A former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Emmanuel Ibeshi, has formally declared his intention to contest for the gubernatorial position of Cross River State in 2019, pledging to do just one term of four years in office. In his address at the occasion tagged: “Mission to rescue Cross River State,” he lamented that the incumbent, Prof. Ben Ayade, abandoned the legacy projects initiated by previous administrations of Mr. Donald Duke and Senator Liyel Imoke. He blamed Ayade for watching helplessly without taking any reasonable action to revitalize Obudu Ranch Resort, including the Cable Car at the facility, the first in West Africa. The gubernatorial aspirant said plans were already apace to revive and open new phases of development in the moribund Tinapa Business Resort and Obudu Ranch Resort in the Calabar Municipal and Obanliku local government councils respectively. He said: “A good government must be responsive; there must be consensus building as a policy framework.

Source: The Guardian July 31, 2018 03:00 UTC