Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, has presented N276 billion 2022 budget tagged tagged “Conjugated Agglutination”, to the state’s house of assembly.
Agglutination is a biological term, which means the formation of clumps of cells or inert particles by specific antibodies to surface antigenic components (direct agglutination) or to antigenic components adsorbed or chemically coupled to red cells or inert particles (passive hemagglutination and passive agglutination, respectively).
Since the inception of the Ayade government, titles of budget from the Cross Rivers government are usually subject of discussions in political terrains.
Recall that, in 2021, the governor presented a budget tagged Budget of Blush and Bliss while the penultimate one in 2020 was Budget of “Olimpotic Meristemasis”.
In his budget speech, Ayade said N170 billion is for capital expenditure while N106 billion for recurrent expenditure.
Explaining the title of the budget, Ayade said “it is a cascade of so many projects, back to back, to ensure their completion. Putting all together to form a new envelop, that when it explodes you will see a new prosperity agenda.”
The budget is markedly different from the previous year, he said, because it focuses on the completion of ongoing projects such as the Obudu Cargo and passengers International Airport, Obudu British/Canadian International School, and the Odukpani Junction flyover ,among many others.
He said a provision will set aside between N30 million and N50 million monthly for the payment of gratuity for retired civil servants in the state.
He also said the budget will mirror projects aimed at “generating immediate income for the state and impact directly on the people”.
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In the following order, the state has had…
2016: Budget of Deep Vision
2017: Budget of Infinite Transposition
2018: Budget of Kinetic Crystallization
2019: Budget of Quabalistic Densification
