It is no longer news that a renowned political chieftain in Cross River State Mr. Ray Ugba Morphy recently resigned his appointment as the Special Adviser, Strategy and National contact citing reasons such as helping to save cost for workers who are been owed salaries for almost 4 months and how he has received wages without receiving any mandate or assignment since his appointment or the government seeking his advice.
#YouthDecide will like to sincerely commend Mr. Ray Ugba Morphy for been an honorable man as only someone with a high level of ethics would do such and for someone of his age and caliber it would be foolhardy to collect appointment for appointment sake according to him.
It with this resolve that #YouthDecide has decided to take a closer look into the list of appointments in Cross River State as we have learnt from credible sources that some SAs are gearing up to resign soon. As we thank Governor Ben Ayade for been very generous with the appointments especially for the numerous young men and women who have been given the opportunity to serve, our investigations revealed that due to a lot of political pressure some appointments were given on sympathetic basis.
There are some appointees who have been in government since 1999 (the Donald Duke era) and even Liyel Imoke era and most of them made up a 3rd list of political veterans who we feel are too old and should be retiring for their younger ones to take over.
Yes, experience is always needed but better in advisory roles as the youth must always take charge inevitably even in a Nigeria where the old politicians have refused to retire.
Some of these old politicians have collected appointments and are sitting in their lavish houses and traveling for holidays while collecting tax payers’ money in form of wages paid from Governor Ben Ayade government for doing nothing. This is quite unfair and unacceptable and just as the honorable Ray Ugba Morphy has done we suggest that they resign to save the state money in this hard times. They will be saving the Governor and the state a lot of money in these harsh times that government is struggling to pay salaries.
These appointees have been in government for as long the before the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999 and in order to prove it, we invite you to look at the following appointees who are now colleagues with some people young enough to be their children. They are former Senators, House of Reps members, Chairmen of councils, two to three time Commissioners and Special Advisers in both former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke government. When will the youth ever have a chance to be represented in government and why will the Governor spend so much money when no work or value is been added. The list is not limited to the following persons listed below as they are more than this. Here we will just mention a few #NoOffence but based on our assessment of the people named below we beg them to take a bow and return to the elders forum for advisory roles.
Sen. Florence Ita Giwa – Chairman Cross River Ports Authority
John Eyikwaji – SA, Chieftaincy Affairs
Hon. Eddy Ogon – SA, Mortgage finance and estate development.
Hon. Tom Agi – SA, Tourism Development
Chief Tony Undiandeye – SA, Public affairs
Chief Peter Ojie – SA, Political Affairs
Barr. Edet Okon Asim – SA, Forestry and Biodiversity
Barr. Joe Edet – SA, Mineral Resources
Hon. Emmanuel Ibeshi – CRS Envoy to ADB
Hon. Gab Eddy – SA, Legislative matters
Eja-Don Esege – Director, Urban Renewal Agency
Barr. Joe Aggrey – Director, Urban Renewal Agency
Chief Igbaji Monkom – Director, Audit and investigation bureau
Mr. Goddy Iyala – SA, Insurance
Mr. Eko Atu – ES, Cross River Port Authority
Mr Mark Obi – SA Admin
The salaries paid to all of you can be used for those who need it the most. Thank you for your consideration.
#LetTheYouthDecide
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