The disaster brewing within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has taken a brand new dimension because the Discussion board of Chapter Chairmen and Secretaries barricaded the Get together headquarters alongside Murtala Mohammed Means, Calabar, Cross River State, calling on the Get together Chairman to resign.
Earlier than Wednesday’s protest, the 35 Get together Chairmen and Secretaries had handed a vote of no confidence on the Get together Chairman, alleging lack of belief and confidence on the management of Alphonsus Ogar Eba, the State Chairman of the ruling APC.
Genesis of the Disaster.
Final weekend, Alphonsus Ogar Eba, Chairman of the Get together, welcomed the previous governor to a giant celebration at Margaret Ekpo Worldwide Airport, together with former Commissioners, who served in Ben Ayade’s administration.
Ayade who got here all the best way from United Kingdom to attend the marriage of Basssey Otu’s son rattled the incumbent Governor Basssey Otu at such a celebration and recognition of Ayade shocked everyone. This appeared to have triggered confusion within the governor’s camp, setting stage for Get together chairman’s elimination from workplace and likewise planning to cease him from getting a second time period.
Alphonsus Ogar Eba has three months to resume his tenure and is seen as Ayade appointee who was loyal to the previous governor.
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“Arising from a really essential assembly. We, the Discussion board of APC Chapter Chairmen and Secretaries Cross River State as essential stakeholders of our nice Get together APC within the Sate deemed it extraordinarily essential to make this communique on the above said subject material.
“Refusal to pay celebration stipends to Get together Officers on the Chapter and Ward ranges for 3 (3) months which has crippled the working of the Get together places of work and welfare of the Get together Officers with grave financial penalties. It’s on report that within the historical past of the Get together Administration within the State, no State Get together Chairman has ever withheld stipends meant for Get together Officers on the Chapter and Ward ranges for no matter cause.
“Try to coerce the Native Authorities dues meant for the working of the Chapter places of work.
“Instigating Chapter and Ward Get together Officers in opposition to the Chapter management, thus producing hatred, contempt, ridicule and disrepute on the Get together management on the respective Native Authorities Chapters of our Get together, opposite to part 21:2(ii & v) of the APC Structure as amended 26 March, 2022.
“Lopsided allocation of statutory Get together funds, leaving the Native Authorities Areas and Wards comprising of 5,778 Get together Officers with N9,200,000 (9 Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira Solely), whereas the State Exco with simply 36 members take over N40,000,000 (Forty Million Naira Solely). That is gross injustice.
“Refusal to remit the proportion meant for the Native Authorities Areas and Wards from the gross sales of varieties through the 2023 Normal Elections and different sundry remittances from the Nationwide Secretariat that are unaccountable.
“Anti-progressive, high-handedness, insolent, underrating and transactional strategy of the State Get together Chairman in celebration administration”, these have been a part of the crimes dedicated by the embattled Get together chairman as alleged by the Chairmen and secretaries of the celebration.
