Month: November 2017

…as Senate moves to investigate cause of death The Senator representing Cross River North, Dr Rose Oko, who also doubles as Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora and Nongovernmental Organisations, Thursday, condemned in strong terms the recent killing of 26 Nigerian girls in a Spanish Warship on the Mediterranean Sea heading to Italy. Sen Oko who was visibly upset and angry as she moved the motion said it was high time the government move into action to unravel the cause of death and those behind it, and also ensure the matter…

…promises adequate protection of lives and property Following the recent attack by herdsmen on Ugaga community in Yala local government area of Cross River North senatorial district, the senator representing the area, Dr Rose Oko, has condemned the attack. Sen Oko who in a statement signed yesterday, described the act as dastardly and provocative, which was unnecessary and unwarranted. She promised that the Senate will look into the issue and ensure adequate protection of lives and property. The statement reads in part: “I condemn in strong terms the attack by Fulani…

The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Dr Rose Oko and 41 senators on Tuesday called for the scrapping of the Excess Crude Account, ECA, describing it as an illegality and a drain pipe. This was contained in a motion sponsored by Sen Oko, where she noted that the ECA that was set up in 2004, ostensibly to provide savings for the country and stabilization for the economy during periods of shortfalls in oil revenue, but without constitutional back up for 13 years of existence. The motion tititled, Excess…

Worried by the clash between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Ugaga community in Yala Local Government Area which claimed one life and injured another, Cross River State, Governor Ben Ayade has directed immediate deployment of all the security apparatus in the state to forestall breakdown of law and order in the area. Ayade who disclosed this to newsmen shortly after an emergency state Security Council meeting in Government House, Calabar, yesterday stated that the meeting was one of his proactive steps in stemming the security crisis in the area from…