…Commends Ayade For Deliverying APC Candidate
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji, Calabar
The Director-General, DG, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Organisation in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, High Chief Henry Onwe, has commended the governor-elect of the state, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, on his landslide victory at the just concluded March 18, 2023 governorship election.
Onwe gave the commendation while speaking with journalists on Monday in Calabar, shortly after Otu was declared winner of the contest by the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent Natıonal Electoral Commission, INEC.
He stressed that Otu’s victory is well deserved and speaks volume of his pedigree, which has propelled him to gain state-wide acceptability.
The DG stated that the result, which goes down in the annals of history as the first governorship candidate who swept the polls including the polling unit of his major opponent in the race, is an indicative of the outstanding acceptability of the APC candidate by the people of the state.
Onwe said, “The election has silenced every modicum of opposition and is clearly indicative of the fact that Prince Bassey Edet Otu is a man-of-the-people, who is loved across board and across ethnic biases which is rare in Cross River State.”
The campaign DG maintained that Otu has made the APC proud by the singular act of his landslide victory, stressing that very soon every iota of contrary voice or congregation of nay sayers would join Otu to lift the state to a higher pedestal.
He added, “I have strong feelings that all those on the other side would join him to work towards building a better Cross River and enhancing a more glorious welfare for our people and this I believe is the way to go for our state.”
Chief Onwe also felicitated with the DG of the APC Campaign Organisation in the state, Ambassador Sonny Abang, for his tireless efforts in creating the right atmosphere, where large crowds of people identified with the party, which gave it the benchmark for victory beginning from the presidential and National Assembly elections.
He continued, “The APC has shown class and clear abilities in bonding our people together and providing a direction which our people should go and in years ahead, posterity will be fair in placing Abang and his team on the platform of gold and among great minds that have contributed to the growth of Cross River.”
On Senator Professor Ben Ayade’s invaluable contribution, which paved way for the overwhelming victory, Chief Onwe said Ayade remains a political icon and an excellent administrative juggernaut, who has taken Cross River State several notches higher in the political spectrum and history will celebrate his rare feats and achievements.
One enthused, “Any Cross Riverian who is not proud of the legacies Ayade has built is only momentarily being critical of his personality and efforts based on wrong yardsticks and notion, and very soon such notions will be clear and the right assessment will come to play.”
Onwe stressed that Ayade has provided rare leadership in the state and for many years to come, dividends of his administrative capacity will continue to accrue to the state from those genuine efforts.
“The industries, human capital development, politics with ethics, agricultural and commerce-oriented ideas are pedestals on which posterity would see the genuine efforts our Digital Governor has injected not only in governance, but in private sector initiatives.”
The DG commended High Chief Higgins Peters for mobilising massive support for the party in the Northern part of the state, which culminated in the overwhelming victory, stating that such role will be recorded in history as noble and exemplary
Onwu enthused, “His fatherly role and noble ideas are the masterstroke which gave the party the energy and leeway to forge ahead and such exemplary efforts are worthy of celebration and commendation.”
Chief Onwe also lauded the state Chairman of APC, Barrister Alphonsus Ogar, for injecting workable ideas into the growth of the APC in Cross River, adding that but for his commitment to the development of the party, it wouldn’t have recorded the successes it has in barely a year plus
Onwe said, “His political evangelism and open-door approach in the leadership of the party have engendered love, togetherness, unity and singularity of purpose among the members and leaders of the APC, leading to the harvest of successes in the state and very soon the opposition would have to learn from him or be silenced for good in the state.”
