Cross River Governor, Ayade appoints Northerner, 12 others as commisioners

Cross River Governor Ben Ayade has reorganized his cabinet and sworn in a northerner and 12 additional individuals as commissioners.

Adamu Musa, a native of Kano state, is one of the latest appointees of the governor. He has been appointed as the South-South State’s new intergovernmental affairs commissioner.

According to a report by the News Agency for Nigeria, Eric Anderson, the previous commissioner for culture and tourism, has been named the commissioner for information and orientation.

The state’s major healthcare development agency’s previous director-general, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong, was chosen to serve as the commissioner of health.

Governor Ayade addressed to the new hires on January 10 in Calabar, the state capital, “Your coming on board is not by chance.
You have been carefully chosen to contribute your wealth of experience to our administration based on your integrity and skill.

You have your work cut out for you, and I hope you will represent our beloved state with pride.

Musa is the state of Cross River’s first Muslim non-indigenous commissioner.

The new commissioner is the first Muslim non-indigene to hold the job, according to journalist Jonh Ekpeyong of Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State, who shared additional details about Musa’s appointment on Wednesday, January 11.

State-owned Cross River Broadcasting Service employee Ekpenyong stated: “Residents’ reactions to the appointment have been conflicted.

While some believe it encourages diversity, others believe the governor is caving to outside pressures.

Personally, I don’t see any issues with it. We’ve had a number of Southerners in leadership roles in the north at the sub-national level.

Sincerely, I believe that at this moment, holding such positions should not be determined by a person’s place of origin, but rather by their ancestry and the contributions they have made to the society, and I believe that was what Governor Ayade was looking for.