National Confab: Attah, Nduese, Ors Protest Oil Rivers State Creation Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, former minister of Lands and Survey, Chief Nduese Essien and other Akwa Ibom State delegates to the National Conference have protested against the recommendation of the Conference to create Oil Rivers State from the present Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. In a protest letter addressed to the Chairman of the conference, the 13 delegates from the state said the provision is now contained on Page 4, Line 11 of the Draft Constitution produced by the Conference secretariat. According to the delegates from the oil-rich state, the proposed plan to dismember some parts of Akwa Ibom state to form an Oil Rivers state is not only treacherous but amounts to a hidden agenda by people whose aim might be to scuttle the final outcome of the Conference. This action is at variance with the Conference decision of the Committee on Restructuring and Forms of Government. The conference decision as correctly reflected on Page 281 (b) of the draft report was that the third state to be created in the South-South zone will be named later along with its state capital. This inclusion is a slight of hand, unholy and completely unacceptable to us as there was no prior discussion with Akwa Ibom state and her delegates on the matter, part of the letter read. The group said, although it was not against the creation of more states where deserving, the process should be in consultation with all relevant stakeholders. As the true representatives of our state and people at this conference, we have been mandated to reject totally and disassociate ourselves and our state completely from this provision. We assert that no part of Akwa Ibom state should be excised to form a new state, the letter further reads. Source: Sensor News
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:13:04 +0000
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