Less than a year to the end of his second term in office, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has approved the appointment of 35 new aides to strengthen his administration.
The appointees who are to serve as special assistants.
In a statement 6 signed by deputy chief press secretary to the governor, Mr. Linus Obogo, he said the appointments were with immediate effect.
He said; “The Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has approved the following appointment with immediate effect.”
The beneficiaries of the new appointments are drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state.
In a swift reaction to the development, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr John Edem, a known critic of the administration of Ayade, said appointing so many people into a government which regularly say that the resources are lean showed that it had nothing to offer the people.
Edem said the resources should have been used to clean the streets of Calabar, the state capital, pay retirees and cover workers’ promotion.
