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No fewer than 42 political parties have declared
their support for the reelection bid of the Cross
River State Governor, Ben Ayade.
The parties pledged to “deploy their structures
and support base” for the re-election bid of Ayade
in the March 2, 2019 governorship election.
Led by the state Chairman of Conference of
Nigeria Political parties, CNPP, Mr. Michael
Sunday and his Inter-Party Advisory Council,
IPAC, counterpart Mr. Paddy Ally in Calabar, the
parties said the governor deserved their support
on the strength of what he has achieved in office.
Sunday, who is also the gubernatorial candidate
of Independent Democrats, ID, commended Ayade
for his industrialization drive, as well as prompt
payment of salaries to civil servants in the state.
He said: “Your Excellency, before you are
chairmen of 42 political parties in Cross River
State. When the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC)opened the window for
political activities to begin, many people including
you, resolved to buy forms to contest for the
governorship seat of the state.
“But as time went on, We called ourselves
together and said the incumbent Governor has
not done badly. We began to take stock, We
looked at the by-pass, a place that was kind of
swampy, today that place has become an
industrial hub; and this was done in three years.
“Often times when we hear people say you have
not done this nor that, they forget to also
mention what you have done.
“I tell people that if somebody comes into power
and has built road, the next person should focus
on doing something else, and that is what Ayade
has done by industrialising the state and that is
why we have decided that we are going to drop
our ambitions and support you.”
Sunday also stated that by adopting Ayade, the
parties were “adopting industrialization, prompt
payment of salaries, economic growth and a good
man with a good heart.”
He also assured Ayade that forty thousand of
their member will formally endorse him on
January 26.
“Forty thousand members of our group would
gather on the 26th of January to support you.
“We have come enmass to adopt you as the
governor of this state, and we are going to
demonstrate the same on the 26 as I said earlier,”
he said.
Responding, Governor Ayade expressed
appreciation to the parties for finding him worthy
of their support and assured them that he would
not disappoint them and the people of the state.
Ayade said his love for the state overrides every
other consideration.
Source:
dailypost.ng/2019/01/23/2019-42-
political-parties-declare-support-gov-ayades-re-
election/