Bishop Isong urges C’River gov-elect to tackle extreme poverty
From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar
The Presiding Bishop of the Christian Central Chapel International (CCCI), Emmah Isong has urged the incoming Cross River State Governor , Bassey Otu , to tackle extreme poverty in the state.
Bishop Isong, the National Publicity Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) also charged Otu to execute his people’s first manifesto, let his activities/projects have human face, and extend his hand to the opposition.
Bishop Isong made this known in a post-election interview at the CCCI Ikot Omin, in Calabar.
He said he is very optimistic that Otu will succeed as a governor based on his track record in public service.
The PFN scribe said, “What we need now is not really the white elephant projects, we need to empower our people, the poverty level especially in Calabar South and the extreme north is very alarming, I don’t want to boast, my money finishes everyday on my people, they are poor and very affected.
“Prince Otu, in as much as we congratulate him for coming on board, I will not jealous him at all because the responsibility waiting for him is so serious.
“I encourage him to continue to execute that people’s first manifesto, let his activities and projects have human face, and let him also extend his hand to the opposition because where politics end, government starts.
“Politics ended in the 18th of March and therefore from 29th of May government starts.
“You are not going to tar a road and say it’s for only those who voted for me, so Prince Otu has lost the ownership tendency of the APC and is going to be a son of Obudu, Obanliku, Bakassi, the eighteen LGAs including the non-indigenes are now looking up to him to carry them along”, Bishop Isong said.
On the 2023 general elections, Bishop Isong said the general elections is like passing a human being through a medical scanning machine.
No matter how healthy he is supposed to be the doctor will discover a lot medical discrepancies so on this, I judge the last Presidential and gubernatorial elections as being 78% free and fair while the other 22% due to human factor.
He equally commended the state governor Prof Ben Ayade for ensuring power returns to the southern part of the state saying by his action he can be described as a hero of democracy in the state.
