Ben Ayade

Ben Ayade Weeps As He Abolishes Tax For Poor People

Ben Ayade Weeps As He Abolishes Tax For Poor People

As part of COVID-19 palliatives and in furtherance of the State tax exemption law, the Cross River state governor Sir Ben Ayade on Wednesday inaugurated the anti-tax Agency with a charge to ensure small that scale businesses and peasant farmers enjoy tax holiday.

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He insisted that the poor must be protected.

He said it better for him to “task my brain” than to expect tax from people who are still struggling.

The governor said as he went round the state, he noticed the level of poverty which has …

Jalingo

Ayade Dragged To Court Over Trial Of Publisher Jalingo

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and the Cross River state government of governor Ben Ayade to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja “over the prolonged, arbitrary detention, unfair prosecution, persecution, and sham trial of journalist Agba Jalingo.”

Jalingo, who is the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on August 22 over a report alleging that Mr Ayade diverted N500 million belonging to the state.

In the suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/10/2020 filed last week at the ECOWAS Court, SERAP is arguing that: “The sole objective of the government of Nigeria and the Cross River state