Baskadia

*OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER,*

*MINISTRY OF INFORMATION*

*HEADQUARTERS, CALABAR.*

The attention of the Cross River State Government has been drawn to the unfounded news in some sections of the social media to the effect that the State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu has awarded contract for the renovation of the Governor's Office Complex for N5 billion.

The report is untrue, mischievous and has no iota of professionalism to it. It is rather calculated to confuse and misinform members of the public.

What are the facts? Governor Otu at a media parley on Friday, 8th September, 2023, stated that the renovation of the Governor's Office and the State Liaison Offices in Abuja and Lagos would gulp between N3bn and N5bn.

People should take into cognisance the forthrightness of the Governor and the galloping inflationary trend in the Country that informed the estimate of the project.

Government further wishes to clarify here that the Governor Otu led-administration since inauguration on May 29, 2023, has not awarded ANY SINGLE CONTRACT to any Contractor.

The on-going renovation work at the Governor's Office Complex is pro-bono by some Stakeholders in solid support of the "People's First" good governance mantra of this administration.

The Government of Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu is hugely committed to follow due process in awarding contracts in all sectors of the State.

The Ministry of Information that has the mandate to publish all Procurement Notices via the Cross River State Tenders Journal and the Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau that issues Certificate of No Objection for all contracts have been properly constituted to deliver creditably and members of the public are free to verify all Contracts so awarded.

Therefore, Government urges members of the public to disregard this misrepresentation of facts but should continue to support the administration to deliver good governance to the people.

The media including the social media and bloggers have a responsibility to be factual and when in doubt should leave out or seek clarity.

Together for a People's First Administration!

Erasmus Ekpang

Commissioner for Information

Published by: Ettah Emmanuel O.

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