{"id":40313,"date":"2015-07-12T14:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=40313"},"modified":"2015-07-12T14:57:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T13:57:48","slug":"gov-ayades-signature-projects-to-re-inventing-cross-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/gov-ayades-signature-projects-to-re-inventing-cross-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Ayade&#8217;s signature projects to re-inventing Cross River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">EMMANUEL ULAYI<\/div>\n<p>Gov Ayade\u2019s signature<br \/>\nprojects to re-inventing Cross River<\/p>\n<p>Since\u00a0Cross-River lost 76 oil wells to her neighboring Akwa Ibom state, her economic condition<br \/>\nhas remained in near parlous state. The Civil Servants had suffered more over<br \/>\nthis predicament, as their little emoluments became the only lubricant for the<br \/>\nmarket driven economy of the 40-year-old state.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0loss of oil wells coupled with the dwindling federal allocation can only be<br \/>\nimagined, as both the government and people have lost all hopes, relying on divine<br \/>\nmercies to redeem the image of the impoverishing economy.<\/p>\n<p>Even\u00a0with the burden of taxation, not much could be assembled to glitter the hope of<br \/>\na once-vibrant economy. Interestingly, the people persevered and made untold<br \/>\nsacrifices for their beloved motherland, as they do not have another state but<br \/>\nCross Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0emergence of Professor Ben Ayade as the fourth Executive Governor did not only<br \/>\ncome with a quota of hope but also with lots of inspiration. The passionate<br \/>\nenvironmental scientist in the wake of his campaign, publicized practical and<br \/>\nadorable ideas for the development of the local economy. His ideas were at home<br \/>\nwith Cross Riverians and tenable to even the mitigated minds. The people believed<br \/>\nin him.<\/p>\n<p>Ayade\u00a0had prepared the minds of the people not to depend any more on federal<br \/>\nallocation only, for survival as a government and as a people. Rather than<br \/>\nblowing the popular whistles of inherited debts like his counterparts in other<br \/>\nstates of the federation, the Governor has chose to blow the trumpet of a<br \/>\nwell-endowed Cross Rivers state; full of potentials and capable of taking the<br \/>\nstate and the nation to a greater height.<\/p>\n<p>Giving\u00a0insight on his new task, during his inaugural speech, Professor Ayade said; \u201cI<br \/>\nam fully aware of the weight of this challenge and fully resolved that by the<br \/>\nGrace of Almighty God, we shall build on the great tradition of excellence left<br \/>\nby my brother and my leader, His Excellency, Senator Liyel Imoke, these past<br \/>\neight years. Fellow Cross Riverians, I am a proud inheritor of an outstanding<br \/>\nlegacy, which has firmly placed our beloved state on the global map of<br \/>\npurposeful leadership; and for this, I am eternally grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFellow\u00a0Cross Riverians, we have come to that bend in the river where we must all rise<br \/>\nto our full height to envision and carve out a better future for ourselves and<br \/>\nposterity. True, it seems such a daunting task with the falling oil prices and<br \/>\ndwindling revenues, further compounded by the general atmosphere of despondency<br \/>\nacross the country, with our backs against the wall, we must dig deeper into<br \/>\nthe wells of our creativity and hew out a new pathway to greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking\u00a0the words of the African sage, Nelson Mandela with him, that \u201cit always seems<br \/>\nimpossible until it is done,\u201d the governor reinvigorated that drive to hit the<br \/>\nground running so as to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs\u00a0we climb this imposing mountain of hope, we shall widen our scope, broaden the<br \/>\nhorizon and sharpen our instincts for fresh and big ideas that will galvanize<br \/>\nthis great state to achieve its full potential and usher in a prosperous Cross<br \/>\nRiver, where our people will live in peace and harmony with one another and<br \/>\nwith nature.\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>True\u00a0to his talk, Professor Ayade has speedily embarked on an enterprise with the<br \/>\nprivate sector. The private sector is encouraged to raise 500 million Euros for<br \/>\nCalabar Deep Sea Port project.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Broad Spectrum Industrial Services is the consortium working with the<br \/>\nadministration towards realizing this project and has become the perfect sign<br \/>\nof many good things to come. For Simon Eyo, a Calabar resident, \u2018it is not too<br \/>\nearly for a man who knows his onions to embark on a project like the Calabar<br \/>\nDeep Sea Project, knowing how innovative and transformational it will be for<br \/>\nour economy especially in the face of Nigeria trying to look away from oil.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0the governor, this is the source for his passion. \u201cOur seaport had been dormant<br \/>\nbecause it has no evacuation corridor to permit the passage of mother vessels. Consequently,<br \/>\nthese mother vessels often berth in Lome while flat vessels are used to convey<br \/>\nthe shipments in bits to Calabar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChad\u00a0and Niger Republic are land-locked so, they rely on Lagos seaport. If Calabar<br \/>\nseaport becomes functional, it will serve as the second largest distribution<br \/>\noutlet to our neighbouring land-locked countries with the expected<br \/>\ndistributional consequences. The sea-port is to generate N30 billion every<br \/>\nmonth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Broad Spectrum will also include in their tray of projects; the construction of<br \/>\na dual carriage super highway, a modular refinery, cement factory,etc. as part<br \/>\nof their economic blueprint for the Ayade years in Cross River State. Now the<br \/>\nball is rolling.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the consortium, Mr.<br \/>\nMichael Havre have said that the figure (500 million Euros) neither represents<br \/>\na loan nor a grant but purely that of project financing as the projects would<br \/>\nbe executed on Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement which only requires<br \/>\n25 percent bank guarantee from the state government. For a passionate Ayade, Bank<br \/>\nGuarantee cannot hold down a monumental project as this, as a leading Nigerian<br \/>\nbank has already agreed to look into the possibility of issuing the guarantee<br \/>\non behalf of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Havre\u00a0disclosed that he is in touch with one of the banks that have agreed to issue a<br \/>\nguarantee on behalf of the State government.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0made it clear to the government and the people that the involvement of the<br \/>\nstate is going to be very minimal as it is purely a PPP driven. \u201cI don\u2019t need<br \/>\nyour money, what I just need you to do is get to your bank and give us a bank<br \/>\nguarantee and we are good to go and that is why we are here. We are here to<br \/>\nwork with you to bring progress to Cross River,\u201d said the Broad Spectrum<br \/>\nboss.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0Ayade is bent on making the state a new economic hub, there are indications<br \/>\nthat Hydro Power projects to generate 90 Megawatts of Electricity are already<br \/>\non the drawing board following his new deal with some Chinese experts. The<br \/>\nGovernor plans to generate 30mw from Kwa Falls, 30 mw from Agbokim while the<br \/>\ncanalization and Channelization from either Ikom, Calabar and Itigidi Rivers<br \/>\nwill generate 30mw, bringing the total output to 90mw.<\/p>\n<p>From<br \/>\nhis words of wisdom; \u201cwe are happy because we understand the power generation<br \/>\nmechanics and how it works. A lot of states that invested in gas turbines today<br \/>\nhave their hands burnt because it is always very difficult to sustain the<br \/>\nturbines. The huge gas supply per day at high running cost makes turbines more<br \/>\nexpensive to operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo\u00a0if we go hydro, the water is free. It is obvious that we are taking the right<br \/>\npath and we are lucky to have this (Chinese) team which is tested and proven<br \/>\nwith long history of successes as experts in the field,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently\u00a0wary of the numerous abandoned projects in many parts of the country, Governor<br \/>\nAyade is not one who has not learnt from history. \u201cAs a people and a state who<br \/>\nunderstands the difficulty of gas powered turbines, we as a state decided to<br \/>\ndevelop a culture that will insist on hydropower.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>[The entire original message is not included.]<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMMANUEL ULAYI Gov Ayade\u2019s signature projects to re-inventing Cross River Since\u00a0Cross-River lost 76 oil wells to her neighboring Akwa Ibom state, her economic condition has remained in near parlous state.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-opinions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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