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December 29, 2015 Press Release PDP IS THE ONLY PARTY THAT HAS DIRECTION FOR DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA Our attention has been drawn to several verbal attack and uncomplimentary remarks by some shameless individuals that the Peoples Democratic Party is dead and has since been buried in Nigeria political lexicon. We would have ignore these rabble rousers for what they are and their deficit of idea on what constitute an opposition government but we want to put the record straight that the Peoples Democratic Party is and remain the only political party in Nigeria with national interest as others are promoting ethnic agenda. The party in the last 16 years that it held sway to power at the center has embarked on laudable policies and programs that has direct effect on the lives of millions of Nigerians. It is therefore unfortunate that the highest beneficiaries of PDP administration are the same people who are running their mouth at every occasion to cast aspersion on the P...

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF IKOT EKPENE SENATORIAL DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS MEETING HELD AT THE SENATORIAL CONSTITUENCY DISTRICT OFFICE, UKANA, ESSIEN UDIM LGA ON DECEMBER 24, 2015 The Stakeholders of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, in a meeting to consider and deliberate on issues of currency and importance to the Senatorial District in particular and Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria in general, do resolve to pursue the ends of justice, democracy and good governance as a tripartite principle to uplift our society. The meeting in consideration of these principles further resolved as follows: 1. That we stand by the election of Governor Udom Emmanuel as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State and by the mandate freely given to him to exercise that office along with Mr Moses Ekpo, MFR, as his deputy, in a free and fair election on April 11, 2015. 2. That the mandate was given to Mr Udom Emmanuel from Eket Senatorial District based on the need for equity, fairness, justice and fair...

Elders from Eket Federal Constituency in Akwa Ibom State have restated their resolve to remain in unequivocal support of Governor Udom Emmanuel for eight uninterrupted years, irrespective of the outcome of the ongoing litigation in the Supreme Court. Prominent leaders from the Governor’s home federal constituency, led by Chief Nduese Essien , Elder Benji Udobia, Ntisong Essien Ekidem, Chief Sunny Udonsek, among others in a solidarity visit to the Governor at government house, expressed dismay over the nullification of the governorship election by the federal court of appeal In Abuja last weekend.   In a speech delivered by General Anthony Etukudo (OON), the Elders said that they where not disenchanted by whatever decision by the court, as they are constantly in readiness to deliver 100 percent support in defence of the mandate on Governor Emmanuel. “What we demand is a free, fair and credible election because we know that if election is held hundred times ...

AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DISTINGUISHED SENATOR BASSEY ALBERT AKPAN; CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON GAS, AT THE INAUGURAL SESSION HELD IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX ON TUESDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER, 2015 Protocols: I want to, personally, and on behalf of all distinguished members of this Committee, thank the leadership of the Senate for finding us worthy to serve in the present capacity. Although, al l Committees of the Senate are equal in every respect, the Senate Committee on Gas is however distinct in a way. It is special not for any other reason than for the nature of its critical responsibility to our country’s energy formation. Sen. Bassey Albert Akpan (OBA) As a Committee of the 8th Assembly, our mandate and related activities are derived from Rule 98(29) of the Senate Standing Orders 2015 (As Amended) pursuant to Section 62(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Specifically, we are bound to legislate and oversight on exploration and ...

Kogi election: APC will only substitute Audu during supplementary election- Attorney General says The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, says for the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election, the APC will only need to substitute its candidate, Abubakar Audu, who died on Sunday. Malami said this while speaking at a seminar organised by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission on the reform of the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act in Abuja today November 24th. “The issue is very straightforward. Fundamentally, Section 33 of the Electoral Act is very clear that in case of death, the right for substitution by political a political party is sustained by the provisions of section 33 of the Electoral Act. And if you have a community reading of that section with Section 221 of the Constitution, which clearly indicates that the right to vote is the right of a political party a...

PRESS RELEASE RE - APC’S PRESS RELEASE: UDOM EMMANUEL MUST DECLARE HIS ASSETS AND DISCLOSE STATE’S FULL DEBT PROFILE Our attention has been drawn to the Press Release by the APC dated June 23, 2015 with the above caption. Let me on behalf of the 5 million people of Akwa Ibom State thank the All Progressives Congress (APC) for finally agreeing that elections did take place in Akwa Ibom State on April 11, and that Udom Emmanuel of the PDP was massively and overwhelmingly voted into office as the Governor of our dear State. With this acknowledgement, I hope the APC can now join hands to build our State and support the people-centric programmes of the Udom Emmanuel administration. Shortly after Governor Emmanuel was sworn-in, he hit the ground running and to show a total dedication to his main campaign promise of rapid industrialization, he has already set up a technical committee for the realization of the Ibom Deep Seaport, made up of thorough-bred professionals, with the dead...

By Ubong David Within two weeks of his inauguration as the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has received bashing from many Nigerians especially from the camp of the new opposition party which am a strong member, the Peoples Democratic Party. Many political activists has emerged and more critics has resurface the social media. This is much expected as I earlier submitted due to what the former opposition party, the All Progressive Congress did to PDP led administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. When President Muhammadu Buhari was finally announced as the winner of the March 28 presidential election, thousand of PDP members whose present are dominant on social media also promised to retaliate. What we are experiencing in the first two weeks of President Muhammadu Buhari administration is a fulfillment of that promise and Nigerian should not be surprise on this development. MY OBSERVATION While many political activists has emerged, a pointer to the ...

June 03, 2015 His Excellency, Deacon Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Executive Governor Akwa Ibom State Your Excellency,  Let me use this medium to publicly congratulate you on your well-deserved victory at the April 11, 2015 gubernatorial election in the state and your subsequent swearing-in as the fourth democratically elected chief executive of Akwa Ibom State since its creation in September 1987. Indeed, your emergence is an act of God and I therefore urge the people of Akwa Ibom State to give you the necessary support and enabling environment to deliver on your mandate to the people of Akwa Ibom State. TAKING THE STATE TO GOD IN PRAYER Your Excellency, let me also commend you for the singular act to commit the affairs of your administration in the hands of God by first holding a Thanksgiving Service at Ibom Hall Ground which is the norm by the immediate past administration but you followed it with a 3 Days Fasting and Prayers with the people of the s...

SENATOR HELEN ESUENE, THE NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS OF AKWA IBOM STATE It was on November 4, 1924 that Nellie Tayloe Ross was duly elected as the first governor in the history of the United State of America after the death of her husband, William Bradford Ross on October 2, 1924 from a complication from an appendectomy. Born on November 29, 1876 in St. Joseph, Missouri, Nelly was the sixth child and first daughter of James Wynn Tayloe, a native of Stewart County, Tennessee, and his wife, Elizabeth Blair Green who owned a plantation on the Missouri River. In 1884, when Nellie Tayloe was seven years of age, her family moved to Miltonvale in Cloud County in northern Kansas. This relocation happened after their Andrew County home burned and the sheriff was about to foreclose on the property. After she graduated from Miltonvale High School in 1892, her family moved to Ohama, Nebraska. During this time she taught private piano lessons, and also attended a teacher-training college f...