By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Eighteen Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in Cross River State have refused to bulge to pressure by the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to have access to LG allocations released to the Councils for the month of June 2019. The meeting which held at the Presidential Lodge Calabar Tuesday, sources
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has written the Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) seeking approval to obtain a loan facility from First Bank of Nigeria to the tone of five billion naira (N5 billion) at eighteen per cent (18%) interest rate payable within twenty four (24) months. According
By Ushang Ewa The Garnishee order nisi issued by a High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar in favor of Lilleker bros limited, a construction firm alongside the inability of the Governor Ben Ayade’s administration to access local government funding is said to have caused the delay in the payment of salaries CrossRiverWatch
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has earmarked N288 million for the ‘Running of Government House’ in Calabar, excerpts of the 2019 appropriation bill tagged ‘Qabalistic Densification’ show. The item falls under ‘Material and Supplies’ budget head of the Governor’s office. The supplies are appropriated N200 million totaling N488 million for the said
By Jonathan Ugbal The vehicles belonging to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will be maintained with N40 million in 2019 findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. The figure is contained in the 2019 budget of the State. The budget estimates obtained by CrossRiverWatch show that the provision is under the budget head, ‘Maintenance Repairs And Services’
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The African Action Congress is calling on Governor Ben Ayade to resist the temptation of tampering with local government funds. We are aware that following the implementation of the directives of the National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the allocations for local governments have been paid into the accounts of the councils. We
By Patrick Obia As reactions continue to trail the Cross River State 2019 budget christened “Qabalistic Densification”, the Executive Secretary of Budget, Transparency and Accountability Network, Kingsley Eworo, has described the budget as “a joke”. Mr. Eworo featured as a guest on Hit95.9 FM interactive regular Sunday program “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”, where he
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the federal government has paid allocations for the month of June 2019 directly into the accounts of the 18 local government areas of the State. The accounts are said to have been almost empty for over a decade following the establishment of the Joint State and Local