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 The Department of Public Transportation in Cross River State has been appropriated the sum of N392,977,651.40K in the 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification. This is despite claims that the department which is largely viewed as a cash cow generated N13,762,300 as revenue between January and October 2018 according to the chart of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Budget of Qabalistic Densification of One Trillion, Forty-Three Billion, Nine Hundred and Sixty Seven Million Naira (N1, 043,967,000,000) presented recently by the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to the House of Assembly has received lashes from a section of the public with major opposition parties fisting on it. The
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 Patrick Obia The Cross River State Government has disclosed that it is wrapping up its 30 years Growth and Development Strategic (GDS) plan. The disclosure was in an exclusive interview with our reporter by the Chief Economic Adviser to the Cross River State Governor, Dr. Francis Ntamu who doubles as the Vice Chairman of
By Margaret John; House of Assembly Correspondent A Cross River State gubernatorial aspirant from the All Progressives Congress APC, Mr. John Upan Odey has accused the State House of Assembly of being a rubber stamp to the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. He made the accusation while fielding questions from members of the Association of