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With the present demand of the society now, when you are talking about who gets worth HON. ALPHONSUS EBA is worth the mantle of taking our great party/family (PDP) to the promise land. He has been tested, trusted and found worthy of leadership therefore I will beckon on everyone to give him their total support on the forth coming congress of our great party. The pragmatic leader we know has been tested in various ramification and he has never failed in delivering his duty and he can never fail in this aspect. PDP as a party /family has been blessed to have someone like you who is willing to take upon yourself the responsibility of piloting the affairs of our dear party at the state level and we pray that he grant you the strength and wisdom to serve even as you are about to take us to our destination. Sighed AKOROKPOR LINUS

Today, it is with a heavy heart that I join you to mourn our colleague and brother, Hon. Godwin Akwaji, Member representing Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly. The greatest pain is not the one received when we are physically hurt. Neither is it the one received when we are down and out. But it is the one received when one so dear and so close is taken away from us. Death is painful and comes with grief. It is in this grief and melancholy that we mourn one of us. The sudden demise of our brother, friend and colleague, Hon. Godwin Akwaji is traumatic. Each time death occurs, it tinkers with the oneness, corporate spirit, togetherness and love that bond us in this House. Death is inevitable but whenever it occurs, we are taken by surprise. Although he was a man with exceptional achievements, he never boasted about his achievement and contributions to his community and the society at large. He was a silent achiever who provided succor to many in his communi...

By Blessing Enagu Cross River Commissioner for Climate Change and Forestry, Ntufam Donatus Etim has described the death of Ntufam Edet Okon Asim as “a colossal loss to the State,” and  would be greatly missed, especially in the Forestry Cluster where he served primarily as the Special Adviser to the Governor on Forestry, Biodiversity and Conservation, until his demise. Ntufam Donatus Etim gave the eulogy when he led a team from the Forestry Cluster in the State on a condolence visit to the family of the late Special Adviser who passed on recently in Calabar. The Commissioner prayed for the repose of the dead, while also praying God to grant the family the fortitude and grace to weather such monumental storm. Also speaking, the Chairman, Cross River State Forestry Commission, High Chief Tony Undiandeye, described Asim’s death as shocking, noting that it could not have happened if God did not approve it. He encouraged the family to take solace in God and prayed for strength for the f...

By Itam Offor Cross River Legislators have on Tuesday passed the State's Appropriation Amendment  Bill 2020 into law during plenary at the Assembly Complex, Calabar. The 2020 revised budget has a budget size of N147,130,166,966, which shows a downward review of N953,038,340,721 from the 2020 approved budget size of N1,100,168,507,687. Outlay of the 2020 revised budget shows recurrent revenue has been reviewed downwards from N121,461,868,952 to N66,085,762,847 indicating a variance of N55,376,106,105 while recurrent expenditure which was earlier approved at N184,900,048,007 has been reduced to N76,336,396,298 showing a decrease of N108,563,651,709. Similarly, capital expenditure has been reviewed from N915,268,459,680 to N70,793,770,668 showing a decrease of N844,474,689,012. Earlier, the Clerk of the House, Barr. Bassey Ekpeyong had read a correspondence from the State Government which requested the Assembly's consideration and passage of the revised budget. The Lawmakers who h...

Currently, there are said to be over 300 million people living with Hepatitis globally with about half of the number not aware of their status due to little or no access to a testing facility. This year's event which was marked across the globe on July 28th 2020,with the Theme Hepatitis Free Future was commemorated in all countries of the world targeting new born babies as the focus was to halt transmission from mother to children. In Calabar,the Cross River State Capital,the event was marked with Street rallies which featured awareness creation using songs and dances,free testing, free vaccination and well as the distribution of Condoms as a preventive tool. Flagging off the campaign in Calabar,the Cross River State Capital,Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency,Dr Janet Ekpenyong said ,it was time to raise the level of  awareness on the dangers of Hepatitis which she described as one of the World's most deadly and fastest killer  dise...

The Chairman of the COVID-19 Taskforce response team in Cross River State and the Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu yesterday met with the commissioner for Local Government Affairs Hon Stella Odey and the 18 Local Government Chairmen at the Ministry of Local Government affairs in calabar in a long technical session to discus their new roles in the decentralized response strategy to COVID-19 in the state. The Commissioner for Health who congratulated them on their emergence as chairmen and the drive with which most of them have hit the ground running in their various LGA; introduced the new decentralization strategy for the response to COVID -19. The discussion centered on the Local Government Chairmen calling together the already existing COVID-19 Taskforce and Rapid Response team in their LGA to a proper coordinated response directly supported by the chairmen. She tasked them to hold health workers in their LGAs and the rapid response team accountable for sensitization, sample col...

By Itam Offor The House of Assembly has in a resolution granted approval for the State Government to accept an offer of 120 days temporary over draft facility of N 2 billion from first bank. The request for the Assembly's approval was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Tina Agbor which stated that the over draft facility was intended to ; "cushion the effect and consequences of the current corona virus pandemic which has affected the financial status of the State." According to the SSG; "the credit facility has become necessary because of a shortfall in both the Federal allocation and internally generated revenue which is making it difficult for the State Government to meet urgent needs and important demands". Members in separate remarks lamented the current economic challenges faced by not just Cross River but others States as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic and noted that the facility will assist the State Government...