By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, today signed the 2017 appropriation bill of N301 billion into law. Christened “Budget of Infinite Transposition”, the 2017 Appropriation Bill, also incorporates an additional N406 billion for medium term expenditure framework to carter for capital projects covering 2017, 2018 and 2019 fiscal years. This brings
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade failed to present the 2017 appropriation bill to the House of Assembly Friday morning as earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch. The protocol unit had Thursday evening sent messages that governor Ayade will Friday morning at about 7:30 AM present the budget to the 25
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Sources in Government House Calabar have confirmed to CrossRiverWatch that the governor, Senator Ben Ayade will today, Friday, present the 2017 appropriation bill to the House of Assembly. This comes on the heels of a revised 2016 budget which was unceremoniously tabled to the Assembly. Text messages were sent
By CrossRiverWatch The World Bank has rated Cross River State as the second state in Nigeria, after Lagos with the most prospects for foreign investment. This disclosure was made recently by the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. Our Correspondent, Archibong Jeremiah has the rest of the story on CrossRiverWatch TV. Click
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul explains why the House has not passed the 2016 budget. The Speaker was speaking to Hon. Orok Duke, the Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission. Watch on CrossRiverWatch TV
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation has commenced the Public Hearing stage of the 2016 budget proposal presented by the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to the House. The public hearing is compulsory for all MDA’s, who must attend alongside their Permanent Secretaries, Directors of Budget, Account,
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade this morning presented the 2016 appropriation proposal to the State House of Assembly. While presenting the budget, Ayade called it “Budget of Deep Vision” maintaining that “I inherited a rich State”. According to the Governor, the budget is structured on
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly will this morning play host to the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade as he presents the 2016 Budget and Economic Strategic plan. This is in line with the Cross River State Public Finance Law which requires the Governor to present the State Budget before 30th