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Governor Eno's 'Back to Farm' Initiative to Combat Food Inflation and Promote Economic Diversification in A'IbomBy Ekaet...
03/05/2024

Governor Eno's 'Back to Farm' Initiative to Combat Food Inflation and Promote Economic Diversification in A'Ibom

By Ekaette Okon Joseph,

On May 1, 2024, during the annual Workers' Day celebrations, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, announced a groundbreaking initiative to address food security and economic diversification: the "Back to Farm" program. This initiative declares the first and third Fridays of every month as Farm Days for all workers in the state. It's a bold step that aligns with Governor Eno's ARISE agenda, aimed at creating a sustainable and diversified economy.

The Back to Farm initiative is more than just a call to action; it's a response to the harsh reality of soaring food prices in Nigeria. According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the food inflation rate in March 2024 was a staggering 40.01% on a year-on-year basis, which is 15.56% higher than the rate recorded in March 2023.

This alarming trend has made it increasingly difficult for citizens to afford daily meals, eroding their purchasing power and deepening economic hardships.

The causes of this inflation include a surge in demand for foreign exchange, government policy shifts such as the removal of subsidies on petrol, and ongoing insecurity in northern Nigeria, which has disrupted food production and distribution.

Governor Eno's Back to Farm initiative is designed to create a sustainable solution to these challenges. By encouraging state workers to dedicate time to agricultural activities, the programme aims to boost local food production, reduce dependence on food imports, and mitigate the impact of inflation.

This initiative is complemented by the Bulk Purchase Agency, which was established as a short-term measure to purchase food produce and resell it to citizens at discounted rates. While the agency offers temporary relief, Governor Eno is clear that returning to farming is the long-term solution to food sufficiency.

Under the Back to Farm initiative, state workers, including the governor, deputy governor, Executive Council members, and even lawmakers, will participate in farming activities. This approach serves as a model for the rest of the state, encouraging citizens to embrace agriculture as part of economic diversification.

The programme will not only increase local food production but also create opportunities for growth within the agricultural ecosystem, including crop and animal farming, agro-processing, and marketing.

Governor Eno's initiative sets an example for other Nigerian states and development partners. It underscores the importance of agriculture in stabilising the economy and combating food inflation. By promoting self-sufficiency and reducing reliance on food imports, the Back to Farm programme could play a crucial role in stabilising food prices and creating a more secure future for Akwa Ibom State.

As this initiative unfolds, all citizens, public officials, and development partners must embrace the Back to Farm program. By doing so, we can work together to build a more resilient economy, ensure food security, and ultimately combat the inflation that has impacted so many Nigerian households.

Ekaette Okon Joseph is the Special Assistant to the Akwa Ibom State Governor on Media and writes from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.





10/07/2023

UNIUYO DISOWNS OBA'S STAR WITNESS, SAYS HE MISLED THE COURT WITH FORGED DOCUMENTS
…UWEM OKOKO CONFIRMS INEC RESULT TALLIED WITH UNIT RESULTS FROM PDP ACCREDITED AGENTS

A Director of Human Resources with the University of Uyo, Mr. Linus Okoko has established that a petitioner star witness, one Daniel Edet Akpan recently paraded by the YPP and its Governorship candidate, Senator Bassey Albert to testify before the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Uyo, claiming to be an Administrative Officer with the University is a actually an impostor, who should be made to face the full weight of the law, as the institution has no such name on its nominal roll.

Testifying, Monday at the tribunal, Mr. Okoko told the court that there is also no Faculty of Environmental Sciences in the University of Uyo, but Faculty of Environmental Studies, contrary to the claims by the said impostor. He also told the tribunal that all the documents paraded by OBA's star witness never emanated from the University of Uyo, as they are all forged documents.

He also revealed that the said Daniel’s letter of appointments and letter of promotion, which he tendered before the court on the day he testified are also forged.

Mr. Linus Okoko also hinted that the staff number cited by Daniel Edet Akpan as his, actually belongs to Mrs. Theresa Inokon, a staff of the Security Directorate of the University, while the reference number on the Promotion Letter he provided belongs to Mr. Nse Okon Udoh, an Environmental Officer in the Directorate of Security Service.

“I have conducted a thorough search on the University staff records. My Lord, I have produced the staff records of the University that were required by the court, I discovered that his letter of appointment as Clerical Officer is also forged. All documents tendered by Daniel Edet did not emanate from the University of Uyo".

“Its not possible not to know the head of department where you are working. If you don't know any other person, you must know the name of your boss whom you are working under”.

“The Man(Daniel Edet Akpan) is a forger. The University doesn’t address letters to staff with their village addresses, but their faculties and department.,” he said after being shown Daniel’s supposed promotion letter.

“There is no way two people can have same staff number. If I had seen the said Daniel Edet Akpan the day he came here as a witness to the Petitioner, I would have ensured he is arrested. He is an impostor.”

Testifying earlier, the State Collation Agent for the 3rd respondent in the Akwa Ibom Gubernatorial election, Engr. Uwem Okoko told the tribunal that the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as final result of the Governorship election in the State, were a true reflection of what transpired at the polling units across the State.

He maintained that the result were genuine, and that his party, the PDP is well grounded across the State.

Engr. Okoko who voted at his polling unit Ikot Essien Village in Ikot Abasi on the day of election, said upon conclusion of voting at his unit, he had also monitored the conduct at other locations, saying it was peaceful and orderly and that his party, the PDP is a well structured political party from the unit to ward and to local government level.

“In all the units I visited, there was orderly and peaceful conduct of election, and the result that was declared were a true reflection of what transpired”.

As contained in his witness statement, Okoko tendered results sheets local government by local government, as received by the agents of his political party from all parts of the State.

The results included polling unit results, wards and local government results from each of the 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State.

Counsel to Petitioners, Tunde Olaola, worried that such evidence is being received tells the court that the witness did not plead Form EC8A in his written statement.

Tayo Oyetibo however pointed out in the witness statement of Engr Okoko, where he mentioned Form EC8A and other forms he received from his party agents.

Not satisfied, Tunde fires on that his witness was not allowed to also tender some documents previously, but Tayo Oyetibo had to explain to him how the background to the tying of results to respective polling units, was established by his witness in his statement.

The tribunal overruled the apparently inexperienced young YPP Counsel and coached him that there is a clear difference between dumping of documents which has attempted to do, and identifying of documents as the PDP was doing.

AN ADVICE TO SEN AKPABIO AND HIS INFANTILE MEDIA TIGERS: DO NOT MISTAKE PEACE FOR WEAKNESSBy Michael OkonYour piece is n...
21/06/2023

AN ADVICE TO SEN AKPABIO AND HIS INFANTILE MEDIA TIGERS: DO NOT MISTAKE PEACE FOR WEAKNESS

By Michael Okon
Your piece is nothing short of the expected. It's the likes of you who would stop at nothing to make sure that the Peace and Reconciliation moves of Pst Umo Bassey Eno does not see the light of day, but I believe that 'The Man Of God' is vested with the spirit of discernment to understand the demonic antics you are applying just to corner him for destruction. We have a parlance in Ibibio that goes "ema efere ntak, ntak ótóhó" meaning when the reason is forgotten, the reason gets offended.

In this life of cause and effects,the cause should not blame the effect she gets. It's like the noble attempt by Pst Umo Bassey Eno to reconcile the past and the present is being misconstrued by Akpabio’s media aide his paymasters to mean tar brushing the superior performance administration through vendetta mission. Within sane school of thoughts, this approach will not help us as a people in the long run.

There was a time the immediate past Governor; Mr Udom Emmanuel exclaimed that the media has been the instigators of most nonexistent snafus and today you have proven the Deacon right by your inciting piece. In as much as you are entitled to your opinion it will be more praise worthy to allow Pst Umo Eno, a man led by the pure spirit to reconcile the reconcilable with the respect bestowed on his office with zero unsolicited ill advice from your kind.

In as much as Pst Umo Bassey Eno has chosen the path of Peace and Reconciliation, it's worth advising you to apply refrain in your strategem, for the Office of the Number One Citizen at the HillTop mansion is too hallowed for the street recklessness which you have just displayed.

If there was anything wrong between His Excellency; Deacon Udom Emmanuel and His Excellency; Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio (which I personally doubt), those you accuse of defending the HillTop mansion as blackmailers against any form of demeaning of that Office had nothing personal against any external force as at the material time, they where simply being patriotic to the Akwa Ibom project and are unapologetic, yet Pst Umo Eno wants to close that gap, I beg of you don't incite nor fan the embers that could frustrate his good intentions. Don't be the media arrowhead that could stalemate the reconciliatory movement of the golden era.

Be advised that your unbridled piece has the propensity to stall the beauty of this focus drive of Peace and Reconciliation because it's an open secret that eating with the Uncommon Leader requires extra skills if self preservation must first be secured before anything else.

The Senate President has openly acknowledged Pst Umo Eno as a man of Peace yet you have chosen to over stretch his Peaceful demeanor which does not seem to be in tandem with the language of the Senate President except your piece is an expression of the fears of the masses that your camp (The Senate President's camp of APC) which Pst Umo Bassey Eno seeks Peaceful coexistence, shall be his undoing as it's a near impossibility to placate him while he constantly demeans his successor in every given opportunity.

Unfortunately for us, pundits think your piece to be the mind of your Boss. Sadly enough, there can hardly be true Peace and Reconciliation where parties involved do not stop trading blames. The blame game, divide and rule tactics will not foster lasting reconciliation. So I beg of you to apply refrain and let our leaders work out lasting modalities for a better Akwa Ibom State. It's been said by the wise that if we want better results we have to do things differently. It's time to write differently, influence differently with the Akwa Ibom big picture in view. It's time to build a more sustainable Akwa Ibom State beyond powerful individuals.

Few days ago at the thanksgiving service of Nyesom Wike former Governor of Rivers State, the Senate President and Former Governor of our dear State, (your Boss, our industrious son) was at it again with the new found tune of how the then Governor; Mr Udom Emmanuel sent drivers to return Government Vehicles erroneously taken custody of by him claiming to be birthday gifts. The lampooning of the past and the trending ' do not inherit anybody's enemy' may be a pointer to the ready made impossibility,a lacuna never to be filled and a reconciliation never to be achieved which has birthed your unsolicited piece.

This persistent public shaming of Mr Udom Emmanuel by the Senate President does not seem to sit well in the minds of some of us, as a flash back of how the Senate President treated Arch Obong Victor Attah his Predecessor is recalled to memory. It's hard to forget how Obong Victor Attah was denied the Privilege of accessing the Ibom Golf Resort which he built for his 70th birthday by the 'uncommon leader '. The Father of modern Akwa Ibom State was compelled to use a primary school for the Celebration, because the then Governor, his successor denied him that honour and would not entertain such influence. None is guiltless, nor flawless but we can reconcile for a greater future.

I only wish that Pst Umo Bassey Eno's reconciliatory moves will not be abused to mean Peace with Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio and tarnishing of Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel for both have performed credibly well based on their different areas of strength. What I am gracefully attempting to say is that if this Peace and Reconciliation movement of Pst Umo Eno must work, then our leaders must respect the past and build a better future, the media must refrain from unnecessary pressure. It's impossible to envision a United Akwa Ibom State where Governor Udom Emmanuel is disdained for sectional placating since we can only heal on a wholesome win-win situation. Anything short of that will not be all embracing and could boomerang.

Politics being what she is, full of unexpected force majoure and with your kind of experience in the business should caution you not to over step your boundaries of excitement as anything is possible in this business of Political leadership.

One thing is certain, Pro Hilltop mansion watch dogs will not allow you nor your ilk to devour with cheap lies the sacredness that governs barracks road. For with the same tenacity with which the Senate President (Former Governor of our dear State) was shielded from media rascality like you have attempted, this same lovers of the State stood with Mr Udom Emmanuel to deliver superior Performance and will stand with Pastor Umo Bassey Eno to the end but will not turn deaf ears nor blind eyes to further muddling of our past for cheap gains.

The easiest way to get a prey is to separate him or her from the pack, your strategy is understandable. You may see Pst Umo Bassey Eno as a cheap catch because he is a Man of Peace but his supporters will not watch you apply such street tactics on him as if he is a dullard. His moves within the past 15 days as Governor should guard us to let him be, rather than seek to pressurize him through media wars.

May I advise you to let sleeping dogs be for if we dig deep into the past none shall be guiltless, so let God's servant (The King Priest) do as led by the Only God he serves.

©️ Micheal Joseph Okon is an Associate Chartered Economist (ACE) and International President Coalition of Youth Leaders In Akwa Ibom State.
20062023

NBTE Accreditation: Our target is 100% accreditation- Akwapoly Rector .. Commends Tenece over donation of 50 HP laptop t...
11/05/2022

NBTE Accreditation: Our target is 100% accreditation- Akwapoly Rector
.. Commends Tenece over donation of 50 HP laptop to institution

By Dan Etokidem

Ahead of the forthcoming accreditation visit by the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, to Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, the Rector, Dr Moses Umobong says the goal of the institution's Governing Council and Management is to ensure that the institution gets full accreditation for all courses offered in the Polytechnic.

Dr Umobong who stated this on Wednesday in his office when he received a donation of 50 HP laptops from Nigeria's leading IT Services and IT Consulting Firm, Tenece Professional Services Limited (Tenece) said, the 100% accreditation target is not only in line with the vision of the Institution's Visitor and Governor of the State, His Excellency, Mr Udom Emmanuel, but also in tandem with Management's vision of ensuring that Akwapoly is repositioned to play it's envisaged role as Nigeria's foremost technological and enterpreneural center of excellence in the country.

He called on all staff of the institution to imbibe the spirit of teamwork and collective success so as to achieve envisaged goals and objectives, stating that the success of the Polytechnic with regards the accreditation exercise is not a personal success but the success of all stakeholders of the Polytechnic Community and the State.

He commended Tenece for the donation of the laptops, stating that apart from portraying the company as a responsible corporate entity that places high premium on its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, the laptops will go a long way in ensuring the complete overhaul, repositioning and revitalisation of the Institution's Computer Science Department and get it effectively, efficiency and digitally ready for the accreditation exercise.

Dr Umobong called on other companies and well meaning individuals to emulate Tenece's gesture towards supporting the Polytechnic achieve it's full potential through the donation and provision of critical infrastructure and educational support materials and equipments that will help create the much needed conducive learning environment for both Staff and students of the Polytechnic.

Presenting the laptops on behalf of the Managing Director and CEO of Tenece, Mr Kingsley Eze, the company's representative, Mr Ofoegbu Uche, said the donation of the laptops to the Polytechnic was in line with the Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, policy of the company and a further demonstration that Tenece as a company, will always be a worthy partner and ally to the institution in it's drive to play a leading role in the Information Communication Technology, ICT, sector of both the educational sector and the Nigerian economy.

Present during the brief presentation ceremony include, the Deputy Rector, Engr Dr Okon Osung, the Polytechnic's Librarian, Dr Mrs Mercy Ukpanah, the Bursar, Mr Ekong Ituen, Deputy Registrar/Secretary to Council, Mr Ini Ebong, the Dean School of Engineering, Engr Immaculata S. Akpan, the ASUP Chairman, Comrade Eteyen Uko, the immediate past ASUP Chairman and Director ICT, Comrade Iboro Ibara, among others.

The donor, Tenece Professional Services Limited (Tenece) is a Lagos based multi-competency enterprise transformation and technology-consulting firm that combines expertise and capabilities across many industries and business functions to deliver superior value to its clients. The company collaborates with its clients both in the private and public sectors to build high performance enterprises.

Nigeria's $26bn Refinery Maintenance, $5.3 Cash transfers & N3trillion Subsidy Budget.By Ekaette OkonNigeria has spent a...
04/02/2022

Nigeria's $26bn Refinery Maintenance, $5.3 Cash transfers & N3trillion Subsidy Budget.

By Ekaette Okon

Nigeria has spent about $26bn on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of it's refineries since 1999, yet we still import finished products.

The country is expected to spend another N3 trillion on subsidy in 2022, that is pending full deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector in line with the new petroleum industry law that is expected to drive investments.

However, the country plans to remove subsidy and hopes to cushion the effect with a $5.3 trillion cash transfers scheme to citizens.

But are these the best modalities to deal with the situation amidst widespread condemnation of the move by citizens and stakeholders?

For context, Ecuador's Pacifico Eloy Alfaro Refinery & Petrochemical Complex (Pacific Refinery) is being constructed at El Aromo, Manta, at a cost of $12 billion with capacity for 500,000 bpd.

Nigeria's Dangote Refinery, an integrated refinery and petrochemical private facility in Lekki, Lagos with capacity for 650,000 bpd costs $15 billion.

Another top oil producer, Kuwait is building Al Zour Oil Refinery for $16 billion with capacity for 615,000 bpd.

However, it would cost less than $8 billion to build a new 210,000 bpd refinery in Port Harcourt (the same size as the existing one); and less than $8 billion to build a new refinery in Warri, where the existing one, built in 1987, has capacity 125,000 bpd.

Kaduna Refinery has a nameplate refining capacity for 110,000 bpd. A new similar facility built in the area would cost less than $8 billion.

Hence, the three new refineries would cost about $24 billion, but we keep pouring money into TAM with zero output.

Nigeria needs to work, T.A.M is draining national resources, subsidy on the other hand is enriching few in trillions, but people are suffering & Nigeria is poverty capital of the world.

Who will bell the cat? Nigeria can't continue with this trend.

What are your suggestions?

17/10/2021

FG declares Tuesday public holiday to mark Eidul-Mawlid
PunchngOct 15, 2021Read original

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, October 19, 2021, a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made this declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Muslim faithful both at home and in the diaspora for witnessing this year’s occasion.

He enjoined all Nigerians to “imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance which are the virtues of the Holy Prophet Muhammad,” adding that doing so would guarantee peace and security in the country.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore on Friday.

According to the statement, “Ogbeni Aregbesola enjoined Nigerians, particularly Muslims, to refrain from violence, lawlessness and other acts of criminality. As the indisputable leader of our race, we must show responsible leadership in Africa.

“While calling for a stop to all divisive tendencies across the country, the Minister urges all Nigerians and the youth, in particular, to embrace the virtues of hard work and peaceful disposition to fellow humans, irrespective of faith, ideology, social class and ethnicity and cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari’s led-Administration in its effort to build a progressive and enviable nation that all citizens would be proud of.”

AKWA IBOM NEEDS RANKING MEMBERS IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY  - RT. HON. HENRY ARCHIBONG ...Highlights efforts made on Calab...
17/10/2021

AKWA IBOM NEEDS RANKING MEMBERS IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - RT. HON. HENRY ARCHIBONG
...Highlights efforts made on Calabar-Itu Highway

Member representing Itu Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Dr. Henry Archibong has decried the absence of ranking members from Akwa Ibom State.

Dr. Henry who has advocated the deliberate Cultivation of high ranking members in the National Assembly explained that Akwa Ibom State is loosing so much due to the continued election of new legislators every four years.

The Lawmaker made the submission during the Maiden Edition of the Roundtable organized by Uyo Senatorial District Media Practitioners Forum, USDMPF, at his hometown over the weekend.

He explained that some States in the North, South West, East and some South South who since discovered the advantages of having ranking members who are serving their fifth terms in the National Assembly and therefore hold both the knife and the yam of control and influence.

The Representative tasked Akwa album State to conscious effort to return members and Senators again and again so they can be positioned to control the Levers of power and influence to attract projects and emerge leaders.

Asked if he will run for a third term in office, Dr Archibong said by God's grace, he will return to the National Assembly to complete the many visions and projects he initiated and attract meaningful development to his Constituency in particular and the State at large.

He called for the establishment of a Federal College of Agriculture in the state to add value to the agricultural needs of the people adding that the Federal Colleges of Agriculture around the region are too far away from Akwa Ibom State.

On the reconstruction of the Calabar- Itu highway that the Federal Government promised, Dr Archibong debunked the claims of Senator Ita Enang that he is the only one from the State that has kept the issue in national discourse, revealing that Members of the Akwa Ibom caucus in the National Assembly have pushed for a lot of resolutions made concerning the project.

The Chairman USDMPF, Elder Ofonime Isong earlier intimated the Itu born lawmaker that the Forum will work with senior citizens, statesmen, the people and other relevant government agencies to ensure the realization of Governor Udom Emmanuel’s completion agenda.

He said the USDMPF Roundtable is an initiative to engage stakeholders to chart a way forward for identifying a credible successor for Governor Emmanuel from the district come 2023 and will work to inform and educate the people on government policies and programmes.

Members of the Uyo Senatorial District Media Practitioners Forum who were in the delegation to the Roundtable include Special Assistant to the governor on project monitoring, Mr. Ernest Akpan, Secretary Board of Trustees and the Special Assistant to the State Governor on Media, Rev. Richard Peters,

Prince Emmanuel Ndon, Publisher, Dailynews Newspaper and the Vice Chairman of the Forum, Director of New Media, Mr Utitofon Morgan, the Publicity Secretary, Pastor Michael Joseph and The Financial Secretary, Mr E. B. Ekeng among others.

DEFECTIONS: APC dubious, irritating for accepting people it once accused of corruption - Sen Ekpenyong• Says Nwobodo, Ak...
22/09/2021

DEFECTIONS: APC dubious, irritating for accepting people it once accused of corruption
- Sen Ekpenyong

• Says Nwobodo, Akpabio, FFK ‘abused hell out of Buhari’

The lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District in the Senate, Sen Chris Ekpenyong, has said it smacks of dubiousness for the All Progressives Congress, APC, to be accepting those it accused of corruption in its fold, saying the party shouldn’t be taken seriously.

He also urged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, not to be bothered by the defection of those he described as featherweights.

He urged the party to close ranks and return to the vision of its founding fathers.

His words:“The way and manner politics is being played nowadays are not only devastatingly surprising but shocking. There was a time in the history of the country when Nigerians took great pride and an unwavering stance in their ideological political parties. But today politics isn’t just without ideology but also without shame. How do people talk from two sides of their mouths without conscience?

“The same politicians who used to abuse President Mohammed Buhari have today seen him as a saint. What a shame.

“Shame should control our lives in many powerful ways. And even though its rules are not written, we expect people to follow their sense of shame as a moral compass. When it comes to public figures, such as political leaders, we have even greater expectations for their moral standards. Should we worry, then, if political leaders become shameless?

“Jim Nwobodo abused the hell out of Buhari in Enugu in 2015, and later joined APC.

Godswill Akpabio abused the hell out of him in 2015, and later joined APC and became a minister. Ben Ayade used to make fun of him, but he too has eaten his words and joined APC. FFK( Femi Fani Kayode), after calling him a co**se, tribalist, killer, herdsman, etc. He has joined APC.

Amid the selfish celebration, the defectors claim their action is in the interest of the people, but in reality, they are merely looking for an exclusive domain to continue the exploitation of the same people. Now, to the essence of this piece.

“How can APC who accused PDP of corruption be accepting the same corrupt element into their fold? This shows the dubiousness of APC that all they wanted was just power and opportunity to vent their anger on Nigerians.

I use this opportunity to call on the PDP to close ranks and not to be moved by the defections of the deflated. Most of those decamping are featherweights that don’t have the backing of the electorate.

“The National Working Committee and the Board of Trustees (BoT) should get back to the drawing board and reinvest, the vision and the original mission of the PDP in 1998. If the party wants to take over power, it has to restructure and make itself the next alternative for Nigerians. We should learn from the mistakes of the past, especially when we were in power for 16 years, those mistakes that made Nigerians think otherwise.

“We can reignite the love again for the PDP. Good enough, the masses can attest to the difference between PDP and APC, although the PDP wasn’t perfect, it is not as nepotic as the APC where everything about Nigeria and Nigerians is moving backward. PDP still has a chance.

“The Peoples DemocraticParty should take advantage of the failure of APC because Nigeria still has the problem of corruption, intense insecurities and massive poverty. The nation is in dire need of leadership, leadership that can proffer a solution to the epileptic state we are now. The PDP should go back to the ideology of its founding fathers that made the whole nation fail in love with it and massively voted for the party in 1999.

“But the leadership of the party can take the party back to the people, where the people had the power and enabling environment to choose their leadership and their candidate. The party is about people and not the elite. Let’s go back to the structure of our foundation where the party was strong and the hope of the common man, the NWC, NEC and the BoT should reintegrate the party into the hopes and aspirations of the people.

“Nigerians are tired of insecurity, unemployment, massive corruption, nepotism and infrastructural decay. Those moving from one party to another because of selfish interest are not in tune with the reality that the electorate are tired of double-mouthed and fair-weather politicians and are waiting to show them the door in 2023. This dancing and cross carpeting do not affect the reality on the ground. The people are tired. This show of shame is no more interesting.’

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