By Princewill Kingston The decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State to hand over its 2027 governorship and deputy governorship tickets to Gov Bassey Edet Otu and his Deputy, Rt Hon Peter Odey, has been greeted with mixed reaction Recall that in a move described by political watchers as unprecedented masterstrokes,…
By Ekanem Wylie Reasons have emerged on why Gov Bassey Otu is reportedly contemplating to reshuffle his cabinet. The reported reshuffling, it was learnt, is causing panic among various cadres of appointees- commissioners, special advisers, special assistants, amongst others, especially those with questionable performance index. PillarToday reliably gathered that the impending cabinet reshuffle is sequel…
Cross River to Spend N498b in 2025, Priotiszes Infrastructure By Magnus Effiong Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has presented a budget estimate of N498 billion, christened ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth,’ to the State House of Assembly for 2025. Otu said the sum of N328 billion, representing about 68 per cent of the total…
By Magnus Effiong Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has presented a budget estimates of N498 billion, christened ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth,’ to the State House of Assembly for 2025. Otu said the sum of N328 billion, representing about 68 per cent of the total budget size, was allocated to capital expenditures while N170…
By Magnus Effiong A Cocoa farmer at Agbokim Waterfalls community and Abonita cocoa state in Etung local government area of Cross River state, Mr Mbu Liku, has appealed to Governor Bassey Otu to help in bringing back one of his workers identified as Mike, said to be missing since last Sunday. The worker was reported…
Hon Pius Edet is the Honourable Commissioner for works and infrastructure in Cross River State. In this brief interview, he scored Gov Otu high on infrastructural development and called on Cross Riverians to lend their full support to the Governor to encourage him to deliver the long-anticipated dividends of democracy. Excerpts: Q: Paucity of funds…