Cross River State Governor, Sen. Prince Bassey Otu, has dismissed claims that the state’s absence from the latest list of ambassadorial nominees reflects weak federal presence.
Speaking at the Cross River Journalist Forum, CROSSJOF, Day of Unveiling of the Panorama in Abuja on Tuesday, Otu insisted that all federal appointments remain at the discretion of the President and must be understood within proper statutory and political contexts.
The governor, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Media, Abuja, Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche, was responding to earlier claims by a former Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, that the state’s political and economic fortunes were dwindling under the current administration.