Jake Enyia,Senior Special Adviser to the Cross River State Governor on Political Affairs Jake Enyia, and an associate professor of law in the University of Calabar, disclosed that says people asked him to reject the appointment.
He narrated that the same people mocked him when he didn’t make it to the list of commissioner nominees, and that when this appointment as SA Political Affairs came, they advised him to reject it. “When the appointment was made, people called me to reject it because I am bigger than the appointment. Others called me to say if I accept the appointment, it means I am greedy, so many calls.”
“That’s the nature of man but I want to say that I have accepted the governor’s appointment”, he said.
Jake Enyia, before his recent appointment has served as a local government chairman, two term member of the state House of Assembly, Director General of the State Electrification Agency, Aviation Commissioner, among other responsibilities.
Affirming his willingness to work with the present government, the newly appointed Special Adviser said he is confident the Governor’s belief in his capacity is not in doubt and that he will do everything possible to deliver on the mandate of his new role.
