As Professor Benedict Ayade, the Governor of Cross River state is scheduled to make an official declaration for re-election as governor anytime soon, preparations by some support groups in support of his ambition are excited and in an atmosphere of jubilations in the state especially the capital, Calabar.
It seems to be a competition of some sort among many groups in the state as they slug it out to mobilise their members for the occasion.
Top among these are socio-cultural groups,religious, women,and students associations who are leaving no stone unturned to make the event a huge success.
Leader of a socio-cultural group, Obum Yellow maintained that the “Governor has performed beyond expectations and therefore should be given the second term without much ado”.
Other groups such as the Special Assistants Network, SAN a group of special assistants to the governor are also mobilizing support from across the state. They vowed to make sure the event is witnessed by not less than 500,000 voters to, according to Emmanuel Ulayi, “show the appreciation of the people of the state to His Excellency for his being an able leader and for developing taking the state to a higher level in just three years in office”.
The chief of staff to the governor, Martin Orim had earlier led the Team Ayade to the Wadata House, Abuja PDP Headquarters to pick nomination forms for the governor.
To buttress the huge support the governor enjoys for his re-election bid, top politicians ,elective officials of government and appointees of the government led by the speaker of the Cross River house of assembly, John Gaul Lebo, omly today,were at Team Ayade office on marian road calabar, to fill the governor's nomination form.
it was an atmosphere of fanfare at the support group office as the city of calabar was agog with joy.
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