February 15, (THEWILL) – The Director General of the Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency, CRISSAA, Ubong Sam, says the agency will help the state governor, Senator Bassey Otu, actualise his People First Mandate.
The DG disclosed this in Calabar during a brief interface with some media practitioners on steps to reposition the agency, in line with the governor’s agenda.
According to him, “We are not here to do our bid, but to assist a humble, people-oriented, people first and unassuming governor to achieve his People First Mandate.
“The governor has asked us to cut down expenses, be moderate and considerate in order to assist him deliver the People’s first mandate and we are on course in this regard”, he said.
He also disclosed that CRISSAA is on course to achieve its target of fifty million naira.
He said rather than impounding the signage of clients who are not forthcoming in their financial obligations, they have opened negotiations with a dneven encouraged some to pay in bits so that they know the state encourages investments.
He disclosed that they changed the approach because overtime some impounded signages dating four years back have been abandoned in the agency.
On outdoor advertisement, the DG said people engaged organisations and cooperate bodies to the detriment of the state government and that practice has ended.
He disclosed that henceforth, people will generate a pin and then pay directly to the state government before they obtain a permit so that the government can know where the money goes.
On the spread of the agency, he said CRISSAA now has a presence in the Central part of the state and achieved this by collaborating with its sister agency, the CRBC, to set up an office within its premises in Ikom.
He said with sincerity of purpose they can easily achieve their set targets and promised to leave an exemplary legacy in the agency.
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