President Buhari to visit our home cross river state tomorrow; to flag off massive six lane road projects. It comes as a great joy to us, especially that he is an APC president visiting a PDP state, shows that our Governor and President are truly more committed to good governance than politics. With the interest of the people at heart.
CROSS River State gover­nor, Prof. Ben Ayade has re­stated the state’s readiness to host President Muhammadu Buhari, who is visiting to flag off the construction of the 260 kilometres six-lane super highway tomorrow.

Speaking during his in­spection of ongoing prelimi­nary work at the site of the groundbreaking ceremony, Ayade said: “The president’s visit to Cross River is an ep­och one because it represents the fact that he will identify with any state that has a clear vision, irrespective of party or political calculation as much as you do all that fits into his core values.”

According to him, the president’s visit is significant in more ways than one.

“The president confirmed that he is not just coming, but to him it is a home-coming because he was one of the few generals that fought for the emancipation of Gakem, Bekwarra Local Govern­ment Area during the civil war and has traversed all that terrain. So, it is a terrain that he knows very well and he understands the value of our proposed projects and that is why he is personally com­mitted to its actualisation,” he stated.

Continuing, he said: “As he performs the ground­breaking of the 260 kilo­metres super-highway, we are challenged to ensure its completion so that he can commission it. It is a strong commitment he has given and I am sure Cross River­ians are anxiously waiting to receive him tomorrow.

“Our president is long done with politics just as I have, and he is now facing governance and that is why he is the president of the Fed­eral Republic of Nigeria.”

Meanwhile, Obong of Cal­abar, His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, and other traditional rulers in the state, in separate interviews have expressed their delight at the president’s visit and promised to drum up support for the project, which they described as a catalyst to the socio-economic develop­ment of the state.