GOVERNOR OTU APPOINTS FIDELIS UGBO AS CHAIRMAN, TRANSITION REPORT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ORDER IMMEDIATE FREEZING OF ALL STATE ACCOUNTS.

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By: AMAWU, Cletus Albert Amawu.
Cross River State newly Inaugurated Governor, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, has resume office, barely 24hrs after his swearing in.
On resumption, Governor Otu, has taken fare reaching decisions to have appointed a three-man Transition Report Review Committee to be headed by Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo Esq. as Chairman, a former Secretary to the State Government.
Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, a former Vice Chancellor of Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) is to serve as Secretary, while Prof. Eyo Etim Nyong, is member.
In a release signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Administration, Office of the Secretary to State Government, Dr.
Innocent Eteng,  the committee is to review and harmonise the transition report.
In related development, Governor Otu, has Ordered the immediate Freezing of all State Accounts.
On this note, the Accountant General has been directed to ensure full compliance.
The decision also indicates that going forward, all internally generated revenues, shall be channeled into a single account to forestall leakages.
The Governor, following the fuel scarcity,  have appealed to the Independent Petrol Marketers to reopen sales, since the announcement over Subsidy Removal by President. Hence, according to him, the issue will be sorted out in due time.

Amawu Cletus Albert Amawu

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