2023 A’ Ibom South Senatorial Seat: ”Let all who seek that office test their popularity in the field” _ Aspirant
After months of speculation, suspense, and tension in various camps, the Chief of Staff to governor Udom Emmanuel, Akparawa Ephraim Inyangeyen, has officially declared his intention to run for the Akwa Ibom South Senatorial seat, in 2023.
He made the declaration at the weekend when he consulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Onna chapter, his kinsmen, his village, Ikot Ebiere, and wards in the council area.
According to the immediate past commissioner for Works, his reason to seek the office to represent the people of Eket Senatorial District stemmed from his determination to bring changes to the Senatorial District that over the years has suffered gross neglect and complete loss of identity due to ineffective representation.
Inyangeyen noted that like every other person in the Senatorial district has said, apart from the era of Senator Udoma Udo Udoma-1999-2007, the poor records of ineffective representation of the area have been so glaring.
According to him, “it was time something new be done to disrupt the cycle of poor performance and salvage the Senatorial District”.
“Everybody in Eket Senatorial District feels the same level of sadness over the kind of representation the Senatorial District has witnessed in the past 15 years. Why can’t we have senators like what Uyo and Ikot Ekpene Senatorial Districts have had? Any patriotic son or daughter of the Senatorial District should be bothered. Hence my decision to commit my capacity to the kind of change I envision”, he said.
He further argued that, in as much as he appreciated the zoning arrangement that has made room for equity and inclusiveness, it was good that the three federal constituencies have all taken their turns and now everything should wrest power on the bases of capacity and credibility.
” What I am saying is that zoning or micro zoning has not brought us the best. It is my position everything henceforth is based on competence and credibility. Let all those who seek that office test their popularity in the field”.
Earlier, giving his support and blessings on behalf of the party, the Onna Chapter Chairman of PDP, Mr. Ubong Adiakpan, noted that it was time for a paradigm shift in Eket Senatorial District to undo the ugly past and Akparawa Inyangeyen has all it takes to bring a new dawn to the senatorial district.
And meeting party stalwarts and supporters at the Ward Secretariat, the aspirant maintained that it was time for an overhaul in the zoning and micro-zoning parameter in the collective interest of Eket Senatorial District.
