By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu says he is impressed with ongoing work at the Obudu Cargo Airport, pledging his administration’s commitment to the completion of the project within the contractual timeframe. The governor was at the project site on an assessment tour of...
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Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Gov Bassey Ottu of Cross River, said the new administration inherited a “rundown” state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CPS stated this when he interacted with the members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)...
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River, says he is committed to making the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Calabar, one of the leading tertiary institutions in the country. Otu made the commitment when he received Prof. Austin Angba, Vice-Chancellor of the university and his management team on a...
Gov Bassey Otu of Cross River has begun the probe of the administration of his predecessor in office with the setting up of a committee to dig into concessioned industries and land related matters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee is named “Fact Finding Committee...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has commended President Bola Tinubu on the recent appointment of an indigene of the state, Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, as Chief of Defence Intelligence. Also, Governor Otu expressed joy at the elevation of four citizens of the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River Governor, Sen. Prince Bassey Otu, has concluded plans to end the 14-year law on forest moratorium in the state. Otu hinted that the decision was informed by the loss of revenue to illegal logging activities going on in the state’s rich forests....
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has donated N10 million to traders whose stores were gutted by fire at the Bogobiri area of Calabar. The governor made the donation when he visited the scene of the incident on Monday in company of his deputy, Mr Peter Odey and Mr...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has charged his newly appointed principal officers to live above board and be ready to render quality and selfless service to the people. The governor gave the charge in his office, in Calabar, during an interactive session with his...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has directed that all political appointees should handover to their Permanent Secretary or the most Senior Director/Head of the Ministry, Department or Agency with immediate effect. Governor Otu, who gave the directive in a statement by the Permanent...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Cross River State Governor, Bassey Edet Otu, has directed that all accounts belonging to the state government should be frozen with immediate effect. The governor gave the directive while speaking on Tuesday in Calabar during an interface with members of the press. “I have asked that...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – 7 aggrieved kingmakers (Etuboms) from the Palace of The Obong of Calabar have petitioned Governor Ben Ayade over what they described as wrong interpretation of the Supreme Court Judgement on the recent re-election of the Obong of Calabar, Etubom Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu. It...
Civil Servants in Cross River said the lifting of embargo placed on promotion of civil servants by Gov. Ben Ayade came late. They, therefore, said they would not applaud his administration for the feat, alleging that it was meant to burden the incoming administration. A cross section of the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has decried the stealing of government assets in the twilight of his administration. The governor spoke at the State Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar while swearing in Udiba Udiba as the state’s Commissioner for Assets Management...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has reminded Christians that without deep reflection on its central theme of love and sacrifice, Easter will amount to mere hollow ritual. In an Easter message signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Barr. Christian Ita, the governor...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State, Peter Ojie, has commenced the rehabilitation of roads in Adagom and Odajie communities in Ogoja Local Government Area of the State. Speaking while flagging off the rehabilitation exercise, the APC chieftain, who...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar, the Most Reverend Joseph Edra Ukpo. In a condolences message signed on his behalf by his Chief Press Secretary/ Special...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, on Tuesday swore in Alhaji Adamu Uba Musa and 12 others as commissioners. Following this development, Alhaji Musa becomes the first non-indigene Muslim to be appointed a commissioner in the state. The Governor also used the occasion...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed seven persons dead and 29 injured in an incident that occurred during the annual Calabar Carnival on Tuesday. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan confirmed the number of casualty to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has flagged off the third and final dry run of the 2022 edition of the annual Carnival with a pledge to stage the best carnival of all time. This year’s Carnival has “Agro-Industrialization” as the theme. Speaking at...
Mr Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River, has said that he felt sorry for the next governor of the state, revealing that such individual would be faced with an uphill task to reinvent governance in the state. He made the remarks at the inauguration of 1,080-member campaign...