By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has approved N70,000 as new minimum wage for workers in the state. The governor, who made the announcement after a closed door meeting with labour leaders in the state on Sunday evening, said the new minimum wage comes...
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Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has said that the state will uphold the legacy of the late former Senate President, Dr Joseph Wayas, in memory of his accomplishments. Wayas, who was interred on Saturday at Sankwala in Obanliku Local Government Area of the state, died in London on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, accompanied by a delegation of government officials and esteemed statesmen, paid a visit of condolence to Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State. They offered their sympathies for the passing of his wife, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, whose...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River governor, Bassey Otu, has flagged off the maiden edition of Agbokim falls green marathon race at Ikom Local Government Area of the state. The race designed into three segments accommodated professionals, who embarked on 42km race while the locals engaged in 21...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – It was a promise made and a promise fulfilled to the Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as Governor Bassey Otu handed over a 14-seater IVM bus to the Union. The brand-new executive bus, according to the Governor, represented...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Cross River State Government has solicited support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to build an edifice to house all practical skills for its state-owned university of Education and Entrepreneurship. Governor Bassey Otu, who made the appeal during a visit to TETFund on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has proposed the sum of N498 billion as the state’s budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Presenting the proposal at the hallowed chambers of the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, Governor Otu attributed N328 billion (66%) to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has flagged off the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign for the upcoming November 2 Local Government council elections. Governor Otu, represented by his deputy, Peter Odey, performed the formal flag-off ceremony at the Ikom Township Stadium, Ikom on...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, who turned 65, last week Friday has explained why he opted for a low-key birthday celebration, citing Nigeria’s current economic downturn. Otu who was speaking during a live broadcast on Sparkling FM, explained that he could not, in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has flagged off the 20th Carnival Calabar Dry run in an evening filled with excitement and celebration in Calabar. This event marks the first of three dry runs held annually to prepare for the main Carnival in December....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has urged Nigerians to shift their focus towards the long-term national objectives, rather than being preoccupied with the temporary challenges brought about by the current economic reforms spearheaded by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Otu made this call on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called on federal lawmakers to enact legislation that will boost economic activities and create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Governor Otu represented by his deputy, . Peter Odey made this appeal when he received in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar+ The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Efiom Edet, has called on Governor Bassey Otu to expeditiously assent to the Cross River Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Bill. The bill, recently passed by the Cross River State House of Assembly, aims to regulate the conduct...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has stated that the world is witnessing unprecedented levels of sufferings with millions injured as a result of conflict ravaging the world. He said this in a keynote address to mark the 2024 World Humanitarian Day and Symposium...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has used the occasion of this year annual Leboku festival to call for concerted efforts to achieve food security in the state. Governor Otu also used the event which marks the annual celebration of new yam harvest of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has signed a Matching Fund Collaboration of one billion naira (₦1Billion) with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) for the development of MSMEs in the state The state governor, Bassey Otu made the commitment in Abuja when...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has performed the groundbreaking ceremony for a 365-kilometer railway to connect the southern part of the state with the north. The project is a Public-Private Partnership funded initiative driven by Messers Reinhoke LLC in partnership with the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A human rights lawyer, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has charged the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu to heed to advice of the state Solicitor General on the contentious cocoa allocation issues in Etung local government area of the state in the interest...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has approved the sum of N10 billion for the payment of outstanding gratuity of retired civil servant in the state. A statement by Otu’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Nsa Gill, on Friday said the governor has equally...
The Federal Government has assured that the contractors handling the dualisation of the Calabar-Itu highway will soon return to site to resume work on the which served as a link between Akwa Ibom and Cross River. the Acting Controller of Works in Cross River, Mrs Adebisi Osim,said this...