The Inter-Party Advisory Council Chairman in Cross River State Engr. Effiom Edet Okon has called on Political Parties of the State to stay off the nation wide protest billed to commence on the 1st of August, 2024 or any form of protest.
The IPAC Chairman made this known in Calabar at the office of the SA Inter-Party Affairs when they meet on the 26th of July, 2024.
Engr Effiom expressed empathy towards the State of the nation’s economy, and noted that protest ordinarily should not be viewed as a problem but that the biggest issue will be hijacking the whole process tracing antecedence to records of what we experienced in Calabar in the previous ENDSARS protest.
Effiom Edet analyzed the ENDSARS protest which culminated in the destruction of properties, theft, lost of lives and numerous ill-fated behaviors from most protesters, appealed to all Political Parties Leaders to send warnings to all their structures across the State to desist from joining the protest.
He further cited another instance where the popular State owned newspaper corporation which he doesn’t want to mention name is yet to be revitalized, the then State library currently undergoing serious revamp and millions of naira already being sunk in to ensure it is fully revitalized to commence operation. He opined that such expenditure would go a long way to address needs in other grey areas such as human capital development, empowerment, etc.
Finally, he advised all Political Parties in a general spectrum to shun irrational, uncalculated and evil driven form of protest and reassured them the readiness of the current administration to continually deliver dividends of democracy as a benchmark for THE SEASON OF SWEETNESS.