By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The Convoy of the Cross River State Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong and the convener of the APC Cross River Lobby group has reportedly been involved in an accident that has led to one person being confirmed dead, and others being injured. The Commissioner, who was in
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Government has revised downwards, the 2020 budget of Olimpotic Meristemasis by a whopping 87 percent. The Governor, Benedict Ayade had on November 21, 2019, presented the 2020 appropriation bill of NGN1,100,167,507.09 to the House of Assembly. The Assembly passed the budget barely 24 hours to the new year
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it is yet to receive any form of support from the federal government in its bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus into the state. The health commissioner, Betta Edu who doubles as the chairman of the COVID-19 task force committee told newsmen in
By Kelvin Ololo and Patrick Obia The Cross River State Government has denied claims that is is owing retirees who worked in the State system pensions. The finance commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr. told CrossRiverWatch in an exclusive interview recently that the State is only owing gratuities which it plans to pay soon. Mr. Ekpenyong said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Eniong clan in Odukpani local government area of southern Cross River State on Thursday called on the state government to expedite action on the renovation of Atan Onoyom Secondary School which was ravaged by a storm on March 1, 2018. The market was also ravaged by the storm while the
By Ushang Ewa CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the Cross River State Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, had turned down appearing on a radio program; ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar to sing karaoke in his father’s hotel, Channels View Hotel. Mr. Ekpenyong had being invited to join the Special Adviser
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government will spend about NGN3 Billion for the 2017 Carnival Calabar and Festivals sources in Government House say. A breakdown of the figure shows that the five competing banks in the Carnival alone will share NGN500 million at NGN100 million apiece as subvention while the Governor’s band also
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The introduction of Ministerial Treasury Single Account in Cross River has eliminated idle bank account balances and plugged the traditional leakages, says the state’s finance commissioner, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr. Ekpenyong, who stated this during an interactive session with newsmen in Calabar yesterday, said the treasury management system of all public sector