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Fiscal Responsibility Commission Ends Two Days Transparency, Accountability Workshop In Calabar, Sue For Robust Collaboration

By Patrick Obia The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has ended its two days of awareness and sensitization workshop on Transparency and Accountability in Calabar, enjoining stakeholders for robust collaborations. Held in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State with the theme: ‘sustaining the gains of fiscal transparency and accountability in States’, participants drawn from the

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SFTAS Program: Cross River State Gets $20.4 Million Grant

By Patrick Obia Cross River State Government has confirmed receipt of 20.4 million dollars grant from World Bank. The grant is from the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) program, which began in 2018, to terminate in 2022. The State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr, revealed this at a press briefing Friday

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Cross River Didn’t Lose World Bank Grant, Finance Commissioner Says

By Judex Okoro, Daily Sun Newspaper The Government of Cross River State has stated that it has not lost out of any World Bank’s State Fiscal, Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) grant. The SFTAS is a World Bank programme that runs for four years from 2018 to 2021. The programme is intended to enthrone good governance

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Still On Cross River Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr – Lest, We Forget BY AGBA JALINGO

Several stakeholders have been calling out the young Cross River State Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr. after Cross River and eleven other States missed out of the World Bank-assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) program. Cross River and the other States failed to secure the SFTAS benefits because they failed to publish their

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