The Cross River State Chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its 39 new executive members.
The swearing-in ceremony on Monday held at the State Party Secretariat in Calabar. The oaths of Allegiance and Office were administered to the newly elected Executive members by Barr Ann Adi.
Addressing members of the party shortly after the inauguration, the State Chairman, Venatius Ikem, promised to rejig the party while calling for unity among supporters.
He said, “Four years ago, it took us one year plus of turbulence before we got to where we got. It is our privilege for those of us who are coming back to look back and say, well, we are blessed to even have the opportunity to serve again."
“A lot of people have blamed us, like I said at the Congress. I believe in learning from the complaints, and the mistakes. With the new blood coming in, I hope that we will be able to rejig the party, rejig our focus", Ikem assured.
According to him, “Most importantly, I believe there is nothing like unity. If we have a united front, a united purpose, we will achieve great results.
“In accordance with our oath of office just taken, we will eschew some personal interests, some personal bickerings about personal interests, and focus very solidly on the core issues in front of us, the core challenges that we face, which is to see how we can harness all the potentials of the party, all the potentials that our members down there in the grassroots possess, and bring together", he declared.
While thanking leaders and members of the party for their continuous support, he assured of collaboration and focus to reposition the party to its traditional form.
On his part, Comrade Odidi Emmanuel, Chapter Chairman of Ogoja and Chairman of the Chapter Chairmen’s Forum in the state, lauded the process of the Congress, describing it as “remarkable.”
According to Odidi, Vena Ikem's reelection as the state chairman of the party is timely and significant
"It is a good turn deserves another, the reason why most of the Exco members, including the State Chairman, were returned. This event started on the 27th of September, when the new EXCO members were re-elected under the leadership of Barrister Venatius Ikem. It is a good turn deserves another", Odidi added.
Odidi further said, “You will agree with me that there is an adage that says, One good turn deserves another. We saw the last Exco, and they did wonderfully well. The leadership of the party were well consulted through the Chapter Chairmen of various local governments. We arrived at, since they were competent and they did very well, they should be reelected. We did so by bringing delegates across the 18 local governments of Cross River State, and the election was very peaceful."
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