Youth Group supports power shift Eket Senatorial District

As the clamour for the governorship of the State to shift to Eket Senatorial District is intensified, the Akwa Ibom Amalgamated Youth Movement, a pressure group in the state has pledged its total support to the course.

The group informed our Correspondent through its Director of Media and Strategy, Mr. Dickson Akpan that “the  is not only timely, but very reasonable in view of the fact that both Uyo and Eket Senatorial Districts have already produced two notable governors for the state. The move for the shift shows that Akwa Ibom people are thinking more of unity, and a strong desire to avoid any step that will put undue tension on the thin fabrics of the state.”
People of the state have been polarized as to where the governorship of the state should go to in 2015. While some persons believe that it should go to Eket Senatorial District, some think differently.

Governor Godswill Akpabio has on different occasions advised that there should be equity in the rotation of positions in the state, and has always insisted that this is the position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), noting often that, the PDP will support any move that will unite the people.
It is on the basis of this that more people in the state have increased their agitation for power shift to this senatorial district that have not produced a governor since this new dispensation started in 1999. 

Jimmy Edemekong, the National President of the group explained that, “Governor Akpabio deserves should be applauded for following the foot-steps of Obong Attah in ensuring that people from all parts of the state are not only included, but made to participate in the governance structure of the state.
“You don’t necessarily need to be an indigene of any of the communities in Eket before you support this move for inclusiveness. Akwa Ibom will thrive better when we learn to appreciate each other with a move like this. This is the peoples’ decision, and it must be respected. 

“We are happy to inform the national and state of the PDP that Akwa Ibom decided on where power should rotate to in line with the Constitution of the PDP.

“The good people of the State, particularly the youths feel very strongly, that Eket as a senatorial district should concerned about producing somebody with the capacity of a statesman, who will work to improve on what Governor Akpabio has done. We need a statesman, and not a politician who will divide the rank of our people. We want the building of a greater Akwa Ibom with limitless opportunities for the people. Let Akwa Ibom become the land of fulfillment.”