The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, through the years, has been enmeshed in inside disaster which has affected its possibilities of occupying the hilltop mansion and different non-compulsory workplaces within the state. On the other hand, the chairman, media and exposure of the birthday party, Otuekong Iniobong John, on this interview with DAILY POST, expressed optimism that the birthday party will pop out more potent and take over the state. Excerpts!
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has suffered numerous setbacks in Akwa Ibom because of inside wranglings, are there steps being taken to deal with the problems?
You understand that politics is a recreation of negotiation, alignment and realignment. There may be sure to be struggle, false impression, fights and disaster. However the secret is the answer of the struggle. It’s not unusual to enjoy most of these in any political birthday party, however each and every affordable birthday party must every now and then arrange a equipment to reconcile aggrieved contributors again to the birthday party.
On our section, the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, all through APC stakeholders’ assembly within the Uyo Senatorial district on Thursday remaining week directed {that a} reconciliation committee must be set as much as cope with one of the vital problems rocking the birthday party within the state. I consider that the chairman of our birthday party, Obong Stephen Ntukekpo, is operating in opposition to that.
We can make sure that any one this is reconcilable could be reconciled again; those that have the passion of the birthday party would undoubtedly categorical their grievances and I’m assured that the problems that might be raised will be addressed. I consider there may be mild on the finish of the tunnel; APC in Akwa Ibom will pop out higher, more potent on the finish of the workout. We can take over the state.
Probably the most contending problems is who will be the chief of the birthday party within the state, has that been addressed?
This can be a very evident case, the chief of a political birthday party in a state is all the time the governor of that state; in a scenario the place the birthday party does now not have a governor, the very best score political administrative center holder from that state within the birthday party would be the chief. As of now, APC does now not have a governor in Akwa Ibom and the very best score political administrative center holder is Senator Godswill Akpabio, who’s the quantity 3 citizen within the nation. No longer simply that, Akpabio is the one one that has been a governor within the birthday party, I imply on the state stage, so it’s undisputed that no different individual would arise now to combat that place with him.
Governor Umo Eno, on December 6, 2023, arrange a transition committee for native executive management, are you glad with that?
The speculation of instituting a transition committee to run the affairs of native executive councils is a breach of the charter. The Charter of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended says that there will be elected native executive council to run the affairs of native executive management national, so there was once no provision for unelected native executive officers any place and to that extent one can safely conclude that the contraption known as native executive transition committee is unusual to the charter after which it’s argued that the rest this is in struggle with the provisions of the charter is null and void to the level of the inconsistency.
It’s an aberration, a contraption and unknown to the charter, so our birthday party being a believer in due procedure and within the charter, we don’t consider in that procedure.
All issues being equivalent, AKISIEC following the directives of Gov Umo Eno would habits LG elections by means of June, 2024, how ready is APC to clutch no less than a couple of native executive spaces within the state?
Neatly, that national, native executive management is understood to be unique industry of the birthday party in energy in that state since the state electoral fee is created to serve the passion of the birthday party in energy. So you are going to accept as true with me that it’s all the time in very uncommon instances that you are going to see an opposition birthday party defeating the birthday party in energy in a neighborhood executive election this is carried out by means of the electoral fee set as much as serve the passion of the birthday party in energy.
The Younger Progressives Birthday celebration, YPP, over the weekend collapsed its construction into APC and two of YPP applicants might be having a rerun subsequent month; is APC operating in opposition to supporting the ones applicants?
Neatly, the applicants involved- one from Ibiono Ibom State constituency and the Ikono/Ini federal constituency are nonetheless the applicants of the Younger Progressives Birthday celebration, YPP, they’ve now not defected to APC but, so they’re squarely dealing with their elections and now not a question of APC. The truth that their chief defected to the APC does now not imply that every one of them are actually in APC; on the other hand, it’s believed that sooner or later, they are going to sign up for their grasp to our birthday party, APC.