DEVELOPING: Governor Otu Proposes N498bln For 2025 Budget
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.
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N437 Billion 2024 Supplementary Budget Zooms Through Cross River Assembly
- by Admin
- July 26, 2024
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.
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What Governor Bassey Otu Said While Presenting 2024 Budget
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- October 26, 2023
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
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BREAKING: Governor Bassey Otu Presents 250 Billion 2024 ‘People’s First’ Budget To Assembly
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- October 26, 2023
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.
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Gov. Otu Signs Revised 2023 Appropriation Bill Into Law, Assures Citizens Of Better Days
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- July 28, 2023
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
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BREAKING: Governor Ayade Presents 2023 N330bln Budget Of Quantum Infinitum To State Assembly
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- October 27, 2022
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
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Investigation: Cross River Communities Battle With Water Scarcity In The Midst Of Failed Water Projects (Part 1)
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- October 5, 2022
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
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Federal Government To Capture Schools’ Security In 2023 Budget
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- August 6, 2022
By Odinaka Anudu & Okechukwu Nnodim, Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has promised to include the security of schools in the 2023 budget. Speaking at the safe-school summit organized by the Emergency Coordination Center in Abuja, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said, “In the 2023 budget, we will make sure