CALABAR – In a significant stride towards consolidating free, fair, and credible local government elections, the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has emerged as a beacon of hope for grassroots democracy. Tasked with the critical mandate of conducting, organising, and supervising local government elections, CROSIEC is not only central to electoral processes but…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has commenced the payment of stipends to its ad hoc staff. Converseer learned that the payment is for the ad hoc staff engaged by the Commission for the conduct of the November 2024 local government election in the state. According to the statement issued…
Calabar, Cross River State – The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) omitted the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the last Council election. Announcing the results last Sunday, Dr Ekong Boco, Chairman of CROSIEC, omitted the results of the party in three LGAs, including Calabar Municipality, Ikom and…
Calabar, Cross River State – The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State has achieved a sweeping victory, winning all 18 Chairmanship positions and 196 councillorship seats in Saturday’s local government councils election. The announcement was made on Sunday by Dr Ekong Bocco, Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), who also awarded…
The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has reduced the price of forms for the forthcoming 2024 Local Government Election. The Commission also issued a new timetable and guidelines for the election. This was sequel to the appeal earlier made by the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) to CROSIEC. The new forms price and timetable…
Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has commenced the recruitment of ad-hoc staff who will perform various election duties for the 2024 Local Government Election. According to a job advertisement release issued in Calabar and signed by the Secretary of CROSIEC, Dr Lawrence Edu, on Monday, the Commission accordingly requested suitably qualified members of…
Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has announced 26th October as the main date for the 2024 Local Government Election in the State. According to Dr Ekong Edet Boco, Chairman of CROSIEC, on Wednesday, the activities for the election is scheduled for 25th September to 26th October 2024. Boco, while addressing leaders of political…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has confirmed the Chairmen and Members of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) as well as the Cross River State Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS). They were confirmed on Tuesday, 20th August 2024, following a request from Governor Bassey Otu in a letter to the House of…
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…
Assoc. Prof. Mike Ushie has resigned as the Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) after six years. Ushie disclosed this on Wednesday, 17th July 2024, via a letter (Our Ref: CROSIEC/2023/LGE/VOL.I) addressed to the State Governor (Senator Bassey Otu) through the Secretary to the State Government (Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh). According to…