Incumbent Nigerian Senator has declared to vie for the same office for a second term.
The Senator representing Northern Senatorial District of Cross River state, Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has asserted that his primary assignment was to make life easy and better for his people.
Sen. Jarigbe made the assertion on Monday while declaring his intention to run for Senate tagged “Continuity 2023”.
He made the declaration in a statement he personally signed on his verified Facebook page.
According to him, the good people of Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency gave him a mandate to represent them in the House of Representatives in 2015 and also got him reelected to the House of Representatives in 2019, until he took the Oath of Office on the 15th of September, 2021 to represent Cross River North Senatorial District in the Senate, after emerging victorious in a keenly contested Senate By-Election.
He stated that he became a Senator under circumstances which were largely divine which also showed enterprising and unconquered spirit of an average Cross Riverian.
His words :”I became a Senator in circumstances which are largely divine; circumstances that showed the enterprising and unconquered spirit of an average Cross Riverian in general, and that of northern Cross Riverians in particular. That unction that made me Senator has defined and sustained my engagement with my people for the past six months.
“The principles of accessibility, human capital and infrastructural development have underpinned my legislative sojourn over the years. How to make life better for my people, is my utmost assignment. This is not just another empty political rhetoric. No. We walk the talk.
“While staying top notch in the primary assignment of a legislator, there is no ward in Ogoja/Yala that has not experienced human capital and infrastructural improvement through our intervention: we have provided roads, drinking water, solar powered lightings, educational and medical facilities, financial grants for small and medium scale entrepreneurs, equipment for businesses, empowerments, etc.
“When we got into the Senate barely six months ago, we immediately expanded these human capital and infrastructural development to Bekwarra, Obanliku and Obudu Local Governments. In this year’s budget, I made sure that a project is captured in every ward in the 5 Local Governments that make up the Senatorial District.
“We have shown, over the years, that being a legislator is beyond law making. Being a legislator is about influence, intervention and engagement for the good of our people.
“My declaration today is an answer to the call of my people to continue to serve them. I answer this call with a high sense of responsibility; one which transcends party affiliations, tongues, religion or ideology. In 2023, when I take the oath of office again, by the grace of God, I will be a Senator for all. What binds us together is stronger than what seeks to separate us.
“I have received monetary donations to enable me pick up my intent/ nomination forms later in the week and remain very grateful to the donors.
“We will not follow anyone who will not better our lives. We will not trade our destinies for crumbs from the table of taskmasters. Finally, we will remain UNCONQUERED,” he stated .
