The people of Cross River state have lauded President Bola Tinubu over the reversal of the initial appointment of a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
They also appealed to the president and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the national level to return to the state the slot for the national women leader of the party which was previously occupied by a Cross Riverian, Dr Betta Edu, before she was appointed Minister for Humanitarian Affairs.
Speaking weekend shortly after Tinubu redressed the earlier NDDC nomination, Governor Bassey Otu said: “I wish to graciously thank Mr. President for acting timely and decisively in correcting what I believe was not a deliberate anomaly in the nomination of a non-member of our great party, the APC, into the board of the NDDC.
“The swiftness in which the matter that has agitated millions of our party faithful not just in Cross River state, but across the country, demonstrates that we have a listening president, one who is prepared to respond to the yearnings and aspirations of not just APC members, but Nigerians in general,” Governor Otu said.
Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Elvis Ayanbem, while receiving a mammoth crowd of Cross River people who visited him to celebrate the reversal of the NDDC appointment, said the president acted swiftly to the delight of all Cross Riverians.
“The issue of women leader is still pending, and while we commend our president for acting decisively over the NDDC matter, like Oliver Twist of old, we are appealing that the slot be returned to Cross River state in the spirit of fairness and justice since it was zoned to us as the only APC state in the South south. It is our slot legitimately,” he stated.
