{"id":99851,"date":"2021-10-29T16:30:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=99851"},"modified":"2021-10-29T16:30:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:30:43","slug":"ayade-presents-n276bn-budget-to-cross-river-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/29\/ayade-presents-n276bn-budget-to-cross-river-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayade presents N276bn budget to Cross River Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, on Friday presented a budget of N276 billion to the state House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Ayade said that the budget christined \u2018Conjugated Agglutination\u2019 was a continuation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/28\/gov-bello-presents-n145-8bn-2022-budget-to-kogi-assembly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">budgets<\/a> of previous years with no new capital projects intended for the year.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe state budget for the 2022 fiscal year is N276 billion. Out of this, N101 billion is for recurrent expenditure and N175 billion is for capital expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to focus on completing existing projects with the view to making them functional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegular payment of salaries is also a priority in the 2022 fiscal year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ayade added that government was considering keeping aside a special fund for payment of gratuities of retired civil servants in the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this is to ensure a gradual reduction of backlog of gratuities owed retirees in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my dream that all retirees get their gratuities with less stress,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>He solicited the cooperation of the house of assembly for speedy passage of the budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also appeal that you and other well meaning citizens of Cross River join in the task of delivering on our numerous developmental projects for the benefit of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, the Speaker of the house, Etteng Williams, assured the governor that the house would do all within its powers to ensure early passage of the budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will corporate with you to deliver on this administration\u2019s laudable projects through early passage of the budget,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, on Friday presented a budget of N276 billion to the state House of Assembly. Ayade said that the budget christined \u2018Conjugated Agglutination\u2019 was a continuation of budgets of previous years with no new capital projects intended for the year. 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