By Magnus Effiong/Ita Williams Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has received commendation from the opposition political parties and indeed all Cross Riverians for the physical proofs of performance the State is experiencing within his few months in office. The Governor, who seems to have declared emergency on road infrastructure in the State capital…
By Ekanem Wylie/Magnus Effiong The passage of the 2024 Service Commission Amendment Bill by the Cross River House of Assembly may have succinctly pitched the Honourable Members against the Executive arm, that is, if feelers reaching Pillar Today is anything to by. The Bill, according to a source in the Governor’s Office who preferred anonymity,…
The Cross River state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr Alphonsus Eba, has survived plots to remove him from office, orchestrated by a group which addressed itself as ‘APC Stakeholders Forum,’ headed by two chieftains of the party, Chief Mark Ayo and Mathias Ake. Recall that the group, which quoted Article 3(5); Article…
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has presented his administration’s reform strategies, actions and economic indices to a gathering of diplomats, policy makers and investments drivers with the aim to attract and create more development opportunities in the state. Otu made his presentation on Tuesday at Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja during an “Executive Governor’s…
Efik women, under the aegis of Mbono Iban Nsidung, have protested the incarceration of 80 years old Etubom Efio-Ita Efiom, who is said to have been sentenced to three years imprisonment without an option of fine. The protesting women, who stormed the Palace of the Obong of Calabar over the matter, carried placards with inscriptions…
By Ekanem Wylie The pragmatic and people-oriented approach to governance by Gov Bassey Edet Otu has led to massive defection from opposition party members to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state. The scale of defection has seriously weakened the foundation of the main opposition party, the People Democratic Party, (PDP) as…