Know Your Constituency Projects In The 2025 Budget (Part Four), Ikom/Boki Federal Constituency In Focus BY AGBA JALINGO
This is a total of 21 projects amounting to N1,755,000,000 (One billion seven hundred and fifty five million Naira.)
This is a total of 21 projects amounting to N1,755,000,000 (One billion seven hundred and fifty five million Naira.)
Tagged budget of Sustainable Growth, it is a 99.2 percent increase from the NGN250 billion the Governor tabled before the Assembly in October 2023.
Meanwhile, CrossRiverWatch gathered that the public and especially Civil Society Organizations focused on open government principles, budgeting, transparency, and accountability were not carried along in the process fuelling speculations of the intent especially as the indices have not changed which means the deficit has further widened.
We have prioritised a higher capital expenditure over recurrent expenditure in our public expenditure structure. As a deliberate principle, we have maintained a higher capital–recurrent expenditure of 61.6% to 38.4%. This not only emphasizes the importance of structural development but also a demonstration of the State’s commitment to the provision of the much-needed infrastructural facilities
The State Government will protect the forest canopy and biodiversity from illegal exploitation and degradation. It will also renovate and establish new green areas, enforce environmental sanitation exercises, and embark on erosion control projects, waste management, and sanitation programs.
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu, Thursday, signed the revised 2023 appropriation bill into law in the realization of his people’s first agenda. The appropriation bill has a total sum of N250,781,015,661 a downward review from the previous budget size of N330 billion. Edem Darlington, Deputy Chief Press
By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has presented a three hundred and thirty billion (330) Naira budget for 2023 to the State House of Assembly. The budget is termed the budget of Quantum Infinitum. He said the recurrent expenditure is pegged at one hundred and thirty (130) billion Naira
The Ifako Okoyong community, like several others in Cross River State, is littered with water scheme projects but the people are unable to access potable water for years.. Kehinde Ogunyale reports. Mary Ekpang goes through frustration in search of water every day. She treks several kilometers to a local stream for drinking and cooking water. She relies