Prof. Ben Ayade, a sitting senator who is the candidate of the peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the up-coming 11.04.2015 governorship
election in cross River State has promised to take the state
from "third world to first world" if elected.
While he promised to continue where Governor Liyel Imoke stopped, he
challenged Nigerian governors to "shift from dependence on the
federation account" and to challenge their intellect and creativity.
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