“Our biggest challenge is that of diesel. The board does not have the fund to power the generating sets to pump water,” Mr Ekpo disclosed.
Curiously, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the only high profile member of the party not listed in the lengthy list.
Mr Ayade said during the handover in Calabar on Wednesday that it was part of the deliberate efforts of his administration to recalibrate the state’s economy.
“He is not subject to any inducement
Hundreds of workers were on Wednesday locked out of the Cross River State Government House by Governor Ben Ayade.
“I am saddened by the news of the fire outbreak at the Marian Market and the attendant loss of goods and property,” said Mr Ayade.
“Governor Ayade, pay us our salaries. We were duly employed. Five years is not five days.”
“As for the federal government, it is only when there is a major championship that some of us get to see and feel its presence.”
He said with the dwindling fortune of crude oil, cocoa was an available revenue lifeline for the nation.
He said the 2022 edition of the carnival would be bigger and better because its two-year absence gave the tourism ministry the space for expansion.
