At last, Governor Bassey Otu has approved N10 billion only, to address the outstanding payment of gratuity for retired Civil and Public Servants in Cross River State. This was contained in a press statement signed by Mr Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Friday, 26th July 2024. According to the statement, the…
United Nations Women (UN-Women) on Thursday held a strategic meeting to boost women participation in the forthcoming Local Government and 2027 general elections in Nigeria. This was disclosed by Mrs Beatrice Eyong, Country Representative of UN-Women in Calabar during an Open Day Meeting of women from the six South -South states in the nation. Eyong…
The State Assembly on Thursday passed the Budget Estimates and Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2024. The new Budget size is 437,876,029,437.51 (Four hundred and Thirty-seven Billion, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Six Million, Twenty-Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty -Seven Naira, Fifty-one kobo). The breakdown of the budget size indicates that N151,684,649,487.66 is for Personnel/Overhead Cost, N283,333,644,824.34 for…
Ahead of the 1st August 2024 planned protest over the hardship and hunger plaguing the country, a group, made up of youths, has come out to appeal to those planning to protest in Cross River State. The group under the umbrella of South South APC Support Groups Leadership Caucus and the Office of the SA…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has granted Governor Bassey Otu’s request to dissolve the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC). In a decisive plenary session on Thursday, 22 out of 25 Assembly members voted in favour, securing the required two-thirds majority to approve Governor Otu’s proposal. According to a press statement by…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has appealed to Nigerian youths to jettison the proposed nationwide protest billed to take place on Thursday, 1st August 2024. Speaking during a one-day working visit to Jigawa State on Tuesday, 23rd July, the Vice President described those calling for the protest as selfish and unpatriotic. According to him, “The protest…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has constituted 17 Committees and assigned Chairmen to the Committees. The new committees were constituted on Wednesday by the House headed by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem. Converseer reports that Ayambem dissolved the committees earlier constituted after being reinstated as Speaker following his removal by 17 out…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially approved and enacted the North West Development Commission Bill as law. Senator Barau Jibrin, the Deputy President of the Senate, shared this information on Tuesday with reporters during an evening meeting at his office within the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. Senator Barau, who was the sponsor of the…
Ahead of the 2024 Local Government elections billed for 5th October 2024, as announced by the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) as well as the timeline of activities for the conduct of PDP Congresses released by the National Headquarters of the Party, the State Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akwa…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has resolved that the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED), the State Electricity Agency (SEA) as well as Ministry of Power be invited to appear before it to offer a public explanation of the poor power supply in the Ikom Local Government Area. The Assembly has also resolved…
