We present to you Nigeria's youngest governor-elect in the just concluded general elections.
PDP's Professor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade who is the Cross River governor-elect, is the youngest of the governors-elect who will be inaugurated on the 29th May 2015.
The serving senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the Senate, 46-year-old Ayade was born on 2nd March 1969.
He attended Ambrose Alli University where he acquired his bachelor's in microbology; University of Ibadan for his M.Sc(Microbiology) and PhD in Environmental Microbiology. He also has a law degree from the Ambrose Alli University. Before he was elected senator in 2011, he was Chairman of the Cross River State Ecological Fund; and Chairman, International Institute for Environmental Research.