Forward of the Native Authorities elections, which can be held anytime quickly in Cross River State, the youths in Obubra Native Authorities Space have rejected the zoning of the Council seat to Okum bloc.
The youths, underneath the umbrella of Adun Youth Discussion board in Constituency II, said this in a press assertion made obtainable to CONVERSEER on Monday, twenty sixth August 2024.
Based on the assertion, the group mentioned the place ought to be thrown open for everybody to contest.
The youths who had been reacting to the purported decision reached by the Adun-Okum stakeholders underneath the chairmanship of Prof. Anyi Ajake Obongha, mentioned the Okum bloc already has its share of illustration within the present dispensation, including that it’s going to not be honest if the Chairmanship seat is zoned to the world.
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“The eye of members of the Adun Youth Discussion board of Obubra Constituency II, Obubra Native Authorities Space of Cross River State, has been drawn to a decision purportedly reached at a gathering of Adun-Okum stakeholders underneath the chairmanship of 1 Prof. Anyi Ajake Obongha on the NUT Secretariat at 100 Marian Street in Calabar on the twenty third day of August 2024, purporting that every one stakeholders of Adun-Okum constituency have agreed that the Native Authorities Chairmanship be solely zoned to Okum bloc within the forthcoming Native Authorities elections.
“We succinctly and categorically state that the purported decision neither represents the curiosity of the Adun bloc nor the general curiosity of the individuals of Obubra Native Authorities Space, as similar is egocentric and a calculated try to rob the individuals of Obubra of credible illustration on the Native Authorities Chairmanship election.
“It’s pertinent to state that the Okum bloc is presently inundated with political appointees together with the Commissioner for Ladies Affairs, and a Home of Representatives member who’s in his third cycle of 4 years on the Nationwide Meeting, while the Adun bloc in Obubra Constituency II has barely a member in the home of meeting within the current Authorities.
“Nonetheless, it’s the want of our individuals, the individuals of Obubra Native Authorities Space, to have a free and honest election the place a preferred and credible consultant of the individuals can be allowed to vie for the workplace of the Chairman of Council.
“Lastly, it’s our place that the Okum bloc just isn’t entitled to get pleasure from zoning as that may deprive Obubra the chance of electing a reputable and competent Chairman in a simply and honest electoral course of.
“We belief that the management of our nice celebration is not going to help the oppressive intentions of those enemies of democracy,” the assertion learn.
