A former governor of Cross River, Donald Duke, has called on Federal Government to compel banks to reduce interest rate to the barest minimum to make credit available and affordable for small businesses.
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This is contained in a statement by Christian Ita, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity on Monday in Calabar.
Egbona was the only member of the APC to have won an election during the just concluded general elections.
His homes are said to have come under attack in the last one week.
The hoodlums, who invaded the premises at about 4am, shot sporadically while trying to break into the warehouse inside the premises.
Justice Bibiye, Communications Manager, National Social Investment Office in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the multiplier effect of the social intervention programmes and the potential for creating wealth could best be imagined.
The decision was reached at a joint meeting of the Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Moses Ekpo; his Cross River State counterpart, Prof. Ivara Esu; and the Acting Director-General of the National Boundary Commission, Adamu Adaji, in Uyo on Thursday.
Briyai who served as Cross River REC from 2017 until his retirement said he left his job to contest for the governorship of his state, following calls from the people on him to run in the Nov. 16, governorship election.
The suspension of the strike was contained in a communique issued at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the Association held on Tuesday in Calabar.
Dr Inyama Marcus, a medical consultant with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, who was kidnapped on July 18 in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River has regained freedom.
Dr Agam Ayuk, Chairman of the association in the state, disclosed this on Thursday when he led members of the association on a peaceful protest to the Cross River House of Assembly.
The House of Representatives member for Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency of Cross River State, Dr. Alex Egbona, will not have the luxury of enjoying his full annual recess with many of his colleagues.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has warned warring communities in the state to sheath their swords or face the wrath of the law.
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency has said that at least 510 people were rendered homeless during two days torrential rain that also destroyed about 70 houses and farmlands in different parts of the state.
The Cross River State Governor, Prof. Benedict Ayade, has welcomed the plans of the Niger Delta Development Commission to review the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan and pledged to support the process.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has appointed a three-man task force committee to tackle the lingering fuel scarcity in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency says it will create jobs for 300 Cameroonian refugees in Adagom, Ogoja Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has called for a proper identification of refugees in the state.
The Cross River House of Assembly has elected Eteng Jonas-Williams as the Speaker of the 9th Assembly and Joseph Bassey as the Deputy Speaker respectively.
Youths from Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River have demanded that Federal Government pay them compensation for the loss of Bakassi and 76 oil wells.
The Cross River Universal Basic Education Board says it has uncovered an alleged attempt by a fraudster to defraud it of N1.3 billion from UBE Matching Grant.