Stakeholders Adopt Rep Member Ahead Of 2023

Stakeholders of the  People’s Democratic Party (PDP)  in Calabar Municipality have unanimously adopted the member  representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani federal constituency Rt Hon Ntufam Eta Mbora ahead of National Assembly primaries in the state.

The stakeholders comprising members of the State Working Committee from Municipality, a serving state lawmaker, chapter and ward exco members, former council chairman and lawmakers and other parry chieftains enjoined their House of Representatives member to take another mandate in order to consolidate on  his impressive performance.

Speaking at a stakeholders meeting convened to appraise the tenure of the federal lawmaker and chart the way forward for the development of the federal constituency, the  stakeholders across the 10 wards of Calabar Municipality, paid glowing tributes to Rt Hon Mbora for his effective representation  since he mounted the saddle.

In his opening remark, the PDP chapter chairman, Calabar Municipality, Dr Otop Oqua, commended their representative for his quality leadership which has sustained the party during the trying times.

Speaking, a stalwart of the PDP Ntufam Inok Edim, described as massive  and unprecedented the litany of projects facilitated by the House of Representatives member since the return of democratic rule in 1999.

He opined that given his pedigree, he needs to return to the National Assembly for the interest of the party and the constituency.

In his opinion, the member representing Calabar State constituency at the Cross River State House of Assembly Ntufam Efa Esua, said his people are impressed and overwhelmed by the tenure of the Rep member.

He listed the project as to include provisions electricity, transformers, building of additional classroom blocs at primary schools, construction of health centres, networks of road, erosion embankment to  award of scholarships to indignant students, provision of fertilizers and farming inputs to famers .

Others include vocational training for unemployed youths to promote self reliance.

In a motion urging Ntufam Eta Mbora to seek for re election, a former secretary of Calabar Municipal Council and member Cross River Rural  Development Agency, Mr Asuquo Solomon, implored  stakeholders to prevail on Ntufam Eta Mbora to contest the 2023 election to represent the Calabar Municipality Odukpani Federal Constituency the Green Chambers in view of his enormous contributions to the socio economic development of the area.

Supporting the motion, a former member of the state House of Assembly and executive member of the immediate past State  Caretaker Working Committee of the PDP, Christopher Ekpo, Esq,  said the decision was imperative to sustain the tempo of development ushered in by the effective representation enjoyed by the people courtesy of Ntufam Eta Mbora.

The motion was unanimously adopted by the  stakeholders through an overwhelming voice vote with a pledge of unalloyed loyalty to the PDP

Responding, the federal lawmaker, Rt Hon Eta Mbora, expressed appreciation for the massive support and assured that the interest of his constituency will always remain sacrosanct as long as he remains in public office.