Cross River Govt Spent N7.6Billion On Governor’s Offices, N3.6Billion Above Budget Approval — Investigation Shows

 

SaharaReporters analysis of the Cross River State budget has uncovered a pattern of budgetary abuse by the state government in the rehabilitation of the governor’s offices.

According to the documents, a total of N7.6 billion was spent on the project in 2024 – N3.6 billion more than the publicly approved allocation.

Initially, the state’s approved 2024 budget earmarked N1 billion for the rehabilitation. However, a supplementary budget passed by the Cross River State House of Assembly in July 2024 increased the allocation to N4 billion, as confirmed by publicly available records.

Despite this, expenditure ballooned to N7.6 billion, with no public documentation explaining or authorising the excess N3.6 billion.

Data from the budget performance document for the entire 2024 fiscal year also show that no further additions were made — only N4 billion was budgeted for the rehabilitation of the governor’s offices.

Despite this, a total of N7.6 billion was eventually spent.

Already, another N200 million is planned for the same purpose in the 2025 fiscal year, according to official budget documents.

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