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Ayade flags off 2022 Calabar Carnival dry run
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State has flagged off the first dry run of the 2022 Calabar Carnival with the theme “Agro-Industrialization”.
Flagging off the event on Sunday in Calabar, Ayade said that the theme of the carnival was chosen to send a message to the global community that Africans can depend on themselves for food.
He decried the high agro-industrial dependence of African countries on western nations despite the vast arable land God has blessed the continent with.
In his words, “Today, we have great reasons to celebrate because Cross River is gathered yet again, to witness the carnival that characterizes creativity.
“The theme for this year is agro-industrialization and indeed, agro-industrialization is the way to go.
“For any nation that is committed and serious, that is the way to go. The greatest insecurity is hunger. There is no insecurity more threatening to man than the insecurity of hunger.
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“The war between Ukraine and Russia led to a scarcity of grains, this means that by the unset of 2023, the nation will be in big trouble.
“Therefore, I see a harbinger of scarcity, hunger and pain, grinding people to their zenith in terms of criminality and animalism,” he said.
He used to occasion to reiterate his support and commitment towards the return of power to the southern senatorial district of the state in 2023.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of the Calabar Carnival Commission, Mr Austin Cobham, described the dry run as the mother of all dry runs due to the additional bands in the carnival.
Cobham disclosed that the presence of the service commanders in the state indicated that Cross River was ready to host the world.
He congratulated Ayade for expanding the carnival bands from five to seven, which he said was creating an avenue for more participation.
He further commended the governor for the theme, saying that it could not have come at a better time that the world was going through a period of war and growing insecurities after being ravaged by COVID-19.
