… Reaffirms his total commitment to Gov Ayade-led APC government
…Launches One million Membership Drive
State Chairman elect of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Cross River State, Alphonsus Ogar Eba Esq, has said himself and his entire party APC family will remain supportive of Governor Ben Ayade’s leadership in the State and beyond.
Eba made this known while addressing a meeting of party stalwarts and outgoing State Exco members in Calabar, where he charged party stakeholders and chieftains to get involved in building stronger party indicating there are lots of work to be done.
According to the State Chairman elect, his support to the Ayade’s government is unbridled, while also eulogizing the fatherly support and disposition of the Governor, giving him a name and becoming his father.
He charged all party men and women to brace up for the rebuilding of a formidable and united party where everyone has equal opportunity.
And in line with his PLUG mantra of taking the APC in Cross River State Eba, hit the ground running yesterday as he kick-started the process.
He met with the state exco elect members and urged them to gird their loins and buckle down their sandals as the political evangelism has kicked off with the dual aim of registering additional one million members and embarking on reconciliation across all the nooks and crannies of the state.
He enjoined party members to redouble their efforts and ensure that the APC in Cross River State become the dominant and party of choice across the political landscape of the state.
When he meet with the council chairmen and their vice, he exhorted them to work as a team and to collaborate effectively with the party to ensure that the party has a resounding victory whenever we go to the polls . The chairmen on their part thanked him for this laudable initiative on his part and pledged to do all within their reach to ensure the leadership of the party succeeds.
Speaking further, the Chairman elect noted that for success to be achieved even as the party prepares for the 2023 general elections, the political evangelism under his regime must be vehemently pursued across the various units of the party’s structuring, saying that stakeholders up to the village and polling Unit levels will involved in getting back the party together.
He said that every member will be carried along in the scheme of things, particularly those who have sacrificed for the party.
While commending the humane and open-minded nature of the chairman, the outgoing Exco who expressed their support for the new Exco, said Barr Eba has put his zeal and efforts into uniting the party since his emergence, a thing they said was rare.
Highpoint of the meeting was the approval of the State Exco for the formation of Advisory Council to drive the political evangelism and mass mobilization for the party.
The Chairman approved for the constitution of the following directorates; Directorate Committee for women to be headed by the State woman Leader Dr Mrs Paulina Akor; Special people’s committee to be headed by Edet Asia , while Youth Directorate is to be championed by the State Youth Leader, Mr Emmanuel Bassey. The Elders Advisory Council is also created to midwive the older members of the party.
The meeting unanimously supported the new Exco, as activities are already on top gear to begin the political evangelism.
