Governor Ayade appoints special assistant on groundnut oil factory, 426 new aides


- The governor also appointed a special assistant on groundnut oil factory

- According to the governor's media aides, the appointments is to reduce social tensions in the state

Cross River state governor Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of 427 new aides, including a special assistant on groundnut oil factory.

The appointment was disclosed by Christian Ita, the governor’s special adviser on media and publicity.

According to him, the appointees include chairmen, members of boards of agencies, and special assistants, The Cable reports.

With this, the total number of the governor's aides is at least 517.

Going further, Ita said the governor made the decision to reduce social tension amid the coronavirus pandemic.


“There’s nothing wrong with that given that we’re building a groundnut oil factory. Besides it is the duty of government to create jobs for its citizens,” he said.

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“The governor has said repeatedly that he only needs about 5 percent of his appointees. So he deliberately creates this jobs to put food on the table so as to reduce social tension.”