Otu has wasted 16 years in public workplace – ADC governorship candidate, Toyo

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Cross River State, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo, has accused Governor Bassey Otu of losing 16 years in public workplace with out delivering tangible initiatives to the folks.

Toyo, a former Nigerian ambassador to Ethiopia, made the allegation in an interview in Calabar whereas discussing her possibilities in subsequent 12 months’s governorship election and assessing Otu’s report within the National Assembly and as governor.

The ADC flagbearer challenged the governor to establish initiatives he initiated throughout his greater than 12 years within the House of Representatives and Senate, in addition to his tenure as governor.

“Otu should point to us any projects he had initiated throughout the period he was in the House of Representatives and in the upper chamber, the Senate, for over 12 years.

“Even in his local people in Odukpani Local Government Area, let him level to a challenge he has initiated and accomplished throughout his interval as governor. Absolutely none! To me, Otu has solely wasted these 16 years in public workplace,” she said.

Toyo also claimed that she had contested elections seven times and defeated Otu on two occasions.

However, the Special Adviser to Governor Otu on General Duties, Ekpenyong Akiba, rejected Toyo’s assessment, insisting that the governor had undertaken extensive empowerment programmes and constituency projects during his years in the National Assembly.

Akiba said no politician in Cross River State had carried out empowerment programmes on the scale undertaken by Otu during his time in the National Assembly.

“It’s an incontrovertible fact that Senator Otu began empowerment programmes for his constituents on a gargantuan magnitude by no means earlier than undertaken by another politician of that point. There are different initiatives he undertook in his constituency,” he said.

On Otu’s performance as governor, Akiba said the administration had deliberately prioritised the completion of projects abandoned by previous administrations and the recovery of state assets.

He listed road construction projects across the three senatorial districts, the refurbishment of public facilities, including the state library and government houses, as well as the settlement of state debts among the achievements of the administration.