by CROSS RIVER GOVERNORSHIP AND THE LOOMING POLITICAL TSUNAMI
By Ori Owan, Esq
The forceful retirement of governor Benedict Bengiuoshuye Ayade of Cross River state, last Saturday, after eight tainted years of unprecedented pillaging and policy flip-flops has finally laid to rest the remnants of incumbency in the state and the consequent end of a dark chapter in our shared history. More so, this massive defeat and decapitation of a chief executive officer is enough to shun his anointed godson, whose complicity is glaring in all the kleptocratic practices that have characterized this administration in the past months of electioneering campaigns.
Interestingly, his imposing opponent, Distinguished Senator Sandy Onor, armed with the people’s affection and love, glitters like a diamond in the sun. Both young and old have resolved to vote for Sandy Onor on Saturday 11th March, in spite of the perceived malignant acrimony and animosity towards him by a few greedy clique of renegades in the Central and Southern hemisphere of the State. For certain shylocks especially in the central Cross River, as long as it is not them, growth and development must be suspended until 2031, when power shall have returned to the central for their selfish gains. What a phantasy!
However, the mammoth crowds that greeted the campaigns of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) across the state, few weeks ago, has nullified the old arguments of back to South. This is because the ordinary people came out publicly to affirm with passionate conviction that democracy, power and sovereignty belongs to the ordinary people. Thus, reducing governance to zoning against meritocracy and the good wishes of the people, is the height of idiocy. For instance, it was the zoning madness that imposed a leader who colluded with his family and totally kidnapped the commonwealth of Cross River State citizens.
Sandy Onor’s imminent victory has become more glaring in view of the perceived river of grievance by the ‘Obedient Advocates’ who now feel apparently dissatisfied and shortchanged by the outcome of the presidential election results as announced by INEC. In fact, the current mood of Cross River today, smacks of incredible support for Onor, as the pendulum now clearly swings in favour of the PDP.
Nonetheless, the Obedients movements has resolved to vote all candidates of the PDP in the states of the federation, especially where they have gubernatorial vacuums. Hence, Cross River is not an exception, as Senator Onor has now become the credible alternative and poster child of these revolutionaries, who have now settled for Onor as the possible solution to their existential issues. In words and deed, they have thrown their weight behind him, believing same that he is the most prepared and preferred candidate in the present two horse race in the state.
The youths must therefore rise beyond emotions and sentiments, and advocate through the ballot to elect a “governor of governors” with power, capacity and integrity to lead Cross Cross River out of messy eight years of Ayade’s malfeasance. This is in view of the fact that his administration shall be youth-friendly and less genrontocratic in style. Government ministries and agencies shall be handled by young and intelligent graduates.
A vote for distinguished senator Sandy Onor is a guarantee for better Cross River. Cross Riverians, let us enthrone, in Sandy Onor, a government that we all would be proud of, on March 11, 2023.
Ori Owan Esq.
