By Anietie Akpan Cross River State governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has advocated for the ownership of solid minerals by states and a comprehensive legislative reform aimed at empowering states in the management of mineral resources. Governor Otu made the call when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals paid him a courtesy…
Gov. Bassey Otu signs the bills into law as others watch. By Nsa Gill Lastweek, His Excellency, Governor Bassey Edet Otu, signed four important bills into law, each one a stepping stone toward the next phase of Cross River State’s development. Let’s break them down in plain language: 1. Cross River State Supplementary Appropriation Bill…
By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday, passed N642,160,260,164.66 as the State’s 2025 Supplementary Budget. Recall that the Assembly had passed the 2025 Appropriation Law on the 24th December 2024 with an approved budget size of N538,523,915,716.00 tagged “Budget of Sustainable Growth”. The supplementary budget therefore shows a variance of…
By Our Reporter The Vice President, Senator Kasim Shetima has commissioned two new CRJ-1000 aircrafts, acquired by the Cross River state government to take the State’s fleet to four aircrafts. Senator Shetima, who also commissioned a state-of-the-art ICT hub/digital library designed to boost micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, said the projects would help youths…
The Deputy Governors at the Summit. By Anietie Akpan The Nigeria International Coastal Border Platform has declared that all Nigerian laws, including the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences (SPOMO) Act, should be harmonized for more efficiency in implementation. This position was part of the 10 point Communique issued at the end the inaugural…
President Bola Tinubu By Dianabasi Effiong The impending National Single Window project has been described as a major step towards transforming the economy by removing barriers to seamless international trade. This was made known on Monday in a statement by the Chairman, The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG), Emeka Nwankpa According to the group,…