Samuel Effanga is the best for Uyo Federal Constituency - UPSM

Hon Peter Udoh recently won an election and emerged as the Coordinator, Uyo Peoples Solidarity Movement; he is a former councilor of Uyo urban ward two. He says his election to serve the group is to ensure that he brings on board his wealth of Experience to better the lives of Uyo people at home and abroad. In a twenty five minutes chat with THE INK reporter in Uyo, the ex-councilor said, it is the wish and desire of the people of Uyo federal constituency to ensure that by 2015, Hon Samuel Effanga is the man to represent Uyo Federal Constituency at the green Chambers of the National Assembly. Read Excerpts

You have been elected the National Coordinator Uyo Peoples movement, how did the victory came to you?
Well I will say it was an act of God because in any position or place of leadership that you find yourself it is God that made it possible. Secondly my people have that confidence in me and they know the kind of person I am, so having gotten that in their mind they unanimously elected me. It was an election not appointment. I contested and they found me worthyto be their national coordinator.

How do you intend to reach out to those that are not in Akwa Ibom state and Cross River?
We have packaged a programme, it will soon be on air so that we will enlighten them on what that is going on here at home so that they too will be able to contribute their quota in terms of support to the projects we are handling. So we will use the media effectively, we will also liaise with them through some organizations that are in other places that is been cordinated by Uyo people. I am Uyo man and whatever that is happening to any uyo person outside this place concerning the project that we are handling, we will always reach out to them. My group, Uyo Peoples Solidarity Movement is for everybody we don’t discriminate, we have four clans in Uyo and our membership cuts across the four clans.

Akpabio & Emmanuel: Victims of a common cause

When freedom of speech is expressed with malice and no care is taken to ensure  truth, conscience and rights of others, I begin to wonder “if speech is truly free”. Worse still is when such speeches are made in total disregard of possible realignment considering change as a constant variable.

Some people say its democracy and I ask why we have refused to imbibe other positive virtues that democracy presents rather than live to make true the postulation of the Late Afrobeat icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti who described democracy as “a demonstration of craze”, no wonder President Idia Amin Of Uganda once said “there is freedom of speech but your freedom after the speech is not guaranteed”. Certainly people may feel they are free after a speech because they are not held behind bars but it is true that no injustice done to man shall go without redress, if not by man then certainly by God.

Nothing must happen to Mr. Ifreke Nseowo

 

 The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) in Akwa Ibom State understands the brewing feud between Mr. Iniobong Ekong, a retired captain of the Nigerian Army who also doubles as the Personal Assistant to Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State on Security and Mr. Ifreke Nseowo, the country’s youngest editor and Managing Editor of Community Pulse newspaper, a state-based tabloid readily throws its full weight behind Mr. Nseowo, in view of the security implications of unfolding events.