By Amb. Kanjal Awam
The appointment of Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba as Chairman Governing Board of Rubber Research Institute, Benin, by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu is a huge feather and will further bolster the sociopolitical dynamics of the state and open up a lot of vistas. Recall that the Cross River State governor, Senator Prince Bassey Otu and Deputy Chairman of South South Governors Forum have been instrumental in stabilizing the politics of the region.
With Prince Otu Cross River State has played pivotal roles in driving the political processes that saw the victory of the All Progressives Congress winning in Edo State and Imo States. Although strategically positioned in the region, but not adequately rewarded in the political bargaining. Before the appointment of Ntufam Prince Hilliard Eta, Chairman Governing Board of National Youth Service Corps and Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba, Chairman Governing Board of Rubber Research Institute, Benin, there was a yawning gap in Cross River State in appointments into Federal boards and parastatals in the Tinubu’s administration.
The commendation of Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba appointment by Amb. Kanjal Awam, Publisher/Editor in Chief of Inside Cross River News Magazine, is not just a nod on Eba’s competence, and verve but to curry the magnanimity of Mr President to ask for more dividends for Cross River State. His impressive journey in public life is coming at a time when the state is officially flagging off the construction of Special Agro Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) in Cross River State by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu and soon to commence the construction of the Cross River stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Highway.
As Cross River State APC Chairman he has united the party in the midst of fierce turbulence, a dogged stickler of the Renewed Hope mantra and a famous Political Evangelist, the appointment of Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba has further demonstrated President Tinubu’s knack for outsourcing excellence and a listener of the people’s yearnings and aspirations.
As Secretary of the Forum of State Chairmen who led a delegation of State Chairmen in 2024 to the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR to appeal for reward for Party stalwarts including States Chairmen of APC, the results has yielded dividends as the President kept to his promise with the appointment of all 36 States Chairmen of APC into various boards.
Interestingly, the state is in a new political threshold following the appointment of Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba by the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) into the Seven man Constitution Review Committee of the party. This has not only consummated Eba as a dogged party man but a figure to reckon with in the All Progressives Congress.
Congratulations to Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba.