Don’t trade your future over tribal sentiments – Sen Onor

Emmanuel Alfred

The Gubernatorial flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, Sen Sandy Onor has promised to be a Governor for everyone.

He made this assertion during a town hall meeting in the State.

Sen Onor told the alliance to look for a Governor who cuts across all ethnic groups in the State and not those who push ethnic concussions as their personal interest.

“A lot of these people want a Governor they can control, blackmail but I’m going to be a Governor for everyone.” He said.

“I will ensure that young people are carried along from all the Senatorial Districts”. He added.

He decried the present state of Cross River, and the attitude of some elites and maintained that the future does not lie in the All Progressives Congress.

“Your future is being compromised, yet the elites in the State are keeping quiet because they want to be politically correct”.

“If people are telling you in this State that you will have a greater future with APC than PDP then you are living on Mars, not on Earth”.

“Look for a Cross River governor that cuts across all ethnic groups, that has a track record of accommodation of all ethnicities and is also interested in the commonalities that bind us rather than things that divide us.
“I don’t believe in ethnicity but merit, if you want to challenge me, do so on the basis of competence.

“This is why I hate it when people speak to me on the basis of ethnicity, speak to me on quality and competence and through my dint of experience and hard work no candidate is better than me.

“Inside these ethnic concussions are their own personal interests and you are not able to distinguish them.

“They are talking about going back to the South, but we talk about going back to you”. Onor added.