Ahead of the forthcoming State Congresses and National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, the Speaker of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke, has said that for the PDP to regain its position in the country, the party leadership must resolve to avoid the imposition of candidates in future elections.
In a remark, Thursday, in his office while receiving the national youth leader of the PDP, Abdullahi Hassan Maibasira at the assembly complex, Speaker Luke stated that part of the reforms which the party must champion is for internal democracy to be enshrined in the election of party leaders at various levels. He also called for democracy in the process leading to the emergence of candidates for various elective offices.
The Speaker challenged the political class to always strive towards ensuring that strong institutions are built rather than building stronger individuals. While thanking the PDP for giving him and other members of the party the platform to serve the people, the Speaker stressed the need for the national leadership of the party to create a platform where its members occupying various elective offices in the country are made to brief the party on their stewardship.
“One of the reforms we are championing in the party is that internal democracy is not only seen to be done, but it must be done to the later. Our position is that let us build a strong institution; let us not allow the whims and caprices of some individual to overshadow the party’s interest. One other thing we are canvassing is that the party must now create a platform for officers elected on the party ticket to come and give our score card to the party”.
The Speaker affirmed the preparedness of the Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly to make laws that would benefit the people of the state.
Earlier in his speech, the National Youth Leader of the PDP, Mr. Maibasira, said he was in the state on a solidarity visit to the Speaker and members of the House of Assembly.
He congratulated Mr. Speaker on his 38th birthday anniversary, and his emergence as the leader of the legislature in the state. The National PDP youth leader said the youth wing of the party at the national level and PDP as a whole are happy with his elevation.
“We have come to show our love, solidarity and support in your emergence. As a young leader, you have shown the kind of leadership the younger generation is desirous of”, the youth leader said.
Maibasira also congratulated the Speaker for the success recorded by the PDP in last Saturday rerun election into the four vacant seats in the House of Assembly noting that the victory of the PDP points to the fact that “Akwa Ibom is PDP”. He commended the people of the state for their abiding faith in the party.
The PDP youth leader was accompanied on the visit by the national coordinator, PDP Youth Democrats, Hon. Aderemi Olusegun, Hon. Aliyu A. Aliyu among others while lawmakers in attendance include, Deputy Speaker, Hon Felicia Bassey; House leader, Rt. Hon. Udo. Kierian; Rt. Hon Ime Okon; Rt. Hon. Gabriel Toby; Rt. Hon Friday Iwok; Hon. Mfon Ekong; Hon. MondayEyo; Hon. Asuquo Nyong; and Hon. Lawrence Bassey.
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