Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has met with the leadership, members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to restrategize for victory in 2019.
Addressing the party faithful, the Governor expressed deep gratitude to the leadership and members of the party for their unflinching support and commitment.
“I owe the party leadership, members and supporters a sound gratitude for remaining faithful to the party. It is obvious PDP is a religion in the state and for keeping faith to the party during the last Local Government Area elections, I owe you my gratitude,” he said.
“Everything revolves round PDP because PDP is the only party that can offer solutions to the many problems we are facing in the country. Hence, there is need for all members of the party to come together and restrategise for victory in 2019. This is important because we are in a political year,” the Governor stressed.
“During my electioneering campaigns, I promised to return the party to its rightful owners, the people. And that, we have successfully done. We have also deepened internal democracy by enshrining zoning, which for us, has helped upheld justice and equity. The last party primaries and local government elections are testament to this fact. People are eagerly waiting for PDP to come back in 2019 because PDP has grassroot support across the nation,” he maintained.
He reminded political office seekers to come to the reality “that each seat or political position can only be occupied by a single individual. It was pertinent that other contenders queue behind whoever emerges. Whatever we do, let it not divide the party, let it not cause acrimony between brothers and sisters; offices will come and go, but relationships will remain forever.”
The Governor used the medium to sensitize members and supporters of the party on the need to take advantage of the ongoing voters registration exercise by mobilizing and ensuring that their friends and family members are enrolled.
In his remarks, the State PDP Chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo, thanked Governor Emmanuel for always supporting the party, saying his closeness has instilled confidence on members.
He informed the Governor of series of programmes by the party to cement its position in the state and expressed the readiness of the party ahead of the primaries later this year.
Obong Ekpo maintained that with the achievements recorded by the Governor in the different sub-sectors of the state, it was easier for the party to convince the electorate to support all candidates of the party in the December 22, 2017 local government elections.
He said the party has put in place programmes that will re-energize the supporters and gear them towards winning all positions in the forthcoming elections.
Highpoint of the event was the presentation of 31 brand new buses to all the local government chapter offices of the party by the Governor.
