Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River
State arrived Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar on Wednesday after
staying away from the State for over a month. Investigations revealed that the
Governor hurriedly returned to the State after the threat by Cross River
Transparency Network International, (CRTNI) which called on Cross River State
House of Assembly to immediately commence his impeachment process over alleged
illegal foreign trips.
The group had alleged that since
assumption of office, Governor Ayade had traveled overseas more than any
governor in the history of this country under the pretext of looking for
investors for the state.
The coordinator of the group, Comrade Jonathan Agbor,
said it has become imperative for the State House of Assembly to impeach Ayade
for violating constitutional provisions of frequently travelling abroad without
handing over to his deputy just as he squanders state funds on such trip.
Agbor said, “Since Ayade came on
board, he has spent more days in Abuja and abroad than he has spent in the
state, adding that out of 365 days in a year he spends less than 100 days in
office”.
Consequent upon this, the Governor according to them has abandoned his
constructional duties of administering the state to the deputy governor, Prof
Ivara Esu, just as he left unattended to major issues that needed his
attention.
The group, however, threatened,
that failure of the State House of Assembly to commence impeachment process on
the Governor, they will be left with no other option than to organise a
one-million man march to protest against mal-administration and illegal
travelling.
Sadly, when our correspondent visited
the Governor’s office on Thursday, the place looked scanty, there was no
presence of governance, and only security personnel and few junior staff were
seen. All the offices our correspondent saw had their doors and windows opened
as there was no electricity to power the air conditioners and fans. The giant
generator in the complex we were told had no diesel.
Besides no diesel, the entire
environment was unkempt, even as sources hinted that the private firm that won
the contractor to keep the place clean have not been paid for several months.
At various offices visited, plain sheets to write memo were not available as
the workers claimed “We have not been given impress for several months, we
recycled plain sheet, that is, we use the back that had already been used, we
just cross the first page and continue with the back”
On August 19, 2017, a Church, the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embarked on All Africa Service
Project where members cleared bushes that harboured dangerous animals including
snakes and other reptiles in the Governor’ office and Ministry of Finance and
removed gutters.
Regretting the attitude of
government functionaries for not keeping the affected areas clean, the
President of the Nigeria Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, Dr Victor Bassey said “Governor’s office is part of our community and
haven seen what have been left unclear for quite a long time, we deem it
necessary to come and start the service project here, before moving on to
Psychiatric Hospital. There is much to be done here”
At the time of filling this
report, Governor Ben Ayade and some principal officers were not in the office.
He was alleged to have been very angry with some of his staff over the way
things were being run while he was away. It was gathered that there could be
cabinet reshuffle within the next few weeks.
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