{"id":3776,"date":"2026-11-09T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/?p=3776"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:00:17","slug":"cross-river-n50000-cash-transfer-allegations-of-10-deductions-raise-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/11\/09\/cross-river-n50000-cash-transfer-allegations-of-10-deductions-raise-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross River N50,000 Cash Transfer: Allegations of 10% Deductions Raise Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Cross River State Government has commenced the disbursement of N50,000 cash assistance to vulnerable residents across the state under Governor Bassey Otu\u2019s social investment programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, concerns have emerged over allegations that some officials or persons involved in the distribution process are demanding 10 per cent of the approved amount from beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The alleged deductions have raised questions about the transparency and accountability of the programme, particularly as the intervention is intended to provide financial relief to vulnerable households and support skilled individuals in establishing or expanding their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Coordinator of the Social Investment Programme, Dr Edem Okokon Effiom, disclosed on Saturday in Calabar that the payment exercise began about five days earlier and was still ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Effiom, the programme targets 150 beneficiaries in each of the state’s 196 wards, bringing the projected number of beneficiaries to approximately 29,400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained that each ward would have 100 beneficiaries under the Conditional Cash Transfer component, while 50 skilled persons would receive financial assistance to establish their businesses or trades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effiom said the initiative was designed to support vulnerable residents across different social, religious and economic backgrounds, in line with Governor Otu’s directive to ensure inclusiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also clarified that the N50,000 payments being received by beneficiaries were funded by the Cross River State Government, dismissing confusion surrounding a similar cash transfer scheme circulating on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coordinator acknowledged that the beneficiary register was not exhaustive, adding that efforts were ongoing to develop a comprehensive database of vulnerable residents across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further attributed delays in payments to discrepancies in beneficiaries’ bank account details and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN), assuring affected residents that the issues were being addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the allegations of a 10 per cent deduction from beneficiaries, if established, could undermine the objectives of the intervention and deprive intended recipients of their full entitlements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state government and the Social Investment Programme authorities are expected to clarify the allegations and ensure that beneficiaries receive the full N50,000 approved under the scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cross River State Government has commenced the disbursement of N50,000 cash assistance to vulnerable residents across the state under Governor Bassey Otu\u2019s social investment programme. However, concerns have emerged over allegations that some officials or persons involved in the distribution process are demanding 10 per cent of the approved amount from beneficiaries. The alleged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139,55,140,22,27],"class_list":["post-3776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-10-deduction","tag-cross-river","tag-gov-otu","tag-news","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3776\/revisions\/3779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}