The governor while speaking with the State House correspondents expressed his support for Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade, describing it as perfect.
Ayade, who is the member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, made the statement at a time members and the leadership of his party are blaming the leader of the nation of partisanship in the anti-corruption war.
He stated that with the poverty rate in Nigeria despite its large natural resources, any serious administration must take the issue of corruption seriously just as President Buhari was doing.
Governor Ayade said the ongoing efforts had commenced giving up results by providing the country the kind of international image that it needed.
He said: “The anti-corruption war is perfect. Those who know the pains, hardship and frustrations that Nigerians have passed through will agree with me on this.
“As a nation, there is so much in terms of natural resources and the people are so poor.
President Buhari welcomes Ben Ayade, Cross River state governor.
“It is only obvious that any serious government must take the issue of corruption seriously, and I think that is why today Nigeria is beginning to have national and international image that looks like Nigeria is getting prepared for business.
“That is why investments are flowing into Cross River State, that is a sign that the anti-corruption war is actually working and it is giving Nigeria the international image that we need.”
The governor added that he visited Buhari to praise him for some of his policies that had also helped Cross River state fantasticly.
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, recently announced that the war against corruption in Nigeria would be a very hard one to wage.
However, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo insisted that the government is serious about ending corruption and that no looter would be spared.
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