PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
Ahead of the PDP’s primaries, a governorship aspirant in Cross River State, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong, has disclosed that if he is elected governor in 2023, his administration would focus on human capital and infrastructural developments in a bid to change the unfavourable socio-economic dynamics geared towards putting wealth in the hands of the people.
Sir Archibong stated this when during the weekend , when he arrived at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar after purchasing his nomination and expression of Interest forms at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja.
He said the youths would be encourage to go into import and export businesses to enable the state earn foreign exchange and boost the economy and it would be done in clusters and systematically to ensure that every youth is gainfully employed.
The governorship hopeful further said his administration might not embark on new projects, but would rather leverage on and invest efforts towards ensuring that the over 39 factories and projects of the current administration are made functional and productive.
His words: “Our campaign is basically christened “‘Fresh Air’ because that is our focus. Putting wealth into the hands of Cross Riverians is what we are going to focus on basically. Our mission is very clear on that.
“We cannot waste away what has happened in the in the past 6 or 7 years. So for us we are going to ensure that various aspects of human development, especially as it concerns our state are taken care of.
“Like I said, we want to put wealth into the hands of the people. We want to take our state from where we are with various platforms and transformational policies that will create an enabling environment to encourage private sector for growth and development.
The governorship aspirant noted that his administration will put in all that is necessary to make sure the over 30 industries were fully functional, viable and generating revenue for the state.
He further added that he wants the people to own the wealth of the land and Cross River state can longer afford to allow it’s wealth remain only in the hands of few individuals.
“There are lots of things that we will look forward to gain and to ensure that no “new project” will be in place unless when very necessary. There are lots of things to do and we hope to hit the ground running immediately, we must ensure that the 30 or more factories/ industries, projects function to it’s optimal capacity”, he said.
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