- It is left with 75 days to the general elections and 167 days to the end of this present administration in Cross River State and the rest of Nigeria.After about eight years in power, it is important that we continue to remind our governor, Senator Ben Ayade, of the many promises he gave to Cross Riverians and continue to dish out even as his days in office wear out.
Cross River has 18 LGAs. I attempted to move around the 18 to give you updates on the state of governor Ayade’s projects in all. I will not lie about any of them and I am still challenging any of his aides to call me out if I do. If the reader isn’t satisfied, you can as well go and verify…
- Bakassi LGA.
Deep Sea Port: It is not working. We can’t even say work actually started there other than dredging.
IDP Resettlement Estate: 52 two-bedroom apartments were built for over 3000 internally displaced persons. It’s a ghost town now. Only hoodlums live there.
Military Biscuit Manufacturing: It never started.
- Akpabuyo LGA:
Not much was planned for the LGA because it is contiguous to Bakassi and the spillover from the other projects in Bakassi, particularly the Seaport, was expected to balance up. However, they were majorly affected by the initial activities around the construction of the super highway.
- Calabar South LGA:
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- Calabar Municipal LGA:
Fabrication Academy: Nothing has come out of there.
Garment Factory: After over six years of establishment, they don’t have a single product in any market, not even in Calabar. Not even a handkerchief.
Calachika: They are producing but selling only at the factory. There are no hatcheries to meet the carrying capacity of the factory. Planning wasn’t well thought out.
Feeds and Fertilizer Plant: There are equipment inside but it is not functioning.
23 Megawatt Power Plant: It is not working. They claim the State lacks infrastructure for evacuation and transmission.
Kisime Noodles: It is not working. They claim they are waiting for NAFDAC certification.
Calapharm: It is not working. They claim the pharmaceutical factory is undergoing remodeling to meet WHO specifications.
Calas Vegas City: It is abandoned.
- Odukpani LGA:
Spaghetti Flyover: It remains uncompleted after 5 years.
Tinapa 26 Megawatts Power Plant: It remains uncompleted to date.
Banana Plantation and Processing Factory: It’s overgrown with grass now after the plantation cost was put at N12 billion.
- Akamkpa LGA:
Piles, Poles, and Pylon Factory: It is not working. Though government officials say it is. They don’t have any products in the market.
Hide and Leather Processing Factory: Still in the pipeline. No one even knows the location in Akamkpa.
- Biase LGA:
Teachers Training Institute: There is a primary school section inside the school. That one has started. The institute is still not working.
- Obubra LGA:
Cassava Processing Factory: The place is abandoned.
Feed Mill and Soya Beans Farm in Ochon: Project abandoned.
Yakurr LGA:
Ekori Toothpick Factory: It’s been under lock and key for over two years now.
- Abi LGA:
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- Ikom LGA:
Cocoa Processing Factory: Completed but still not working.
- Etung LGA:
Reference Hospital: Project abandoned.
- Boki LGA:
Centicourt City: Project abandoned and buried.
- Ogoja LGA:
Roofing Sheet And Tiles Producing Factory: Abandoned. Not working.
Ultra Modern Rice Mill: Completed but still not working.
- Yala LGA:
Cotton Processing Factory: Abandoned. Not working.
Solar Panel Production And Assembly Factory: Abandoned and buried project.
Tomato And Pepper Cultivation And Production Factory: Abandoned and forgotten project.
- Bekwarra LGA:
12000 liter/per Hour Groundnut Processing Factory: It is not working.
- Obudu LGA:
Airport – Not working.
German Hospital: Not working.
Canadian school: Not working.
Mobile Police Barracks: Not yet working.
Obudu Independent Power Project: Abandoned and buried.
Norticourt/Nostradam City: Project abandoned and buried.
Ethanol Processing Factory: Project abandoned.
- Obanliku LGA:
Social Housing Estate: Project abandoned.
Amunga International Resort: Project abandoned.
Others:
Microfinance Bank: Till date, no banking is going on in that place. It is because of this bank that I was arrested and jailed.
Cally Fishing Trawler And Company: Abandoned project.
Petrocross: Abandoned project.
King Grass Cultivation for herders and farmers Abandoned project.
Aerotropolis City: Abandoned project.
CallyAir: Till date, there is no Airline Operators Licence AOC, for CallyAir. So officially, there is no airline known as CallyAir.
AyadeCare Insurance Scheme: I don’t know anyone who is a beneficiary. Not even in government.
AyadeCare Specialist Hospitals In All Three Senatorial Districts: They did a groundbreaking ceremony for one and that was all about that.
Two Megawatts Power Plants in All 18 LGAs: It was just a pipe dream.
Drones To Fly Essential Drugs To Hard To Reach Areas: They say the Ghanaian company is still manufacturing the drones till now.
Calapiano, The Peculiar Sound of Cross River: Maybe it was just a brain wave.
Cross River SuperHighway: Project abandoned.
There are more but let me stop there first.
Now, is the kind of leader who piloted this sort of woeful assignment deserving of any further task? Is he still deserving of taking control of public money?
I will continue to ask these questions till the days are over.
Citizen Agba Jalingo is the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch and a rights activist, a Cross Riverian, and writes from Lagos.
NB: Opinions expressed in this article are strictly attributable to the author, Agba Jalingo, and do not represent the opinion of CrossRiverWatch or any other organization the author works for/with
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