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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has explained why he is not interested in expanding and upgrading the Bebi Airstrip near the Obudu Ranch Resort to an international passenger and cargo airport, saying the strip is nestled in a magnetic mountain with high accidents rate. The governor disclosed this while hosting
By Jonathan Ugbal Four billion Naira has been earmarked for the food bank program of Governor Ben Ayade’s administration in Cross River State the 2019 chart of accounts reveal. The figure is N1.5 billion lesser than the N5.5 billion earmarked for the scheme in 2018. The food bank is a scheme designed to provide food
By Jonathan Ugbal As CrossRiverWatch combs through the almost 800 page N1.043 trillion 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification of the Cross River State government, more details have emerged on the spending with nine billion earmarked for “Diesel Generators Power Supply at Homes in 18 LGAs”. It is unclear where these homes are located and who