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EZEKIEL NYA-ETOK EMERGES NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF YOUNG DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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Ezekiel Nya-Etok Front line politician and world renown Social Housing crusader, Architect Ezekiel Nya-Etok has emerged the National Chairman of Young Democratic Party of Nigeria, YDP.

This development comes as members and stakeholders of the Party unanimously endorsed Nya-Etok, a one time Governorship aspirant to lead the quest of the YDP to reposition and re-strategize in preparation for future elections across the nation.

In a chat with newsmen, Arc. Nya-Etok who confirmed the development, described it as an enormous challenge of which he feels humbled to accept the tremendous confidence reposed in him by members of the party across the country.

The New National Chair of YDP disclosed that, his party is poised to focus on and harness the limitless potentials in the youths of this country, who form the bulk of the Nation’s population and workforce, but who have been shortchanged and neglected over the years to chart a new course for the survival of the country.

Expressing confidence that Nigeria can be redeemed and made great again, Arc. Nya-Etok identified the vice of corruption which he described as a mega-problem and faulty leadership recruitment process as the major problems that have undermined the development, prosperity and greatness of the nation.

He argued that, YDP under his watch will work assiduously to mobilize Nigerians through advocacy and sensitization to join the new vision of the party to lift Nigeria from the abyss with a new vision founded on patriotism, equity, social justice and equal opportunities for all.

On the role of the party in the current dispensation, Arc. Nya-Etok declined identifying the party as an opposition party, but rather insisted that, the Party will always strive to support positive programmes of Government and constructively engage the leaders with superior arguments where they have cause to disagree with public policy.

He however revealed that, beginning with the upcoming Governorship elections in Edo State, the YDP will field a strong candidate and stressed that, come 2019 and beyond, the YPD looks to sufficiently present her manifesto and programmes with credible Nigerians for elective offices.

Until his emergence as National leader of the YDP, Arc. Nya-Etok was an active member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the platform of which he aspired to run as Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

However, on the heels of the 2015 General Election, Nya-etok announced the suspension of his membership of the PDP, explaining that, he had decided to undertake a non-partisan support and endorsement of candidates based on his personal conviction and assessment of their individual capacities to offer leadership.

This commitment saw him support Koko Abia of the APC, Udom Emmanuel of the PDP as Governor of Akwa Ibom, and some other candidates in Labour Party for the Legislature.

He was yet to lift the self-imposed suspension of his PDP membership before the YDP came calling,having identified him as a Nigerian with the requisite orientation, right vision and intellectual rigour to offer credible leadership and direction for the party

It will be recalled that, with about three weeks to the last general election, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accord full recognition to the Young Democratic Party, having been deemed registered as a political party.

Young Democratic Party had sued the INEC, and others, asking the court to declare that, INEC had no reason not to register it as a political
party.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed upheld their petition and ruled that “INEC has
not discharged its constitutional obligation of informing the plaintiff why it has not been registered as a political party, holding that, “The effect of INEC’s action as clearly spelt out in Section 78(4) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) is to deem the plaintiff as a duly registered political party.”

The court was of the view that having received the plaintiff’s application to be registered as a political party on March 17, 2014, based on the provision of Section 78(4) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), INEC had 30 days to act on the plaintiff’s application.

Instead, Justice Mohammed noted that it took INEC more than 120 days to react to series of correspondences from the plaintiff seeking to know why it had not been registered.

Accordingly, the court ruled that, the time lag on the side of INEC and its inability to inform the Young Democratic Party of its status meant that the plaintiff’s application had no defect.

For more than 120 days outside the 30 days required by law, INEC did not come out to say that the plaintiff had not met the requirements.

The court held that INEC had no reason whatsoever to refuse to issue the plaintiff with its certificate of registration since the plaintiff was
deemed registered as a political party by virtue of the provisions of the Electoral Act particularly Section 78(4), and also considering the letter of submission of application dated March 17, 2014. INEC was therefore compelled by the court order to duly register YDP as a political party.

By this elevation, Arc. Nya-Etok makes history as the third Akwa Ibom citizen to lead a National. Political party.

The others are Atuekong Don Etiebet who founded and led the defunct National Centre Party of Nigeria, NCPN, and later led the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, as National Chairman and Engr. Larry Esin who was a erstwhile National Chairman of Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA.

By Osondu Ahirika.

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EZEKIEL NYA-ETOK EMERGES NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF YOUNG DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Posted by WetinHappen Magazine
Ezekiel Nya-Etok Front line politician and world renown Social Housing crusader, Architect Ezekiel Nya-Etok has emerged the National Chairman of Young Democratic Party of Nigeria, YDP.

This development comes as members and stakeholders of the Party unanimously endorsed Nya-Etok, a one time Governorship aspirant to lead the quest of the YDP to reposition and re-strategize in preparation for future elections across the nation.

In a chat with newsmen, Arc. Nya-Etok who confirmed the development, described it as an enormous challenge of which he feels humbled to accept the tremendous confidence reposed in him by members of the party across the country.

The New National Chair of YDP disclosed that, his party is poised to focus on and harness the limitless potentials in the youths of this country, who form the bulk of the Nation’s population and workforce, but who have been shortchanged and neglected over the years to chart a new course for the survival of the country.

Expressing confidence that Nigeria can be redeemed and made great again, Arc. Nya-Etok identified the vice of corruption which he described as a mega-problem and faulty leadership recruitment process as the major problems that have undermined the development, prosperity and greatness of the nation.

He argued that, YDP under his watch will work assiduously to mobilize Nigerians through advocacy and sensitization to join the new vision of the party to lift Nigeria from the abyss with a new vision founded on patriotism, equity, social justice and equal opportunities for all.

On the role of the party in the current dispensation, Arc. Nya-Etok declined identifying the party as an opposition party, but rather insisted that, the Party will always strive to support positive programmes of Government and constructively engage the leaders with superior arguments where they have cause to disagree with public policy.

He however revealed that, beginning with the upcoming Governorship elections in Edo State, the YDP will field a strong candidate and stressed that, come 2019 and beyond, the YPD looks to sufficiently present her manifesto and programmes with credible Nigerians for elective offices.

Until his emergence as National leader of the YDP, Arc. Nya-Etok was an active member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the platform of which he aspired to run as Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

However, on the heels of the 2015 General Election, Nya-etok announced the suspension of his membership of the PDP, explaining that, he had decided to undertake a non-partisan support and endorsement of candidates based on his personal conviction and assessment of their individual capacities to offer leadership.

This commitment saw him support Koko Abia of the APC, Udom Emmanuel of the PDP as Governor of Akwa Ibom, and some other candidates in Labour Party for the Legislature.

He was yet to lift the self-imposed suspension of his PDP membership before the YDP came calling,having identified him as a Nigerian with the requisite orientation, right vision and intellectual rigour to offer credible leadership and direction for the party

It will be recalled that, with about three weeks to the last general election, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accord full recognition to the Young Democratic Party, having been deemed registered as a political party.

Young Democratic Party had sued the INEC, and others, asking the court to declare that, INEC had no reason not to register it as a political
party.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed upheld their petition and ruled that “INEC has
not discharged its constitutional obligation of informing the plaintiff why it has not been registered as a political party, holding that, “The effect of INEC’s action as clearly spelt out in Section 78(4) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) is to deem the plaintiff as a duly registered political party.”

The court was of the view that having received the plaintiff’s application to be registered as a political party on March 17, 2014, based on the provision of Section 78(4) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), INEC had 30 days to act on the plaintiff’s application.

Instead, Justice Mohammed noted that it took INEC more than 120 days to react to series of correspondences from the plaintiff seeking to know why it had not been registered.

Accordingly, the court ruled that, the time lag on the side of INEC and its inability to inform the Young Democratic Party of its status meant that the plaintiff’s application had no defect.

For more than 120 days outside the 30 days required by law, INEC did not come out to say that the plaintiff had not met the requirements.

The court held that INEC had no reason whatsoever to refuse to issue the plaintiff with its certificate of registration since the plaintiff was
deemed registered as a political party by virtue of the provisions of the Electoral Act particularly Section 78(4), and also considering the letter of submission of application dated March 17, 2014. INEC was therefore compelled by the court order to duly register YDP as a political party.

By this elevation, Arc. Nya-Etok makes history as the third Akwa Ibom citizen to lead a National. Political party.

The others are Atuekong Don Etiebet who founded and led the defunct National Centre Party of Nigeria, NCPN, and later led the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, as National Chairman and Engr. Larry Esin who was a erstwhile National Chairman of Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA.

By Osondu Ahirika.



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MAY DAY! MAY DAY!! MAY DAY!!! PRESIDENT MUHAMADU BUHARI

MAY DAY! MAY DAY!! MAY DAY!!! PRESIDENT MUHAMADU BUHARI; that our ship of state may not end like the Titanic, Icebergs lie head
- Orkuma Hembe Former NANS President

Our universe is so carefully created and through evolution; man has perfected the art of reading times and seasons. As we carefully study our environment it becomes easier to forecast the weather and predict if it will be a sunny or rainy day.

This reality is also true for politics and politicians. The most honest political predictions usually come from people with little or no vested interests in the resulting circumstances.

Towards the end of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s administration, they were clear indicators that he had become irreparably unpopular and was woefully on the path to lose the 2015 general elections.

A series of miscalculations on his part took centre stage; chief among them was his fallout with his erstwhile political godfather Chief Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo who he later referred to as a garage tout.

GEJ went on to annex the PDP ticket through tactical coercion and followed this grave miscalculation up with his outright refusal to replace his laughably unpopular Vice President, whose entire political weight could not deliver a local government in his home State; Kaduna. Not to mention the reckless statements his wife, cronies and allies were reeling out at will, insulting the sensibilities of Nigerians.

The signals of GEJ’s impending loss at the polls were clear enough for the blind to see, and perhaps audible enough for the deaf to hear, one just wonders why he or none of his close associates ever saw their defeat coming, even after Chief Obasanjo documented his watch, in “MY WATCH”.

I was surprised that the PDP and GEJ expressed shock at their loss in the elections. Were they taken unawares? All the parameters of failure lay bare before everyone. Anyway my people often say “dog wen wan loss, no dey hear him oga whistle again”; it is also said, when God wants to destroy a king; He hardens his heart, just like he did to the Egyptian pharaoh of ancient history. These truths finally explained a lot to me.

I am an APC core sympathiser; in fact I campaigned tirelessly for the party and its candidates in the last general election, committing my time and resources to its success at every level. This I did out of my honest desire to save the Nigerian nation from a failing government whose mental disposition was founded on parochial, sectional and regional sentiments, with an unfortunate mind set of “na our turn to chop, na our oil money”.

This rather irritating orientation and mind set had become more like an epidemic within the system and it needed to be curtailed just like we did with the EBOLA virus and Lassa fever today.

Muhamadu Buhari seemed a more formidable alternative to confront such an incumbent that accommodated within its ranks, a bunch of low level of thinking individuals, with vicious ex militants as opinion leaders/ stalwarts, whose predominant feature in character was violence and empty threats.

Buhari’s anti-corruption credentials and track record of a disciplined and fearless General couldn’t have presented a better option and beacon of hope for Nigeria at such a time in his entire political career and our history as a nation.

Nigerians, who were in search for a messiah-like personality that would bring our dear nation out of the woods, found one in PMB and desperately rallied around him in their numbers closing their ears to all manner of cheap blackmails of race, tribe, region and bigotry. All who came in support were accommodated.

Different people supported PMB for many and different reasons, some of which include but are not limited to, sentiments of region, religion, tribe, personality, character, integrity and honesty. Others (mostly politicians) hid behind his blooming personality to access power using his hard won identity of a glowing and glittering integrity. A good number also were true believers in the possibilities of a better future for Nigeria.

In spite of all this, PMB on his inaugural speech made it clear and in very simple words that Nigeria was above any of these myopic and selfish interests and he took sides with the last category of his supporter base when he said “I belong to everybody, I belong to nobody”. What confidence that statement had reposed in me about the pleasant future that awaited us as a people, I cannot quantify in words.

A month into this new administration, our dear President was perceived by many as studying the situation. During this time, I read an analysis by an APC sympathiser in one of the national dailies that had identified six thousand job openings for APC members that were to come from mass sack and retrenchment of PDP members heading boards and parastatals alone. Party chieftains close to PMB wallowed in a daily euphoria of lobbyists trooping into their residences seeking favours and keeping tabs on their phone lines.

Then, two months passed, then three, four, five and in the sixth month after so many hopes for quick fix solutions had been dashed; Ministers were finally unveiled.
At first I tried to criticise the calibre of people on the list but after listening to their individual defence at the senate I was relaxed and convinced about the formidability of this team.

The nation then took to another toll of the waiting game, trying to figure out which individual occupied which portfolio; while fuel scarcity lingered within same time, the naira took a nose dive and went into hiding as the dollar continued to punch it to a near state of comatose with only a few breaths left on the parallel market and the months went by.

Christmas was celebrated at half current last year with Nigerians either bitterly complaining or trying to figure out through a comparative analysis, what difference this change government represented compared to what obtained under the PDP. Some states could not even pay staff salaries.

In all these, the presidential chat of New Year’s Day once again rekindled my hope and belief in PMB’s ability to provide a deserving leadership for our dear nation. Even though his comments on the economy were not as convincing and holistic as I had expected.

PMB spoke passionately about his commitment to nip corruption in the bud and his administration’s desire to diversify the economy to contain the shock experienced from the unprecedented dwindling oil revenues. Job creation for our teeming youth as well as fighting insecurity also enjoyed a pride of place in his speech on the day; nothing could be more reassuring.

It has been two months since then and the waiting game continues. What benefits, such wait tend to generate is what I am yet to reconcile. Because in spite of such careful planning, our hitherto celebrated cabinet ministers have become timid and too careful so not to make mistakes.

During this careful wait the Nigerian government suffered embarrassments recently with the unfortunate news of the padding of 2016 budget.
During this wait fuel scarcity has resurfaced and black marketers have resumed business in full scale on our streets.

During this wait former government officials alleged of corruption are yet to be convicted, we see a daily drama of charge and bail without a corresponding design to strengthen government institutions to avert future occurrences.

During this wait, the Five Thousand Naira hitherto promised the unemployed Nigerian youth was abolished.

During this wait electricity tariffs have hit an all-time high without any significant improvement in power supply.

During this wait, departments and agencies of government have been given warrants of payment yet no cash backing to commence government operations.

We read in the news how the new custom boss has remitted trillions of Naira into government coffers; we hear how looted funds have been recovered to appreciable tunes yet no cash backing to run government. Ok oh my knowledge of economics is quite poor so I may need a little more tutelage on how the economy works.

The Honourable Minister of Information will do us a lot of good if he can shed more light on these concerns rather than the almost daily release of fresh lists of persons who allegedly looted the states treasury dry.
The honourable Minister should please be reminded that Nigerians had a fair grasp of the looting and impunity that went on under the watch of the PDP and that was exactly why we voted them out of office to give way for a more credible PMB administration.

I remember with enthusiasm, when Lai Muhamed took a swipe at Olisa Metuh the former PDP spokesman, saying Metuh need some tutelage on how to run an opposition party. I beg to ask sir; don’t you think it will also be appropriate us to get some kind of lecture of how to run government too? Please don’t take this personal, I am only being curious.

Nigerians are crying, there is poverty, pain and penury in the land; the positive commentary is gradually disappearing. If this hardship were accompanied with a clearly defined and well outlined plan of action or perhaps an expected destination, then Nigerians would endure in a joyful hope of holding the promise someday.

The literature available from the silence and body language of the change leadership tilts to the contrary, that’s why I am compelled to shout May Day! I see icebergs ahead though they may appear quite small from a distance; they have a great mass hidden beneath the waters.

My beloved President Muhamadu Buhari, no doubt, you are an epitome of humility, honesty and integrity. I know you mean well for Nigeria and Nigerians but please heed to this lone voice in the wilderness. May Day…May Day…May Day

pdp again

Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has promised to quit the leadership of the party once his tenure expires in March 2015. Modu Sheriff is serving the remainder of the tenure of Adamu Muazu which expires in March 2015. Muazu resigned as the National Chairman of PDP in May 2015. Sheriff spoke when he received forum of former PDP members in the House of Representatives, who paid him a courtesy visit at the party’s national headquarters. The former Borno Governor who vowed to eliminate imposition of candidates within the PDP, said in a few days time, after consultations with the National Working Committee, NWS, programs for the Party’s convention will be released “I, Ali Modu Sheriff, a man of character and integrity, one who would live up to expectation and his promises, hereby announce to the world that under no circumstances would I stay in office beyond the period prescribed by the Constitution of our party, the PDP.

Read more at: http://www.zubbyblog.com/pdp-crisis-i-promises-to-quit-this-month-as-pdp-chairman-ali-sheriff/