in Calabar
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has signed the state’s Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2025 into law, injecting an additional N104 billion into this year’s budget thus raising the total fiscal outlay from N538 billion to N642 billion.
Speaking during the signing ceremony at the State Executive Chambers, Governor’s Office, Calabar, Otu described the supplementary budget as a “strategic and deliberate intervention” to respond to shifting macroeconomic realities and seize new investment opportunities in critical sectors.