By Folorunso Alagbede, Abuja
A governorship aspirant in Cross River on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Wilfred Bonse has expressed the optimism that the party would regain power in the state in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
Amb. Bonse stated this shortly after submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms at PDP national secretariat in Abuja.
The aspirant noted that although the incumbent Governor of the state, Prof. Ben Ayade who is serving his second term defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on May 20, 2021, PDP still had the structure and capacity to win elections in the state because the people of the state love PDP.
The aspirant told journalists, while responding to questions, that he was fully prepared for the party’s primary, adding that he had not only consulted widely with party stakeholders, his candidacy was widely accepted across the state.
According to him, “Our preparations did not start now, we have watched with keen interest, the retrogression that bedeviled our state, especially with the defection of status from being a PDP state to now an APC state.
“The preparations are not in the talking, we are prepared to work that talk. We are ready to do whatever it takes. We have the resources and the intellectual capacity, he added.
“Make no mistake, Cross River is going back to PDP, Bonse boasted.
The aspirant pledged that if elected governor of Cross River State, he would eradicate poverty by turning the State tourism sector around.
In his words, “Tourism is going to be an aspect of the capacity of Cross River to generate wealth. So we are going to expand it”.
Bonse also promised to harness the state endowed resources to create job opportunities for the youths as well increase its internally generated revenue.
He added, “From the very first year, we are going to make the world come to Cross River state and take Cross River to the world.
“Cross River has everything that Nigeria has. From the sea we have oil, mineral resources, we have the capacity to feed Africa. We have so much and we are going to make sure everything works together”, he declared.
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