By Patrick Obia The Director, Policy Alert and Moderator, Niger Delta Open Government Observatory, Mr. Tijah Bolton-Akpan has questioned the 2019/2020 budget of Cross River State, stating that “there is something fundamentally wrong with the budget.” Mr. Tijah who made the assertion while speaking on ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar,
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has presented the 2019/2020 budget to the State Assembly. The Executive Governor of Cross River State, today presented before the State House of Assembly a budget of One trillion, forty-three billion, nine hundred and sixty seven million naira (N1,043,967,000,000) budget for
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade is set to present the 2019 State Budget estimate to the Cross River State House of Assembly tomorrow Wednesday 6th of February 2019 by 10:00am prompt. The information was made available through a press release signed by the Chief Press
By Philip Agba The Cross River Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS) has commenced sensitization and enlightenment campaign of the taxpaying public to secure their buy-in for voluntary tax compliance in the State. Addressing gentlemen of the press before the flag of the campaign in Calabar, The Executive Chairman Mr. Akpanke Ando Ogar, said “The campaign is
By Jonathan Ugbal The federal government on Monday commenced the rehabilitation of the 73 kilometers Odukpani junction – Akpet 1 section of the Calabar – Ikom – Ogoja – Katsina-Ala highway. The road was constructed in 1975 and 43 years after, the federal executive council on November 14, 2018 approved the award of contract of
By David Nsa And Deborah Obot The Chief Executive Officer of BraideO’s studio, Mr. Opubo Braide whose studio was gutted by fire has begun an online fund raising campaign on Go Fund Me. According to a statement made available to our newsroom, Opube said, “What may have been an electrical fault resulted in the destruction
By Agba Philip “The Federal Government is working very hard for the sustainability of the National Home Grown School Feeding program.” That’s an assertion by the National Director of the Home Grown School Feeding program, Mrs. Adesanmi Abimbola during a one day sensitization program in Calabar. The program which took place recently in Calabar was
By Patrick Obia A strange fire has in the early hours of Thursday gutted a music recording studio along Ediba Road Calabar, with properties worth millions of naira destroyed. The fire is said to have started at about 3am inside the recording studio burnt down equipments before it was noticed by its neighboring compound security