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The Nigeria Immigration Service in Cross River State has express dissatisfaction over borders security and illegal migration of persons to Cross River State. Comptroller of NIS in the state, Mr James Ezugwu, disclosed this today the 9th day of September 2020 during a courtesy visit to the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams. Ezugwu explained that he is not trying to implicate anyone but the clan Head, village head and politicians are admitting foreigners through the backdoor. According to him, irregular migration and all forms of illegality along the Cross River State borders are managed by village head who are giving foreigners Nigeria documents free of charge. "My visit here is to plead with The Speaker and house members that are grassroots people to talk to their village Head, politicians because the security of Cross River State which is surrounded by neighbouring  country doesn't depends on uniform personal alone but all of us and ...

A Bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian optimistic that the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill will soon be passed by the 9th National Assembly Peace Corps (NPC) jointly sponsored by the Chief Whip, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Monguno and Rt. Hon. Uzoma Abonta, was slated on the 23rd day of July, 2020 in the Order Paper at the House of Representatives for consideration/adoption by the Committee of the Whole. It is pertinent to state that the core mandate of the Bill which was earlier passed by the 8th National Assembly is to Develop, Empower and provide gainful employment for the youths to facilitate Peace, Volunteerism, Community Services, Neighbourhood Watch and Nation Building; and for other related matters.  The Bill is to give statutory backing to the already existing Peace Corps of Nigeria. It is worthy to note that, the NPC Bill which came up on the 23rd day of July, 2020  for consideration was No. 48 of the 51 Bills and Motions on the Order Paper of the House of Repre...

Since March 2020 Criminal Justice in the State has suffered some set back as the Correctional Service has been unable to admit new inmates into the facility. This was occasioned by the COVID-19 Pandemic as management of the Correctional center did not want a COVID-19 out break in the facility which might follow the introduction of a positive case into the facility which didn’t have an Isolation center. The fight against COVID-19 to ensure that cross riverians both old and young remain safe continues as the Cross River State Government through the Ministry of Health has successfully set up an Isolation Center amidst other necessary palliative supports in Afokang Prisons to check the health status of both the old inmates and the ones to be sent for custody to curtail the random spread of the virus from any infected inmate or intending inmate to another. Speaking during a courtesy visit by the new Comptroller Compt. Dankaro Thomas commended the CRSG under the watch of Sen Prof Ben Ayade f...

  Health they say is wealth and this has demonstrated the commitment of the chairman of Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State as she organized a free medical outreach in collaboration with the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency to mark her first 100 days in office. The free medical outreach which was held in the Council headquarters attracted beneficiaries from different locations across the LGA, it had hundreds of people being tested ,treated, counselled,  vaccinated and given drugs for various ailments. Speaking to participants and beneficiaries, the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Dr Janet Ekpenyong thanked the Council head for ensuring that her subjects receive the best of medical services at no cost ,which is an encouragement to people especially the low income earners instead of seeking traditional forms of medications. Dr Ekpenyong further thanked beneficiaries for turning out enmarce to ...

  Independent Verification Agents (IVA) from the World Bank are in Cross River State for the verification exercise as part of the validating criteria of the World Bank State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Programme for Results (SFTAS) a programme supported by the World Bank in collaboration with the Federal Ministry Finance and the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation which is aimed at improving transperency and accountability in governance for sustainable growth and development. Speaking during the meeting held at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance, the leader of the World Bank IVA team to Cross River, Mrs Isioma Bola-Audu said the team is in Cross River to assess the state’s achievement of the Disbursement-linked results (DLRs) in accordance with the Annual Performance Assessment (APA) guidelines and Disbursement Link Indicators(DLIs) verification protocols. She noted that the programme has nine Disbursement Link Indicators(DLIs) and...

  The Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency and Biase Local Government Area council are set to collaborate to advance quality and effective Healthcare delivery in the area council. The collaboration is aimed at fostering harmony and delivering best Healthcare services to those in the grassroot in line with the vision of his Excellency, Senator Prof. Ben Ayade to provide effective Healthcare for all citizens . The resolve was met in Biase Local Government Area council when the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Dr. Janet Ekpenyong paid a working visit to the Chairman, Hon. Mrs Ada Charles to familiarize with her and to discuss ways of partnership in promoting health services in the grassroot and the area council in general. Dr Ekpenyong disclosed that, since the establishment of the state primary health care agency in 2016, more communities and people have now gained first hand access to health Facilities and services wh...

As recent as 2012, Nigeria was said to have recorded over half of the world polio cases leaving the children, both living and yet unborn in a state of uncertainty, but 8 years down the line, the story is different, as Nigeria has now been declared wild polio virus free, all these were made possible through the unrelenting efforts of health workers, policy makers, caregivers, CSOs, local and international organizations, traditional and religious institutions as well. There  commitments and results  has attracted praises from the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Janet Ekpenyong as she felicitated with the nation and the state on attaining such a noble feet. Dr Ekpenyong who spoke in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital said, with the pains and humiliation that comes with one raising a paralyzed child and living with such child/children all through ones lifetime, has made the attainment of a wild  polio virus  free st...