The Senator representing Cross River North in the Senate, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has declared his intention to re-contest in 2023.
The Senator disclosed this on Monday, in a post on his Facebook page.
Senator Jarigbe, who was declared as the rightful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the bye-election conducted in 2020, by a Federal High Court, wrote:
MY DECLARATION TO CONTEST FOR THE SENATE SEAT, TO REPRESENT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF CROSS NORTH.
The good people of Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency gave me a mandate to represent them in the House of Representatives in 2015 and also got me reelected to the House of Representatives in 2019, until I took the Oath of Office on the 15th of September, 2021 to represent Cross River North Senatorial District in the Senate, after emerging victorious in a keenly contested Senate By-Election.
I became a Senator in circumstances which are largely divine; circumstances that showed the enterprising and unconquered spirit of an average Cross Riverian in general, and that of northern Cross Riverians in particular. That unction that made me Senator has defined and sustained my engagement with my people for the past six months.
The principles of accessibility, human capital and infrastructural development have underpinned my legislative sojourn over the years. How to make life better for my people, is my utmost assignment. This is not just another empty political rhetoric. No. We walk the talk.
While staying top notch in the primary assignment of a legislator, there is no ward in Ogoja/Yala that has not experienced human capital and infrastructural improvement through our intervention: we have provided roads, drinking water, solar powered lightings, educational and medical facilities, financial grants for small and medium scale entrepreneurs, equipment for businesses, empowerments, etc.
When we got into the Senate barely six months ago, we immediately expanded these human capital and infrastructural development to Bekwarra, Obanliku and Obudu Local Governments. In this year's budget, I made sure that a project is captured in every ward in the 5 Local Governments that make up the Senatorial District.
We have shown, over the years, that being a legislator is beyond law making. Being a legislator is about influence, intervention and engagement for the good of our people.
My declaration today is an answer to the call of my people to continue to serve them. I answer this call with a high sense of responsibility; one which transcends party affiliations, tongues, religion or ideology. In 2023, when I take the oath of office again, by the grace of God, I will be a Senator for all. What binds us together is stronger than what seeks to separate us.
I have received monetary donations to enable me pick up my intent/ nomination forms later in the week and remain very grateful to the donors.
We will not follow anyone who will not better our lives. We will not trade our destinies for crumbs from the table of taskmasters. Finally, we will remain UNCONQUERED.
My name is Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, and I'm running for the Senate Seat in 2023, to represent the good people of Cross River North.
God bless you, all.
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