Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade says he would hand over the governance of the state to his Deputy throughout his second term.
The Governor who made this known while delivering his inaugural address after he was sworn in on Wednesday for the second time as governor by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Michael Edem at the U.J Esuene stadium said he would be playing the role of a 'Project Manager" as he would relocate from the state capital to project sites.
“Be committed and steadfast Cross River state will be an industrialized state under my watch. In this my second tenure, I will no longer be the governor. My Deputy will be the acting governor while I will become the project manager of Cross River state as I will relocate to Ikom LGA.
“This tenure will be food on the table, hands on the plough, no amount of investment in infrastructure will be equivalent to taking care of the well being of the people, paying salaries and employing them.
“We must understand that anytime our problems can only be solved by money then our intellect has failed us,” Ayade added.
