Cross River State Government’s record of prompt payment of salaries and pensions under the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration is unmatched in the country.
This is in spite of the fact that Cross River is the least revenue earning state from federal allocation and highly indebted too.
It is on record that political appointees and civil servants in Cross River collect their salaries between 21st and 27th of every month. And this is done simultaneously with payment of pension.
According to statement signed by Christian It’s, Christian Ita,
Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor, Ayade has over 6,000 appointees, employed 5,000 civil servants and recently engaged about 20,00 workers at the local government level and they are all paid promptly every month without fail.
However, a handful of persons whose appointments were announced last November have pay rolling issues, a purely administrative matter.
It is therefore, uncharitable of anyone to make certain unsavoury insinuations based on that.