Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has disclosed that his administration is driving a major reform in the agriculture sub- sector of the state. Governor Otu who spoke in his office Wednesday, when he received the report of the committee set up by his administration to get the digital soil mapping and fertility survey…
By Solomon Azu Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu has been urged to urgently wade into the looming crisis over threats by the task force of the state Cocoa Allocation and Rehabilitation Committee to forcefully eject Cocoa farm allottees from their genuinely acquired Cocoa plots allotted to them by the previous administration to avoid…
By Mo Isa Farmers in northern Nigeria have been made to pay up to N120,000 to bandits in order for them to farm (planting and harvesting). This was revealed in a report by SB Morgan Intelligence, which added that failure to do so usually results in forfeiture of harvest, kidnapping or even death. According to…
By Chris Njoku 243 farmers in Cross River have received the Federal Government’s agricultural inputs and feeds in the ongoing National Poverty Reduction Programme with Growth Strategy (NPRGS). The farmers who were from different value chains in the state were first verified and validated to ensure that those receiving the items were the real farmers…
By Frank Ulom The European Union, EU Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, said the union has committed five million euros (€5m) to conserve wildlife and forestry in Cross River State. Isopi stated this on Friday while being hosted by the Governor of Cross River State,…
