C’River rakes N6.3bn In IGR in One Month — Commissioner 

From, Ene Asuquo, Calabar

Cross River State has stepped up its internally generated revenue to the tune of N6.3m in the last one months following hard work by some of the state revenue generating agencies.

The state commissioner for information, Erasmus Ekpang made this known during a meeting with journalists to mark the one year in office of the state government led by governor Bassey Otu in Calabar.

The commissioner who spoke with Journalists in company of the new General Manager of the newspaper corporation, Miss  Keyu Edet, said, “As at last month, we have been able to increase our internally generated revenue (IGR), to N6.3bn for last month which to me is a little bid huge as compared to the past where it used be less than this amount”.

“This is coming from the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation CRBC, Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency CRISSAA among others.

“That is what the state has been able to make. We are doing our best. The Internal Revenue Service IRS chairman told me the people now go to the IRS voluntarily to pay their taxes without being pursued by government officials.

On the revival of the Cross River State newspaper Corporation (Chronicles) which was vandalized during the #EndSARS protesters, the commissioner stated that printing equipment worth over N200m had been given approval to boost its operations.

“Gov. Otu has  again  approved a  memo for the renovation of the chronicle edifice”.
“In one year even if we are able to renovate the newspaper corporation structure it’s a good thing”.

“Chronicles was almost gone, staff were sitting on the window frames after the #EndSARS protest”, stressing that this prompted him to promise the organization a printing machine which he had redeemed.

“N30million equipment had been donated to Chronicles. Gov Otu is making my job simple”. He maintained.