Ahead of the November 29 Governorship Primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stormed the National Secretariat of the PDP to pick his expression of interest and nomination forms to contest next year’s Abia State Gubernatorial election.
Speaking with Journalists at PDP National Secretariat shortly after he picked the forms, Abaribe who is the chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity promised to ensure that autonomy was granted the 774 local government area Councils in the country, adding that the recent amendment to the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which granted autonomy to the Third Tier of government was in order.
He said, “The good thing about parliamentary democracy is that whenever you take a vote, everybody’s stand either for or against that vote is recorded. So, if you go to the register of the National Assembly, you will see it there because I was the first person to vote that day for local government autonomy. And, therefore, I cannot vote for local government autonomy at the floor of the Senate and become governor and go against my vote. The very first order of business when I get to be governor of Abia State is to organise election and give local government full autonomy.”
Senator Abaribe who had served as Abia State deputy governor promised to bring competence, character and integrity to government business, however, stressed that there will be no consensus candidate or imposition of candidates in the February 28, 2015 governorship election in the state, adding that all aspirants would meet on the field to test their popularity.
He said, “Let me give you one assurance: there will be no imposition in my state, there will be no consensus in my state. We are all going to go to the field and the best man is going to emerge in the field and that best man is Enyinnaya Abaribe. If anybody wants to sit and say that somebody has endorsed him, I will refer to the quote of the governor of Cross River State who said: ‘Anybody sitting at home cannot be waiting to be endorsed to be governor.’”
Speaking with Journalists at PDP National Secretariat shortly after he picked the forms, Abaribe who is the chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity promised to ensure that autonomy was granted the 774 local government area Councils in the country, adding that the recent amendment to the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which granted autonomy to the Third Tier of government was in order.
He said, “The good thing about parliamentary democracy is that whenever you take a vote, everybody’s stand either for or against that vote is recorded. So, if you go to the register of the National Assembly, you will see it there because I was the first person to vote that day for local government autonomy. And, therefore, I cannot vote for local government autonomy at the floor of the Senate and become governor and go against my vote. The very first order of business when I get to be governor of Abia State is to organise election and give local government full autonomy.”
Senator Abaribe who had served as Abia State deputy governor promised to bring competence, character and integrity to government business, however, stressed that there will be no consensus candidate or imposition of candidates in the February 28, 2015 governorship election in the state, adding that all aspirants would meet on the field to test their popularity.
He said, “Let me give you one assurance: there will be no imposition in my state, there will be no consensus in my state. We are all going to go to the field and the best man is going to emerge in the field and that best man is Enyinnaya Abaribe. If anybody wants to sit and say that somebody has endorsed him, I will refer to the quote of the governor of Cross River State who said: ‘Anybody sitting at home cannot be waiting to be endorsed to be governor.’”
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