The swearing-in followed the suspension of the elected LG chairman, Theresa Ushie, by the Cross River House of Assembly.
The All Progressives Congress will dominate the next Cross River House of Assembly, having won 19 out of 25 seats in the March 18 election.
The governorship candidate said the scholarship would be evenly spread across the 18 LGAs of the state, with 1,000 students per local government benefiting.
The party’s spokesman claimed brooms had suddenly become scarce in the state, in the wake of Governor Ben Ayade’s defection into the party.
