Eket federal constituency adopts A’Ibom SSG as sole guber candidate
The people of Eket Federal Constituency comprising Eket, Onna, Esit Eket and Ibeno local government areas, on Thursday thronged the Eket Township Stadium to honour and unanimously adopt Udom Emmanuel as sole governorship candidate for the 2015 election.
In a grand reception to honour him, the people thanked the PDP leadership in the state led by Obong Paul Ekpo and Governor Godswill Akpabio for respecting the zoning policy of the party and zoned the governorship ticket to Eket Senatorial district.
Chairman of the occasion, Chief Ndueso Essien, a former House of Representatives member, said Eket is blessed with competent men and women but the decision to adopt Udom as sole candidate is to ensure orderliness and unity of purpose.
He said he has remained neutral as the Chairman of Eket senatorial district Elders Assembly, a body, he disclosed was formed to confront the insult on Eket senatorial district by some self-serving politicians in Uyo that the district lacked competent people to take over from Akpabio.
The former federal minister noted that since the political consultation doors opened, he has been consulted by over 25 aspirants from the senatorial district who are qualified and competent to seek the office of the governor. He said of those who have consulted him, however, Emmanuel showed exceptional brilliance, intellect and competence that cannot be ignored.
Essien , a member of the recently concluded National Conference, said having remained neutral for many months, it was time to make a decision on who was more qualified to succeed Akpabio, and after all due considerations from 18 aspirants who had consulted him, the federal constituency came to the unanimous decision to adopt Udom Emmanuel as the sole candidate in the primaries and the forthcoming elections.
The Chairman, Eket Local Government Area, Aniekan Akpan, said the area has a lot of aspirants in the four local government areas within the federal constituency and have unanimously agreed to throw full weight on Udom.
“We have so many qualified aspirants and as a people we sat down. Since we have come to a conclusion and we have accepted the fact that the governorship seat of Akwa Ibom State is zoned to Eket Senatorial district and we couldn’t afford to present all the aspirants, we then had to comfortably sit back among ourselves to look at these aspirants and to know precisely who among these aspirants, we should put forward as our sole candidate.
“We have looked at so many parameters. We have also looked at the connections of the aspirants. We also looked at the competence and all other factors and most importantly, we decided to go for an aspirant who will continue from where Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio stops. We also intend to go for an aspirant who will not take us back”.
Highpoint of the occasion was presentation of a sword of victory to Udom Emmanuel by the people of Eket Federal Constituency by the leader of Eket Federal Constituency, Chief Nduese Essien, who explained that the sword of victory signifies strength and energy to conquer.
He also encouraged him (Udom) to lead Akwa Ibom people in the path of righteousness and surpass the performance of Chief Godswill Akpabio. He also gave a plague of honour to the executive governor of Akwa Ibom State on his uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom State and thanked the governor for putting smiles on the faces of the people by delivering very life touching projects. The governor’s award was received by the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom, Lady Valerie Ebe, who represented the governor on the occasion.
In a grand reception to honour him, the people thanked the PDP leadership in the state led by Obong Paul Ekpo and Governor Godswill Akpabio for respecting the zoning policy of the party and zoned the governorship ticket to Eket Senatorial district.
Chairman of the occasion, Chief Ndueso Essien, a former House of Representatives member, said Eket is blessed with competent men and women but the decision to adopt Udom as sole candidate is to ensure orderliness and unity of purpose.
He said he has remained neutral as the Chairman of Eket senatorial district Elders Assembly, a body, he disclosed was formed to confront the insult on Eket senatorial district by some self-serving politicians in Uyo that the district lacked competent people to take over from Akpabio.
The former federal minister noted that since the political consultation doors opened, he has been consulted by over 25 aspirants from the senatorial district who are qualified and competent to seek the office of the governor. He said of those who have consulted him, however, Emmanuel showed exceptional brilliance, intellect and competence that cannot be ignored.
Essien , a member of the recently concluded National Conference, said having remained neutral for many months, it was time to make a decision on who was more qualified to succeed Akpabio, and after all due considerations from 18 aspirants who had consulted him, the federal constituency came to the unanimous decision to adopt Udom Emmanuel as the sole candidate in the primaries and the forthcoming elections.
The Chairman, Eket Local Government Area, Aniekan Akpan, said the area has a lot of aspirants in the four local government areas within the federal constituency and have unanimously agreed to throw full weight on Udom.
“We have so many qualified aspirants and as a people we sat down. Since we have come to a conclusion and we have accepted the fact that the governorship seat of Akwa Ibom State is zoned to Eket Senatorial district and we couldn’t afford to present all the aspirants, we then had to comfortably sit back among ourselves to look at these aspirants and to know precisely who among these aspirants, we should put forward as our sole candidate.
“We have looked at so many parameters. We have also looked at the connections of the aspirants. We also looked at the competence and all other factors and most importantly, we decided to go for an aspirant who will continue from where Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio stops. We also intend to go for an aspirant who will not take us back”.
Highpoint of the occasion was presentation of a sword of victory to Udom Emmanuel by the people of Eket Federal Constituency by the leader of Eket Federal Constituency, Chief Nduese Essien, who explained that the sword of victory signifies strength and energy to conquer.
He also encouraged him (Udom) to lead Akwa Ibom people in the path of righteousness and surpass the performance of Chief Godswill Akpabio. He also gave a plague of honour to the executive governor of Akwa Ibom State on his uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom State and thanked the governor for putting smiles on the faces of the people by delivering very life touching projects. The governor’s award was received by the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom, Lady Valerie Ebe, who represented the governor on the occasion.
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