Gov. Bassey Otu . By Anietie Akpan The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has slashed the fees for Chairmanship and Councillorship forms of the forthcoming Local Government elections in the state. The Cross State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Law stipulates that Chairmanship candidates are required to pay N5 million for the form,…
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio By Anietie Akpan The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has congratulated Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his deputy, Hon. Dennis Idahosa on their hard fought but well-deserved victory in the Edo state governorship election. Akpabio, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and…
Édo Governor Elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo (L) and Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu has welcomed the triumph of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at weekend’s gubernatorial election in Edo State with open arms. He extended his heartfelt congratulations to the Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo. In a…
By Anietie Akpan The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem, has clarified that the tenure for elected officials in the Local Government Council’s in the state remains three years, and not four as earlier reported. A press release by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Comrade Nsa Gill…
Governor Bassey Otu, signing into law the amended Electoral Act as some officials watch on. By Anietie Akpan Elected Local Government officials in Cross River state will now spend four years in office as Governor Bassey Otu on Thursday assented to the amended State’s Electoral Law. With this development, it is almost certain that local…
By Magnus Effiong Leaders of the Labour Party in Cross River State have taken a swipe on some stakeholders of the party for allegedly planning to organise elections to fill non-existing vacancies in the State executive committee when the tenure of the current Committee members was yet to expire. In a press release made available…