Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Governor of Cross River State, Senator Prince Bassey Otu, has approved the sum of N10 billion for the payment of outstanding gratuities for retired civil and public servants in the state. Present administration inherited backlog of unpaid gratuities of retirees dating back to the year 2014 and findings by…
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…
Environmental experts from several states in Nigeria have converged in Calabar to chart the way forward in reducing emissions caused by massive deforestation and forest degradation in the nation. The essence of the workshop held on Thursday was to provide direction for developing policies on future steps for implementing the United Nations Reducing Emission from…
By Sylvia Okoi In its avowed determination to ensure timely insurance of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to private and public property owners in the State, the Cross River Geographic Information Agency (CRGIA) has issued a C of O to the Institute of Technology and Management (ITM), Ugep. Presenting the Certificate in his office…
By Anietie Akpan The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the Budget Estimates and Supplementary Appropriation bill of N 437.876 billion Earlier the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu had proposed a budget size of N296.985 billion for 2024 bill. A press release by the Assembly’s Information Officer, Mrs Itam Offor, said the Assembly…
