The beneficiaries, who lauded Bassey, who represents Cross River Southern Senatorial District in the National Assembly, said the loan was timely and life saving.
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The Committee made the call on Saturday in a release jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr. Agam Ayuk, and the Secretary, Dennis Ekpo, after an emergency meeting of the committee in Calabar.
The fire, which started from one of the shops in the fruit section, spread to other shops and destroyed goods worth millions of Naira, including vital properties.
Recall the the people of Ekoli Edda in Ebonyi State and Biase in Cross River State have been at war over a palm plantation located at their mutual boundary.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the unions are Trade Union Congress, National Union of Local Government Employees and Nigeria Union of Teachers.
The agreement was for the establishment of a special cocoa city project in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Three of the buildings that were destroyed at the quarters of the Cross River State University of Technology, Calabar, were owned by one of the suspected kidnappers, Kufre Ekpo-Etim, popularly called “Romance”.
The National Chairman of the SDP, Chief Supo Shonibare, made the announcement in a statement, signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alfa Mohammed, in Abuja.
The legislators have also been accused of distracting Ayade, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, to allegedly please their paymasters in the APC.
The order lifting the suspension in the state, which would take effect from May 24, was contained in a statement signed by Christian Ita, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Governor.
The Peoples Democratic Party youths on Monday called on the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, and members of the National Assembly from the state to reconcile their differences in the interest of the state and party.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to lift the ban on domestic flights as Nigerians grapple with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy.
The Cross River State Government and security operatives on Saturday intercepted and sent back another set of trucks carrying no fewer than 30 Quoranic education pupils, also known as Almajiri, at the Gakem-Benue border in Cross River State.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Sunday began the relaxation of some of the restrictions he put in place in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak by directing all categories of civil servants to return to work on May 4.
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has commenced a scientific inquiry to identify the cause of the recent shoals of dead fish washed ashore along the Niger Delta coastline states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, and Rivers and other places within the region.
In a bid to revive the Obudu Ranch Resort, the Government of Cross River State has carried out repairs and maintenance of the cable car at the resort.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has directed applicants for the 8,000 automatic jobs to enlist through their respective village heads.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State in the early hours of Wednesday paid an unscheduled visit to the state’s border post at Itu Bridge.
A corps member serving in Cross River State, Hodo Bassey, has donated his monthly stipend of N33,000 to the Cross River State Government to help in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.