Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, says Nigerians must stop
“demarketing” the country in order not to discourage foreign investors.
Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Channels
Television, Ayade said investors will be discouraged from doing business with
Nigeria if people continue to spread bad news about the country.
The Cross River governor bemoaned what he described as
politics seeking the downfall of the ruling party, saying it does not translate
to the good of the country.
Ayade urged Nigerians to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) for continuity in government, adding that countries that have made progress had long-term leadership.
“If you look all over
the world, nations that have really made progress are nations that have had a
very stable government, a very consistent and long-term leadership. For a
third-world country to run a first-world democracy is quite primitivist,” he
said.
“It is just like the lifestyle we live in Nigeria is a
first-world lifestyle in a third-world economy. There is a disconnect.
“There is a broken corporate personality in this country.
Until all those are addressed, we will continue to have this situation and this
is why I have moved to the centre; to really add my own strong voice to the
credibility and stability of this nation.
“The young people are
watching and are seeing that politicians are playing politics with their
future.
“Just look at the newspapers, go to the internet and
everything you read about Nigeria is woe. How will you call any investor to
come to a country like that?
“When we use our own mouth, our own print media, our own
newspaper to demarket the country, I think sometimes I shudder with pain.
“And I will just really wonder if this is the way to go as a
nation, particularly when Nigeria represents the growth and the direction of
the black man in the world.”
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