GOVERNOR of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has given reasons why he is in total support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration anti-corruption war. The governor said anyone who has passed through hardship, pain and frustration despite the country bring blessed with abundant resources will gladly fight corruption. Ayade expressed the support when he spoke with State House correspondents shortly after meeting Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday.
“The anti-corruption war is perfect. Those who know the pains, hardship and frustrations that Nigerians have passed through will agree with me on this. “As a nation, there is so much in terms of natural resources and the people are so poor. “It is only obvious that any serious government must take the issue of corruption seriously, and I think that is why, today, Nigeria is beginning to have national and international image that looks like Nigeria is getting prepared for business.
“That is why investments are flowing into Cross River State, that is a sign that the anti-corruption war is actually working and it is giving Nigeria the international image that we need,” he said.
Ayade also said the issue of the Bakassi Deep Seaport formed major part of his discussion with Buhari. The governor further disclosed that construction work would start in full once the Environmental Impact Assessment is concluded as equipment have been moved to site. “The project is real and that is part of what I discussed with Mr. President and he has given his commitment that he will support the deep seaport and the evacuation corridor which is the 260 kilometre super highway. “The president did give an advice and warning that as far as he had come to give support to this programme, I must come to give him quarterly progress report on this project.”
The Cross River State governor said he also discussed the state’s rice production project that a special agriculture credit facility of N4.8 billion had already been requested. He said the total investment outlay of the project is N10 billion, excluding a foreign element, which is a function of what the foreign partners are bringing. On Tinapa, Ayade said the state would, on February 14, commission a monorail to mark Valentine’s Day. He said the monorail is the first of its kind in West Africa.
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