By Ogenyi Ogenyi,Uyo
Governor Umoh Eno of Akwa Ibom and 31 Persons Living With Disabilities were among the 62 National Delegates elected by the PDP in the state last weekend.
New leadership also emerged across all 31 Local Government chapters of the party following the election of Chapter Executive Committee Members for a four-year tenure.
At the congress, a total of 18 Chapter Officers were elected in each Local Council, including one National Delegate and one PLWDs.
Eno who was elected as National Delegate in Nsit Ubium LGA in his goodwill message praised the unity of purpose and dogged resolve to victory that have remained as the defining traits of the PDP in the State and urged the newly elected officers to be prepared to work to steady the party on the path of successive electoral victory.
Addressing stakeholders and returning officers just before their departure to the various LGAs, state chairman of the PDP, Mr Aniekan Akpan harped on the need to elect officers who are ready to make the needed sacrifices of stewardship.
“In this State, our Party, the PDP is privileged to stay as the most loved, and preferred Political Party for Akwa Ibom people. Therefore those who will elect must be persons who will adopt an altruistic disposition that will make millions of people continue to admire the PDP and choose us.” Akpan said.
Commenting on the exercise, State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr Udeme Otong, while congratulating the new chapter EXCO of the party in Abak, attributed the success of the exercise to the transparency and internal democracy in the party.
Speaking in Nsit Ubium and Uruan respectively, Senator Effiong Bob and Senator Ankekan Bassey, commended the Congress delegates and congratulated the newly elected party executive in area.
Former National Legal Adviser of the party, Emmanuel Enoidem, SAN, in Etim Ekpo LGA said that the exercise did not fail to meet the excellent expectations of the party while in Itu LGA, Deputy Speaker, Kufreabasi Edidem, noted that the elective congress was “seamless and rancor-free”, applauding the stakeholders of the party for the unity in producing the first ever chapter female chairman of the party.
In Eket, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chef Frank Archibong, said Eket has never failed the party and will never fail while in Ibiono Ibom,sakeholders State Publicity Secretary, Mr Borono Bassey, also gave thumbs up on the emergence of the newly elected executive of the party, led by Mr Unyime Leo, expressing delight that the seamless process would solidify the already stronghold of PDP in the area.
In Uyo, the Chairman of Akwa Ibom State Local Government Service Commission, Mr Monday Eyo, described the process as seamless and hitch-free, commending the state leadership of the PDP for their transparency while lauding the Gov Eno for providing leadership and direction.
In their separate responses shortly after emerging victorious at the polls, newly elected Chapter Chairmen of the PDP in Ibiono Ibom, Uruefong/Oruko and Uyo Chapters, pledged to hit the ground running in the task of working to deepen the footprints of electoral victories of the PDP in the state.
The 5-Man Chapter Congress Electoral Committee for Akwa Ibom from the National Headquarters of the Party has Mr Ene Ndubuisi David as Chairman and Mr Emmanuel Ekpe as Secretary.
