Esit Eket/Ibeno State Constituency: Usoro Akpanusoh stands tall

* He is the best man for the job- ex council boss
* Why we will vote him- Felix Udoh
 BY EMMANUEL AKPAN

The people of Esit Eket Local Government  Area have unanimously agreed to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates at the polls during the forthcoming general elections.

They made their position known publicly on Tuesday and Wednesday during a ward to ward campaign of the standard bearer of the Party for Esit Eset/Ibeno State Constituency, Rt. Hon. Usoro Akpanusoh in the area.

The campaign which attracted PDP State and Chapter officers of the area, Stakeholders, Women, Elders of all the wards, Youths, past and present political office holders of the area, took place at different village squares of the wards.

Addressing the people at the different venues, Rt. Hon. Usoro Akpanusoh said he decided to embark on ward to ward campaign in order to solicit for votes for all the PDP candidates which included President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to return as president, Akwa Ibom State PDP governorship standard bearer Mr. Udom Emmanuel as next governor, PDP Senatorial District Candidate, Chief Nelson Effiong as the next Senator for Eket Senatorial District, PDP candidate for Eket Federal Constituency, Mrs. Owoidighe Ekpoattai and himself as the next House of Assembly member.

Akpanusoh said the ward to ward campaign was necessary in order to meet with the grass root people as well as know their problems so that when elected, he will try to solve them which will be part of his community developmental projects even as he promised them effective and efficient representation.     

According to him “why we are doing this is to solicit for votes and most importantly to sensitize the people on the new method of voting. This is because we know the important of the electorates at the polls. The coming election is very different from the previous elections because of the introduction of card reader. So we decided to go down to the unit and ward levels to educate the people on the need for them to go out and vote PDP on the elections day. The tour has afforded me the opportunity to know what the problems of the people are.” He said. 

Continuing, Akpanusoh said “I will empower the women, youths, give scholarships and I will be coming back to brief my people on the progress. I will work with the incoming government of Akwa Ibom State to make sure that dividends of democracy are felt in my Constituency. My representation at the State Assembly will be very effective.”  

He said if he wins as the next House of Assembly member, he will attract developmental projects to the constituency, empower the youths and give scholarship to the people. “God will use me to re-write the story of the Esit Eket/ Ibeno State Constituency.” 

The Esit Eket/Ibeno PDP candidate promised to establish cordial relationship between State government and his people which according to him will bring developments to the constituency. He furthered assured the people that some of their requests will always be captured in the State budget. He promised to run a free transport programme for his people as well as empower the people through micro finance programe and a lot of benefiting programmes await them.

He said that PDP government at both National and State level has performed creditably well, stressing the need for the people to vote President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to return as president, Akwa Ibom State PDP governorship standard bearer Mr. Udom Emmanuel as next governor, PDP Senatorial District Candidate, Chief Nelson Effiong as the next Senator for Eket Senatorial District, PDP candidate for Eket Federal Constituency, Mrs. Owoidighe Ekpoattai and himself as the next AKHA member.

Speaking at Etebi, ward 7, the Executive Chairman of Esit Eket, Hon. Ibanga Etang said the entire Esit Eket people will work and ensure all PDP candidates win at the polls, adding that PDP will win all the way in the area having benefited a lot from the party. Etang, who accompanied Usoro Akpanusuoh to the campaign, stressed the need for the people to deliver all the PDP standard bearers as they are the only candidates that will give Esit Eket LGA quality and effective representations. 

Also speaking, the SA to Governor Godswill Akpabio on Projects Monitory, Pastor Isaiah Abia took time to sensitize the people on the new voting method. He noted that the emergence of Udom Emmanuel, a son of Eket Senatorial District, is a convincing evidence that democracy has come to stay and the PDP has proven that it believes in equity and justice by zoning the governorship seat to Eket Senatorial District.

The Chapter Chairman of PDP in Esit Eket, Mr. Godwin Abia said ward to ward campaign was a confirmation of the party’s wide acceptance and extreme confidence on the candidates whom he described as dream team. He called on the people to vote PDP candidates all through the elections.

Ward chairmen in their different speeches said people of the area were poised to vote for PDP at all levels at the polls cautioning that there won’t be any compromise in achieving total victory for the party as it remains a PDP LGA. They said all the villages in their respective wards will stand firm with PDP candidates as well as vote for the party at the polls overwhelmingly.

A former council chairman of Esit Eket, Hon. Victor Bassey Isangedighi in his remarks, charged the people to reject opposition parties at the polls even as he called on them to vote massively for PDP. “You can see the turnout is very impressive in every ward, is this because of the performance of PDP in Esit Eket LGA. There is no ward that we cannot point at what we have done as a party and because that people are so eager to vote PDP.” He described Usoro Akpanusoh as a grass root politician and somebody that is well know, adding that he has every chance of winning the election and said with Akpanusoh’s experience as a former councilor and former vice chiarman, he is the best man for the job. 

The State Chairman of NULGE, Mr. Felix Udoh in a chat with our reporter, said PDP has never disappointed the area and that all the PDP candidates will represent the area effectively. The NULGE chairman who is from the area, charged the people of the area to work in unity in achieving a resounding success at the polls for all the PDP candidates. “Usoro Akpanusoh is going to make it, why I am saying so is that he has impacted a lot on lives of youths and that is why we are all out to support him. I am in love with somebody that always helps the people of my community.”

A PDP women leader, Mrs. Nkoyo Simeon while speaking charged the women to queue behind all PDP candidates to actualize the mandate of the party’s candidates in the elections.