I’m the most accessible politician in Cross River politics- Owan Enoh
Oru Leonard
APC, Governorship hopeful in Cross River State, Distinguished Senator John Owan Enoh has said that he is the most accessible politician in Cross River State.
Owan Enoh made the statement during a courtesy visit to the Cross River State Journalists Forum (CROSSJOF).
According to him, “There are lots and lots and lots that I think that we need to do as a people to provide leadership. If I couldn’t do this job I won’t come back again and say I want to run. I have a passion to do this job. I have a passion for leadership, I have the passion to gain, I’m the most accessible politician in Cross River politics. On a daily basis I am interacting with Cross Riverians from Bakassi to Obanliku to Yala through text messages which I don’t ignore.
Owan Enoh who said he is the best candidate to take over as Cross River State Governor in 2023 was optimistic sighting his past experiences as a candidate in the 2015 governorship election and as a past serving senator, house of Reps member and the state House of Assembly
”I will provide the kind of transparent and accountable leadership that our people need and require,” he added.
He also said he will combine Donald Duke’s tourism initiative, Liyel Imoke’s community development and Ben Ayade’s industrialisation projects under his administration if elected.
He reiterated that he will align the developmental goals and objectives with the three previous administrations as mentioned in his declaration statement.
On the Debt Burden of the state. Owan said he would work to improve revenue generation to offset the high debt burden which he said is slowing the growth of the state in Nigeria.
“If you look at my manifesto, there are a lot of initiatives to grown revenue and I can mention, when you start a tech hob it means that youre looking at the present and the future and what can it be. When you grow house hold income deliberately by setting up let’s say different programs like the hospitality programs, to train and to grow and export those that you’ve trained. For too long Cross River is seen as a tourist state, but we are also not deliberately producing the personnel that makes us competitive. So we get into that and begin to explore to take care of the customer need in the hospitality industry, “he stated.
On Regaining oil wells, Owan said he will engage stakeholders to address the issues of regaining the Cross River’s oil wells and lands that were ceded to Akwa Ibom State and Cameroon.
Senator Owan Enoh who he has right of first refusal on the issue of zoning and consensus candidature called on members of CROSSJOF to take interest in the emergence of APC leadership in Cross River State.
