Cross River :187 candidates battle  for 25 Assembly seats , 97 for 11 NASS positions

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Only 322,351 were newly registered in C’River CVR — REC

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar

No fewer than 187 candidates from 12 political parties are contesting to take over the 25 available seats in the Cross River State House of Assembly for the 2023 General elections.

This was made known on Wednesday by the Resident Electoral Commissioner  (REC) of the State , Dr Cyril Omorogbe at a press briefing in Calabar.

He also disclosed that 11 political parties have fielded 69 and 28 candidates for the eight House of Representatives seats and three senatorial seats respectively.

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Speaking further , he explained that 11 political parties would jostle  for the governorship position adding that  Cross River had a total of 322,351 new registrants in the just…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper