Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong, a frontline People’s Democratic Party, PDP guber aspirant, has categorically stated that his bids to be the next governor of Cross River state come May 2023 is particularly about wealth for the residents and indigenes of the state.
This disclosure was made on Thursday in Calabar the state capital metropolis immediately Sir Archibong returned from Wadata Plaza in Abuja where he went to purchase his Declaration of Intent and Nomination Forms.
Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong arrives the Margaret Ekpo International Airport on Friday to a rousing welcome by campaign supporters, PDP faithfuls, traditional dance troupe pic.twitter.com/6j9gLN0DIo
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According to the guber hopeful, the 39 industries constructed by the incumbent Prof Ben Ayade’s administration must be activated and placed in the hands of people to work. While acknowledging that the state had been derailed for the past 6/7 years, he added that his campaign is also keen about human capital development.
His words, ‘The issue of having to put wealth into the hands of people is what we are going to focus on basically. And we have our mission very clear on that. It’s quite clear that in the past twenty something years now the vision of the state has been derailed in one way or the other, maybe in the past 6 or 7 years. We cannot wish that away. So for us we are going to ensure that various aspects of human development, especially as it concerns our state are taken care of.
‘Like I said, we have to ensure that the 39 or more factories or industries, projects function. We have to ensure that Tinapa is back. We take it from where it is currently and ensure that it functions. We have to make sure that Obudu works. We have to make sure that we harness our natural resource.
‘There are lots of things we will not allow out of the state, like our cocoa, our palm oil, we will put them into a cooperative and ensure that the current status quo does not operate. We are going to ensure that factories, industries are fed with those natural resources. We are going to encourage our young people to get into import and export so that the state will benefit from forex. All these are things that we plan to do’.
Continuing, Sir Archibong disagreed with the information making the rounds that his bids for governorship is a distraction for a likely House of Representatives seat. He stated that ‘I’m surprise to hear that. Ever since I came into the race I have never given any doubt as to my purpose, my vision of running for this election. From the onset it’s always been for the governorship and to ensure that changes are brought to our dear state.’
