While the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, had announced that chairman and councillorship aspirants in this month’s local government elections will have to part with N5 million and N1 million respectively, for forms as stipulated in the amended State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC law, state governor, Bassey Edet Otu, has made a formal…
Cross River State governor, Bassey Edet Otu, has upon their ratification by the State House of Assembly, inaugurated the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC. He was specific at the ceremony that the Chairman and members of the commission must uphold the principles of integrity, fairness and dedication to credible elections that will midwife…
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Cross River State governor Bassey Otu has appointed Ekong Edet Bocco as Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC. The appointment, contained in a press release, signed by Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, also listed Rose Banku Atep, Adoga Joseph Ipuole, Eutendala Eno, Daniel Edet, Eyo Otu Eyo, Jerry Adie Akabisong, as members of…
Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, Mike Ushie, has resigned his appointment. Ushie in a letter dated July 14, 2024, sent to state governor, Bassey Otu and routed through the Secretary to State Government, Anthony Owan Enoh, Ushie said the decision to resign his appointment is “…to enable me return to the…
After suffering several postponements, it is looking very likely that the conduct of local council elections in Cross River State, scheduled for February 22, 2020, may be waylaid by legal technicalities that appear set to play out in court, www.calitown.com has been informed. A legal source in the state, who has elected to remain anonymous,…
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Chairman, Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, Patrick Otu, has reacted swiftly to an allegation contained in an online publication that he was being pressurized by the PDP and the Cross Rover State Government to exclude the All Progressive Congress, APC, from the local council polls in the state scheduled for Saturday, September 12,…
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