At least 32,341 candidates have applied to fill the 206 health sector vacancies the Cross River government advertised.
He said Mr Otu had approved the recruitment of 31 doctors, 22 pharmacists and 153 nurses, while 196 PHCs would be revamped.
Mr Ekpang, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Calabar on Friday, said Governor Bassey Otu had restored the people’s confidence in the government.
Finance commissioner Mike Odere says Cross Rivers requires N100 billion to fix government assets destroyed during the #EndSARS protest in 2020.
At the house’s sitting on Thursday in Calabar, 22 of 25 legislators voted in favour of the governor’s request.
UN Women has called for more female participation in politics and governance across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.
Governor Bassey Otu has suspended logging activities in Cross River, directing security agencies to arrest any offenders.
Davies Etta, deputy majority leader of the Cross River House of Assembly, says the parliament passed 28 laws in 12 months.
“They will be provided with the care and treatment they require, and once they regain sanity.’’
The Cross River government says it cleared 72,000 hectares of land to cultivate rice and other crops.
