By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday, passed N642,160,260,164.66 as the State’s 2025 Supplementary Budget. Recall that the Assembly had passed the 2025 Appropriation Law on the 24th December 2024 with an approved budget size of N538,523,915,716.00 tagged “Budget of Sustainable Growth”. The supplementary budget therefore shows a variance of…
By Our Reporter The Vice President, Senator Kasim Shetima has commissioned two new CRJ-1000 aircrafts, acquired by the Cross River state government to take the State’s fleet to four aircrafts. Senator Shetima, who also commissioned a state-of-the-art ICT hub/digital library designed to boost micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, said the projects would help youths…
The Deputy Governors at the Summit. By Anietie Akpan The Nigeria International Coastal Border Platform has declared that all Nigerian laws, including the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences (SPOMO) Act, should be harmonized for more efficiency in implementation. This position was part of the 10 point Communique issued at the end the inaugural…
President Bola Tinubu By Dianabasi Effiong The impending National Single Window project has been described as a major step towards transforming the economy by removing barriers to seamless international trade. This was made known on Monday in a statement by the Chairman, The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG), Emeka Nwankpa According to the group,…
Commissioner for Information, Dr. Erasmus Ekpang, By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Government has raised the alarm over revenue leakages in the state. A statement dated July 31, by the State’s Commissioner for Information, Dr. Erasmus Ekpang, warned that “both erring Revenue Agents and complicit Taxpayers will face penalties for non-compliance”. It said, the state…
House of Assembly Committee Members on Finance and Appropriation and Management of UNICROSS during the visit. By Itam Offor The Chairman, Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Hon Okon Nyong Owuna has restated the Assembly’s commitment to ensuring that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government are transparent and accountable….