Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade has directed all political
appointees in the State to leave their comfort offices in Calabar, the
state capital to their wards, villages, communities and local government
areas and mobilise eligible voters to register in the ongoing voters’
registration exercise.
Investigations conducted by DAILY POST revealed that none of the
political appointee was in the office. Our correspondent who visited
various offices on Wednesday was told that the political appointees
including the commissioners, Special Advisers, special assistants and
other aides left their offices in Calabar to their wards, villages,
communities and local government areas last Friday.
Cross River State, from all indications has the highest number of
political appointees in the country. However, when DAILY POST called
some of the appointees, they answered from their villages and local
governments. For instance, the Director General of State Emergency
Management Agency (SEMA) Mr John Inaku responded that he was in his
village for the exercise.
The Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on Media to Governor
Ben Ayade, Mr Christian Ita told our correspondent on phone on Wednesday
that the Governor had directed that all the political appointees should
go back to their various wards, villages and community and mobilise
people to go out for voters’ registration exercise.
According to him, the exercise based on that directive has gone so
well in the State. “For once, Cross River State will not be among the
states that will record low turnout. Every appointee was instructed to
leave Calabar from Friday to their wards, villages and communities for
the exercise,” he stated.
The instruction, he noted, was that no appointee should be in Calabar
for any reason except for the voters’ registration exercise, “go and
mobilise your people for the exercise,” the CPS ordered.
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