Nigeria: Paris Club Refund - Cross River Hasn't Paid a Dime to Any Consultant, Says Finance Commissioner

17 October 2017

Calabar — The Cross River State Government has described as fake news the purported investigation of the state, along with three others, for allegedly paying money to a consultancy firm from its Paris & London Club Refunds by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A statement issued in Calabar by the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, said: "The report is not only puerile but also a figment of the imagination of the authors of the story."

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