Ayade who was in the Senate between 2011 and 2015, lost the National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday with 56,595 votes against Agom-Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 76,145 votes.
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Christian Ita, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on Saturday.
TCTI was established by the Cross River State Government heralding Governor Ben Ayade in year 2020, as part of efforts to boost teacher education and improve the quality of teachers in the country.
Recall that the Nigerian Army deployed troops to the community so as to restore peace after a communal clash between Nko and Onyedama community over an expanse of land.
The development is contained in a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben Ayade, Linus Obogo in Calabar, the capital city, Tuesday.
This comes ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms for the All Progressives Congress.
The governor’s directive is contained in a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Christian Ita, Wednesday in Calabar, the capital city.
Ayade disclosed his decision to State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, saying that he was actually asked to join the race by the President.
The State’s Commissioner of Police CP, Aminu Alhassan, confirmed the arrest Monday in Calabar, State’s capital.
The Governor, on Wednesday, handed over the keys of the vehicles to the State Chief Judge, Justice Akon Ikpeme.
The Peoples Democratic Party had taken Ayade to court seeking an order directing him and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, to vacate office following their defection to the All Progressives Congress.
This was contained in a statement signed by the state’s Head of Service, Timothy Akwaji on Tuesday in Calabar.
The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek for an order sacking the governor and his deputy over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), among others.
The new Head of Service, Timothy Akwaji, disclosed this on Wednesday during his maiden meeting with Permanent Secretaries.
Ayade, while addressing some stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Governor’s Lodge on Sunday in Calabar, said his decision to return power to the south was based on morality.
The appointment was conveyed in a letter by the Secretary to the State Government, Tina Banku Agbor, made public on Tuesday.
Linus Obogo, Governor Ayade’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, announced the suspension of the curfew.
Prof. Ayade told newsmen that while privatising the companies was the right thing to do, it was not politically correct.
He said his death at 80 represents the end of an era in the socio-political evolution of Nigeria, adding that the late former Senate President was until his death one of the few remaining notable politicians who played vital roles in the politics of Nigeria’s Second Republic.
Fashola said this on Monday in Cross River at the inspection of the new 1.2km two-lane Ikom Bridge, which is to replace the old one-lane bridge built during the colonial era.