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…
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…
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…
