A former House of Representatives Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Cyprian Oyom Igban, has sued for massive support of Cross Riverians for the actualization of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu mandates as Nigeria’s president and governor of Cross River State respectively, in the forthcoming general elections.
Igban said his appeal is hinged on the personality, the democratic credentials and leadership history of the duo maintaining that leveraging these qualities with massive support for them and other party candidates will translate to the fulfilment of the development destiny of the state.
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Speaking in an interview in Calabar on the heels of the unveiling of Otu’s manifesto tagged “People-First” and recent visit by the presidential candidate of the APC, for a rally in Calabar, Igban who is also the national director of strategy, Tinubu Shettima Network,TSN and Member,(Humanitarian and Welfare Directorate) Independent Campaign Council, ICC, said the synergy between the two leaders and between the Cross River State Government and the Federal Government will witness greater economic prosperity for the state.
According to him, “with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s political and development history in Lagos and beyond, his promise of developing the Waterfronts of Cross River among others coupled with the People-First personality of Prince Bassey Otu reflective of his development template for the state, Cross River will soon be ushered into an era of greater economic prosperity for the citizens of the state.
“As the duo take over the reins of leadership in May, we will begin to see that the Bakassi Deep Seaport, Super-Highway, our abundant marine and other natural endowments, our arable lands, our solid mineral base, the Oil and Gas sector, infrastructural development, our rich tourism potentials and even our very remarkable peaceful climate will all receive the necessary attention to prepare the people for the expected prosperity, “he maintained.
Explaining that the People-oriented disposition of Sen. Otu is the audacity, passion and vision behind the “People-First” manifesto Igban stated that the APC Governorship Candidate is poised to change the development narrative of the stat and restore hope and confidence of the people in the governance process.
“We can count on his audacious believe in the people,his rich leadership credentials over the years,his sense of honesty as reflected in his fair,just and egalitarian disposition to politics,his wealth of experience as Principal Officer of the two chambers of National Assembly as well as his chivalrous generosity to make Cross River State the true destination of choice.
” We’ve had some discussions on how to turn the economy of the state around,and I realised that he has deep concern and passion to pull the people together for greater economic successes,and thankfully too,he has keyed into the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s development template. So again,with this synergy,Cross River State will be the better for it.”
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On whether funding won’t pose a great challenge to the implementation of the Manifesto, the APC Chieftain hinted that what is required is the political will of any Leader to fix whatever missing link in his or her sphere of influence.
He said: “Some people are hauling invectives on Sen.Ben Ayade,as attack dogs of their paymasters not because of Ayade,but it is because they want to divert attention of the electorate to the sentiments expressed by their party all for their personal gain. What we should do is to ignore them,remain focused and ensure that we elect all APC Candidates at the polls. Thankfully,APC never committed the blunder of making the wrong choice of Candidates.
He said those averse to the APC leadership are doing so because the APC has come to disappoint their selfish motives adding that they ended up leaving a legacy of abandoned projects as they failed to map out a succession plan for the development of the state.
