By Kingsley Agim/Blessing Usang
The people of Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South Federal Constituency have unanimously adopted Senator (Prof.) Ben Ayade for a second term come 2019.
The adoption was made during a town hall meeting organized by the people of Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South Federal Constituency, held Tuesday, 23rd January, 2018, at the Akpabuo Local Government Secretariat.
In his remarks, the Deputy Governor, Elder (Prof.) Ivara Ejemot Esu expressed gratitude to the people in their assessment of Governor Ben Ayade’s giant strides which have culminated in their nod for another term in 2019.
Prof. Esu who described the Federal Constituency as an embodiment of Governor Ayade’s development agenda and recipient to some of the juiciest appointments in the State, noted that the endorsement guarantees Prof. Ayade continuity to complete the gigantic projects already started and actualize the monumental vision he has for the State.
Esu promised the people of the constituency that for every ward that has been under-represented in terms of appointments; the State Government is liaising with stakeholders in order to remedy the situation, adding that despite the government concentration on the signature projects, smaller ones in the area such as impassable roads and blown power transformers will be fixed as soon as possible to improve the living standard of the people.
In his usual fashion, Prof. Esu made donation of N50, 000.00 (fifty thousand naira) each to 64 final year students across the Federal Constituency to aid completion of their projects and N100, 000.00 (one hundred thousand naira) to Victoria McQueen Peters, who made a First Class (Honours) Degree in Law at the University of Ibadan, for making the constituency and indeed Cross River State proud and to continue with her Law School Project.
Earlier, the Deputy Governor, Elder (Prof.) Ivara Ejemot Esu also commissioned a market project built by the Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in Akpabuyo, Mrs. Theresa J. Ezima.
In his speech, the State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Ntufam Edim Inok Edim expressed delight in the massive turnout of the people of Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South for the event, describing it as “a manifestation of support for Governor Ben Ayade.”
Ntufam Edim thanked the people for keeping faith in Governor Ben Ayade, assuring them that for their solidarity, the government shall continue to do more to ensure that the dividends of democracy are seen and felt by every Cross Riverian and beyond.
Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman of the Occasion, Hon. Patrick E. Okon revealed that the essence of the town hall meeting was for the people of the constituency to call on Governor Ben Ayade to re-contest for governor come 2019.
Hon. Okon argued that considering the appointments, projects and programmes the constituency has enjoyed from the Ayade-led administration, it behooves on the Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South people to repose their trust in Governor Ben Ayade in order for him to continue the good work in the area and the State at large.
“We have to accept to work with him. He has deepened the political landscape and given many of us the opportunity of serving in one position or the other. We are happy and have called you all here to be witnesses to this endorsement event,” Okon added.
The Chairman, Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council and Paramount Ruler of Bakassi, Eteyin (Dr.) Etim Okon Edet said the Traditional Rulers Council is fully in support of a second term for Prof. Ben Ayade. The Royal Father charged Governor Ayade to continue with the good work he started in 2015 onto 2019.
The event also witnessed an outpouring of goodwill messages from the Deputy Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly and Member representing Calabar South I State Constituency, Hon. Joseph Bassey, Member representing Calabar South II State Constituency, Rt. Hon Edem O. Ephraim, Member representing Akpabuyo State Constituency, Lady Hon. Elizabeth Ironbar, Member representing Bakassi State Constituency, Hon (Dr.) Ekpo Ekpo Bassey.
Others were the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Barr (Mrs.) RoseMary Effiom Archibong. Commissioner for Transport and Marine Services, Hon. Saviour Nyong, Commissioner for Sustainable Development and Social Welfaare, Mr. Oliver Orok, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong, Commissioner for Social Housing, Mr. Edem Effiom Okokon, Royal Fathers, among others.
The motion for endorsement of re-elction of Governor Ben Ayade for 2019 was moved by the Deputy Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Joseph Bassey and seconded by Chief Ene Cobham.
The occasion, agog in the grandeur of sunrise, was notably attended also by the Senior Special Advisers to the Governor, Chief Peter Ojie and Chief Tony Undiandeye, the Chief of Protocol, Mr. Emmanuel Asikpo Okon, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Emmanuel O. Bassey, Members of the State Traditional Rulers Council, among other dignitaries.
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