Governorship
candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Cross River, Mr. Odey
Ochicha, has promised to rescue the state from its indebtedness and
reliance on federal allocation to an economically viable one.
Odey, in
an interview in Calabar on Monday, said if elected, he has the capacity
to transform the state’s economic fortunes through agriculture.
He said
the current debt burden of the state would not deter him from partnering
with others to get it in the league of most developed states in the
country.
Ochicha
said Nigeria required visionary leaders and philosophers whose style
would be spiced with what he termed character, charisma, competence,
credibility, courage, commitment and service.
He said,
“Our dear state is the third most indebted in the federation after
Bayelsa and Lagos. It is already experiencing considerable difficulties
in paying workers monthly salaries. That is why one of our four cardinal
programmes is to rescue the state’s economy.
“Rather
than wait for allocations from the federal government, if voted into
office, we shall urgently mobilize our people to focus on agriculture
with emphasis on plantation agriculture.
“We shall create an enabling environment
for the extensive cultivation, processing and aggressive marketing of
four cash crops namely cocoa, oil palm, cassava and rice. This, we shall
do, not only to earn revenue for the state but also to create jobs for
hundreds of thousands of our citizens.
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