The Cross River State House of Assembly has confirmed a first batch of 11 nominees out of the 26 Commissioner nominees sent to the House for confirmation by state governor, Bassey Otu. Justin Beshel, Abigail Duke, Stephen Odey, Agnes Atsu and Lawrencia Ita, were confirmed alongside Ededem Ani, Mathias Unimke Angioha, Hipolatus Ogar Lukpata, Moses…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly that defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political…
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Three members of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Itam Abang, (Boki I), Fred Osim, (Ikom I) and Gabriel Okpechi, Obubra I State Constituency, may have forfeited their official vehicles after the vehicles appear to have been surreptitiously withdrawn by the Office of the Chief of Staff to the state governor. Informed sources inside…
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The Cross River State House of Assembly today confirmed the nomination of Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr, Peter Egba, Tanko Ashang, the three nominees, submitted to the House by state governor, Ben Ayade, to serve as Commissioners in the yet to be constituted CRS Executive Council. While Speaker of House, E. J. Williams urged the new commissioners…
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Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jones-Williams, has directed the Clerk of the House, Bassey Ekpenyong, to convey to state governor, Ben Ayade, the unanimous resolution of the House reached at Thursday’s plenary to the effect that the management of the state forestry be returned back to the CRS Forestry Commission….
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The Cross River State House of Assembly has granted approval to state governor, Ben Ayade, to a N5 billion loan facility from First Bank of Nigeria, with an eighteen percent interest rate, payable over a 24 month period, to help the governor offset unpaid pensions and fix “other unforseen obligations of government”. A letter from…
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