In what can best be described as an overambitious, unrealistic and a complete joke of Budget presentation, the people of Cross-River and Nigerians were left confused and surprised when Governor Ben Ayade proposed a budget estimate of N1.306 trillion before the Cross-River State House of Assembly for the 2018 fiscal year. A lot of questions […]
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VITALIS UGOH: Calabar Whistle blowers in Cross River have been promised a cash reward of One million Naira on any useful information that could lead to the arrest of kidnappers and armed robbers in the state. This cash reward was announced in Calabar by the state governor Prof. Ben Ayade when he received the new […]
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Vitalis Ugoh: Worried by the delay in giving approval to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the commencement of his signature projects, the state governor Prof. Ben Ayade, has accused the Federal Government of deliberately frustrating his developmental agenda in Cross River State. Ayade who spoke through some of his Commissioners said the ambition of […]
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VITALIS UGOH: The Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo says that the incumbent governor Senator Ben Ayade will get his 2nd term ticket in Cross River come 2019. Though, Ayade, has not personally declared his aspirations for 2019 election, the speaker Hon. John Gaul Lebo said “in his estimation, […]
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BY: VITALIS UGOH, Calabar National Vice Chairman, South South of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) Ntufam Hilliard Eta, has described governor Ben Ayade’s frequent prolonged stay outside of the country as an affront on the Cross River people. He said as a result “the state legislature that should remind the governor of the relevant laws […]
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BY: VITALIS UGOH, CALABAR The Chairman, Budget and Appropriation Committee of the Cross River State House of Assembly says posterity will judge him and members of his committee if the N707 billion budget estimate is not implemented . It would be recalled that the state governor Senator Ben Ayade has assented to the budget shortly […]
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VITALIS UGOH, Calabar: Following the end of tenure of the current local government administrations in Cross River state on December 15th, 2016, the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has directed all out-going chairmen of councils to handover to Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in their respective councils. Only chairman of Bakassi local government council […]
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Cross River State government has denied allegation that it had ceded over 32 hectares of cocoa plots in Abointa Cocoa estate in Etung local government area to anybody or family as rumoured. This position was made known by the state Commissioner for agriculture Prof. Anthony Eneji while briefing newsmen in his office. It would be […]
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By Vitalis Ugoh: The two camps housing the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi/Akpabuyo yesterday rejected some relief materials donated to them by the Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade describing it as a “mockery to their current plight”. They had wondered how the state governor could direct the Commissioner for Social Housing, Hon. […]
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VITALIS UGOH, Calabar The embattled governor of Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade, returned to the state after spending over one month in the federal capital Abuja where he was alleged to have been battling with his case against Joe Agi in the Supreme Court on September 27, 2016. On his arrival at the Margaret Ekpo […]
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