CRS Governor Is Prepared To Receive President Buhari In Calabar

The honourable governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has said the state is ready to receive President Buhari on his first visit to the state, to commission the 206 kilometres six-lane super express highway. 

According to Sun Newspapers, Ayade said "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 also 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."

Adding that “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.”