Senator Florence Ita-Giwa has once again, dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ita-Giwa was the Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly Matters.
Her defection comes a few days after the Governor of Cross Rivers State, Ben Ayade also dumped the PDP and joined the APC.
She had initially defected from the PDP to the APC in 2017 before returning one year later when she described the APC as the home of confusion.
According to the former Senator, she joined the ruling party to be able to give her State Governor, Ben Ayade, the needed support to move the state forward.
Ita-Giwa’s statement:
“At 75 years of age, nothing will please me more than to relax and enjoy my celebrity status, attend events in eye-popping outfits and so on, but when a very driven digital Governor like Ben Ayade comes along with such verve and a vision that will lift my people and state out of perennial poverty, I am left with no option than to support him.
“Cross River State has had to bear the brunt of many economic setbacks, the loss of our oil fields, then more poignantly to me personally was the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon.
“In my position as a leader, it is incumbent on me to do all in my power to ameliorate the hardship my people are going through. In doing this I don’t mind being occasionally misunderstood by people who do not feel the pinch.
“What you described as mimicry is what I know to be the solution to my state’s perennial struggle with poverty and underdevelopment. Industrialisation holds the key to unlocking the vast potentials of my people and state.
“I, therefore, will not hesitate to do all that I can to promote it, which is why accepted to be the Cross River State Ambassador For Industrial Projects, even at the risk of being mocked by less discerning pundits.
“By the special grace of God, over the years I have amassed tons of goodwill both nationally and Internationally and I believe now is the time to put it to good use on behalf of my state. I fully intend to give this assignment my best, as I see it as the only path to the economic liberation of my people.”
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