“The Federal Government also disbursed the last tranche of Paris Club Refund in May 2019, and Cross River got another N6.1bn.” Nigeria
The opposition party, African Action Congress has asked the state government to explain how N14.5bn said to have been paid into government coffers in the past three months, was spent.
Giving a breakdown of the money inflow, the state Chairman of AAC, Mr. Agba Jalingo in a statement said: “Aside the regular federal allocations to Cross River State, the Federal Government paid all outstanding Pay As Your Earn tax liabilities owed by federal ministries, departments and agencies for 14 years to various state governments last month. Cross River State got N5.3bn, which was paid into the state account through UBA last month.
Jalingo said though a lot of money came to the state recently, aside regular allocation from Federal Account Allocation Committee , no explanation had been given to the people of Cross River on how it was spent.
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