Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has approved the subsequent appointment of 24 Senior Directors as Permanent Secretaries in the State Civil and Public Service. According to a press release by Mr Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Wednesday, “The appointments take effect from the 1st of September 2024.” It added that,…
Governor Bassey Otu has approved the appointment of Mr Ekong Edet Bocco as the new Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC). This follows the resignation of Assoc. Prof. Mike Ushie as Chairman of the Commission and the approval by the State’s House of Assembly for the Governor to dissolve and constitute…
The Special Adviser to Governor Bassey Otu on Inter-Party Affairs on Women Affairs, Hon. Nkoyo Otu, has been accused of diverting 300 bags of rice meant for the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). According to a source, Hon. Otu was given 450 bags of rice to give to IPAC but she only gave them 150, diverting…
The Uniform/Faith-Based Organisation (FBO), also known as the Voluntary Youth Organisation (VYO), Cross River State Chapter, is calling on Governor Bassey Otu to come to its aid as its members were not captured in the ongoing palliatives distribution. The group also lamented the discontinuation of subventions from the State Government. In a press release signed…
Cross River State Governor, Senator 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 State government. Performing the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday at the premises…
