Akwa Ibom: PDP Group Challenges Gov Eno To Commence Operations At Deep SeaPort or Resign
A political group in Akwa Ibom, the PDP Young Professionals Converge, has challenged Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State to publicly commit to resign from office if the Ibom Deep Seaport does not begin operations within two years.
The group, in a press release issued over the weekend, said it was challenging Mr Eno because the governor claimed he was defecting from the PDP to the ruling APC to get President Bola Tinubu to help actualise Akwa Ibom’s dream of the Ibom Deep Seaport.
“If the seaport is indeed the prize promised for this political surrender, then let the Governor commit publicly that if operations do not commence within two years, he will resign from office. That would be the honourable thing to do, given that this was the fundamental justification painted for the defection,” said the group.
Of the two most critical speeches made at the event (Eno’s reception rally by the APC) – that of the APC National Chairman and the Vice President, not one showed a clear or unequivocal commitment to Pastor Umo Eno’s most important demand: the Ibom Deep Seaport. Instead, the entire focus was on declaring and cementing Governor Eno’s place as APC’s local political leader.
“It is telling that a ceremony of such financial magnitude would yield no concrete gains, no presidential assurances, no development commitments, but just theatre. There would have been far more efficient and prudent use of our state resources than staging that charade.”
The group’s Convener, Ewa Okpo, a lawyer, and the Secretary, Ebitu Michael, signed the press release.
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The group’s position is a response to an earlier public statement issued by a former chieftain of the PDP, Assam Assam, who claimed Governor Eno’s defection to the APC is justified because Akwa Ibom was unfairly treated when the PDP was the ruling party at the centre.
Mr Assam, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, also defected to the APC alongside other PDP leaders in the state.
“Akwa Ibom is not a political pawn. We are a people with a history, a voice, and a mandate. That voice must not be silenced by opportunism. That mandate must not be bartered away,” the PDP Young Professionals Converge said.
