By Jonathan Ugbal The All Progressives Congress APC, in Cross River State has berated the state government for its inability to provide portable drinking water for residents despite a 200 million dollar loan obtained from the World Bank for water infrastructure. “The state misappropriated the funds and consumers are no forced to pay exorbitant water
By Ushang Ewa As part of activities to mark the 2017 ‘World Water Day’, brewery giants, Guinness Nigeria plc has constructed seven hand pump boreholes in Bebi community of Obanliku local government area of northern Cross River State. The boreholes, according to the company’s Corporate Relations Director, Sesan Sobowale who represented the Managing Director at
By Aplefe Ojong The Cross River State Government has expressed it’s determination to provide portable water for the people of the state using World Health Organization (WHO) specifications and will prosecute customers of the state owned Water Board Limited who attempt to thwart this move through illegal connections and destruction of facilities. The commissioner for
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Gab Odu has disclosed that the State Government spends about 10 to 15 million naira monthly for electricity bill to pump water across the State. The Commissioner bared his mind recently in an interview with CrossRiverWatch in his office where he stated that
By Jeremiah Archibong Engineer Moses Akpoba, a staff at ExxonMobil, Eket Akwa Ibom State has built a borehole for his community; Bateba, Etonko, Etoi streets Calabar and its environs. While unveiling the bore hole recently, he revealed that it is because of frequent water scarcity in his area and seeing how people around suffer to
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government yesterday awarded a N2.4 billion contract for the construction and expansion of the Okpoma, Yala water scheme. This is coming barely a month after the government awarded contracts for two other water schemes, including the Phase 2 of the Ikom Water project. Speaking during the contract award
by crossriverwatch admin Few months after commissioning the N5.3 billion Ikom Water Scheme, the Cross River State Government has signed a N2.6 billion contract agreement for the construction of Ogoja Water scheme with a Chinese firm CGC. The project is expected to be completed in 18 months. According to the government, “Once completed, the project
by crossriverwatch admin There is fear of imminent water borne diseases in Cross River State capital as water scarcity hits Calabar and its environs. Our correspondent who monitored the town observed that users of the essential commodity now go kilometers to get water from the private boreholes owners. The scarcity which became severe on Monday,