This Day, Nation Rank Ayade Oustanding Governor
Two leading newspapers in the country, This Day and The Nation have rated Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade as one of Nigeria’s best performing governors.
In its Saturday edition where all the governors in the country were assessed on their performance in office, This Day gave Ayade top marks.
Here is what the paper said of Ayade:
“Ayade has traversed the world in search of foreign investors to actualise the signature projects which would cost over N700 billion. He seems to be making progress. To this end, the Federal Government has set up Implementation and Steering Committee towards actualising the project. EIA at advanced stage, detailed design, barthymetric survey have been completed. The soil studies of the Superhighway route, detailed route survey completed.
“To his credit, within the last 12 months, he has also established the Cross River Garment Factory, which is the biggest in Africa with a size of 5,000sqm, and employs 3000 people.
“Four primary health care centres have been renovated and equipped. Currently, on going, are the construction of Calabar Pharmaceutical Company and Rice City which will serve to provide food, thus boosting the economy of the state.
“Aside from creation of wealth through infrastructural development, the establishment of the Green Police to protect the environment, especially the rain forest, represents another area Ayade’s administration has targeted to create direct employment for at least 1,000 youths from the state’s three senatorial districts. Ayade has also completed the mono-rail to link the CICC with Tinapa, and sections of Unicem Road; projects his administration inherited from the administration of former Governor Liyel Imoke.
“On May 1, the governor was declared the most labour-friendly governor in the country. The achievement stems mainly from his ability to pay workers’ salaries regularly since he assumed office. He has achieved this feat at a time many other state governors are unable to pay workers salaries.
“Perharps, were it not for lack of funds, his bigger dreams would have come to fruition. No one will deny the energy, passion and the dexterity of Ayade to leave indelible footprints in the state’s landscape.”
The newspaper subsequently scored Ayade’s performance as Good, a grade he shared with only three other governors, whose state revenue is ten times bigger than that of Cross River.
In its own assessment, the Nation described Ayade as one of few governors that are “true game changers that other political office holders should strive to emulate.”
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on May 29 2016. Filed under Ben Ayade Desk.
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