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The Cross River State  Commissioner of Tourism, Hon Eric Iso Anderson on Wednesday defected with over 5000 People's Democratic Party (PDP) Members and all appointees of the Government to All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ward 5, the seat of government in Grand style.   The event which attracted party stalwarts from Calabar Municipality and across the state was witness by the Commissioner of Urban Renewal and Development, Hon Emmanuel Edward,  Mayor of Calabar, Hon. Effefiong Nta Eke and the APC  Local Government Caucus Leader, Ntufam Omin Iso and Technical Assistant to the Vice President, Mr Philip Obin. Leader of the Ward, Hon Eric Anderson noted that the movement to APC with His Excellency, Senator Prof Ben Ayade was the beginning of the total emancipation of the youths in the ward. He reiterated the Ward and the Local Government undiluted support to the Governor who he described as the father of the youths and industrialization. The Mayor, Hon Effefiong Nta E...

Leaders of Ewen polling unit in Ito/Idere/Ukwa Ward at Odukpani Local Government Area formally received Elder Emmanuel Ayara back to All Progressive Congress (APC). Elder Emmanuel Ayara was one of the founding members of APC in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. During his speech, he used the occasion to thanked the Governor of Cross River State - His Excellency Senator Prof Ben Ayade for his good works and applauded also the Executive Chairman of Odukpani Local Government Hon. Justina Edem and her Vice for an excellent performance in just one year in office. The philanthropist described his coming as a glorious home coming which will help unify and further multiply the party strength in the ward to win elections while also pleading with Governor to appoint more Odukpani sons into his cabinet. He concluded by saying that he would cooperate with the APC family and would be loyal to community development. Those that  witnessed the defection occasion of Elder Ayara N...

Key stakeholders in the health sector met in Abuja to deliberate on viable ways to reduce the transmission of HIV AIDS from mother to child. In Nigeria there is urgent need to achieve HIV epidemic control. One of every 7 children infected in the world is in Nigeria and 2/3 will not receive treatment. 90% of HIV new cases are due to mother to child transmission of HIV. This is so because of the low delivery by skilled birth attendants which is about 43%. In about 8 million pregnancies in a year, 6 million do not use Antenatal Care Services or deliver with skilled birth attendants this has made the number of babies born with HIV to be on the increase. Speaking at the event, the Honorable Minister of Health Dr Osagie has called on Health workers to improve in identification of HIV positive mothers and infants at facility and community levels, he has appealed to mothers to use health facilities during ANC and Delivery while improving on data management to help the country drive policy and ...

    Though the next gubernatorial election is still about 20 months away, permutations on who occupies the palatial Peregrino House in 2023 have already assumed an enormous proportion. Since the inception of democracy in Nigeria, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), has produced all three governors in Cross River State. The 2019 governorship elections in the State was the only time an opposition party gave the PDP a run for their money, though the opposition was marred by unhealthy infighting between the party's heavyweights. But more recently, political puzzles are becoming increasingly difficult to solve; with the earth-shattering defection to the All Progressive Congress as a political masterstroke that has threatened the PDP even to it's very foundation. Politics has taken a new turn in the State. The political exodus that has hit the PDP since Governor Ben Ayade's defection has seen a meteoric rise in the membership and strength of the APC. Governorship hopefuls ha...

  By Kingsley Agim The Member representing Etung Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Chris Njah Mbu-Ogar has hailed Third Republic Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Clement Ebri and the incumbent Governor, Sir Ben Ayade, whose administrations molded the bulk of the current crop of leaders in the State and the emerging generation of leaders respectively. The lawmaker gave the acclaim, recently, when he paid a courtesy visit on the erstwhile governor Clement Ebri in his home in Calabar, the State Capital. The towering solon pointed out that the administration of Dr. Clement David Ebri, which lasted between January 1992 and November 17, 1993, during the Nigerian Third Republic, made Liyel Imoke a Nigerian Senator at 31 years, Donald Duke, a Commissioner in his 20s, Prof. Ivara Esu, Commissioner in his 30s, Senator Gershom Bassey, Chairman, Cross River Estates Limited (CREL) in his 20s, Dr. Usani U. Usani (20s), Elder Bolaji Anani (LGA Chairman 20s) and several other you...

  The Yakurr LGA has recorded a milestone in the fight against malnutrition and malnourishment and other hunger related diseases.  A Bye Law was sponsored by Hon Usang Eteng Mbang, the Member representing the people of Ukpawen/Nkpolo Ward, who also is the Leader of the Yakurr Legislative Council. The Bye Law is Co-Sponsored by Hon Obeten Otu Ibor, Member representing the people of Ikpakapit Council Ward.  The idea to pass the bye law was put forward to the Yakurr Legislative Council Leader and his Co-Sponsor by Ifere Paul who has shown a commitment for the provision for the malnourished community in Cross River State.  Speaking at the passage of the bye law today, the 3rd of June, 2021, Hon Otu Ibor (APC Ikpakapit) praised the bye law as coming at a time when covid-19 has ravaged the livelihood of many homes in Nigeria.  The bye is poised to create employment for many local government personnel as the need to have nutritionists and dietary personnel to serve as ...

Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr has congratulated the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Prof Ben Ayade, on his award as Blueprint Newspaper Agro-Industrialization Governor of the year during the Blueprint Newspapers 10th Anniversary and Impact Series and Awards 2021 on Thursday in Abuja. In a congratulatory message personally signed by him and made available to the newsmen on Thursday evening he described the Governor's Award as well deserved following the massive infrastructural and human capacity development being carried out by him as never seen before in the history of the state. “We are very much aware of your revolutionary and massive provision of agro industrialization and physical infrastructures spread across the state; the human capacity development of the people which has seen Cross River State maintain first position in Agro industrialization and the training of Cross River youths on Agro production at no cost to them to improve t...