BREAKING: CROSIEC Chairman, Mike Ushie, Resigns

Jul 17, 2024 - 16:00
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BREAKING: CROSIEC Chairman, Mike Ushie, Resigns
Dr. Mike Ushie, outgone CROSIEC Chairman

By Ebi COLLINS 

The Chairman of Cross River Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Dr. Mike Ushie has resigned his position.

A letter addressed to the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, dated July 17, 2024, and signed by the outgone CROSIEC Chairman, stated: "I write to resign my appointment as Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC). This decision is to enable me to return to the University for further research work having served for over six years in that capacity."

Ushie thanked the Governor and people of Cross River State for the privilege to serve especially in delivering a peaceful Local Government Council election in 2020, which he stressed, was the first post Covid-19 election in Nigeria with hundred Percent compliance with International Safety Protocols.

"I wish His Excellency well in the implementation of the people's first agenda of his Administration.

"Accept the assurances of my highest esteem," the letter concluded.