ugbal In a bid to return Cross River State to its clean and green nature, Cross Riverians recently have develop several means of evacuating and managing waste. Volunteerism, basic recycling, composting and burning have become new trends across the state findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. “We are doing this to encourage
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has directed residents to stop the payment of waste collect tariff to the state’s internal revenue service and waste management agency and start paying same to refuse collection contractors. This directive was contained in a release signed by the Secretary to the State Government