Gov Ayade presents N330bn budget of ‘Quantum Infinitum’ for 2023

The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, on Thursday presented the 2023 budget proposal of N330billion to the state House of Assembly.

In his presentation, the governor said the document christened “Budget of Quantum Infinitum,” was targeted at ongoing projects in the state.

He said N130 billion or 39 percent of the total budget has been earmarked for recurrent expenditure and N200billion or 61 percent of the budget set aside as capital spending.

Ayade also stressed the need for massive recruitment of workers in the state next year.

The governor, who assumed office in 2015, is known for giving strange titles to Cross River’s annual budget.

He christened the 2020 proposal as a budget of “Olimpotic Meristemasis,” while the 2021 and 2022 documents were known as budgets of “Blush and Bliss” and Conjugated Agglutination” respectively.

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He said: “There is a need for massive recruitment of workers in our state now so that the new people can understudy those who are leaving.

“By early next year, at least 85 percent of the workforce in the state’s civil service will be leaving and so there is an urgent need for massive recruitment.

“My administration has been able to create an Independent economy that needs to be sustained.”

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