Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade has signed the state’s 2020 budget of N1.1 trillion into law. Ayade, who signed the bill yesterday at the Governor’s Chamber, commended the House of Assembly for beating the deadline of passing the appropriation bill before December 31, 2019. Nobody has asked how Cross River, which gets the lowest allocation in the country and services debt in the neighourhood of N1.8 billion, manages to pay teachers, civil servants and pensioners.”He expressed satisfaction that Cross River was able to achieve its objectives because the deficiency was compromised with intellectual money. It will be the end of suffering in Cross River. “Cross River state has 33 industries in four years and you can point at them.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2020 04:07 UTC