Joining APC Was The Only Way To Attract Federal Benefits – Cross River Governor, Ayade Says

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The Executive Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade has revealed that the major reason why he aligned with the All Progressives Congress (APC) party was to bring federal assistance to the state.

According to Gazette report, the governor made the statement hhile addressing the youths who held a rally to welcome him to the party at the governor’s office in Calabar on Thursday. Ayade said he joined APC for the benefit of the state.

The governor said a party is an appropriate vehicle that will bring full economic benefits to the state, which he said is the APC.

“We have to re-sucket into the centre to drive the value of governance into the state where our interest will be better served,” he said.

He said that Cross River has a lot of mineral resources but the resources required to exploit the hydrocarbons were beyond the capacity of the state.

The governor was embittered that Cross River was economically disadvantaged, noting that the state is the 35th in terms of revenue allocation received from the federal government.

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“The state does not have reasonable allocation. We are not part of the 18 per cent derivation. We are not part of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). We do not have oil,” he said.

Mr Ayade also said he expanded the government to accommodate 38,000 young people and urged the youths to go and register as APC members in their respective wards.

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