PDP Reaffirms Zoning Of Offices

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The State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Obong Paul Ekpo has disclosed that the party will follow strictly established zoning arrangements in all wards, local government areas and Federal constituencies in the State in selecting candidates for the forth coming November local government election in the State, and in 2019 general election.
Obong Paul Ekpo, made this known in Ikot Ekpene, when the party visited the federal constituency to inaugurate committees to sensitize people in all wards in the area, on the need to continue to support the PDP government in the State beyond 2019.
The State party chairman noted that the  party will not encourage any aspirant who is not from the area that zoning arrangement of their ward or local government favours, adding that PDP in the State has restructured and restrategized its machineries to function in accordance with the grassroot taste.
He stated further that the party will continue to liase with all arms of government in the State to ensure delivery of the dividends of democracy to Akwa Ibom people, and maintained that the PDP led government in Akwa Ibom State has touched many lives positively. He highlighted the achievements of the government to include industrialization, infrastructural development and the free and compulsory basic education among other things the government has done in the past two years.
However, many supporters of the party in the area, have complained marginalization of some wards in the constitution of the committees.
Our correspondent in Ikot Ekpene, gathered that while some wards had more than three representatives in the constituted committees, many wards were left with one or no representative.

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