By Frank Ulom
The Cross River State Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, on Friday, elected new executives following the expiration of Anthony Bissong Attah-led excos.
The election was held at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Calabar, and the following executives were elected:
• Effiom Edet Okon (APP) – Chairman
• Omaleko E. Omaleko (APGA) – Deputy Chairman
• Omari Frederick Eje (YPP) – Secretary
• Meitin Bassey (SDP) – Deputy Secretary
• Ojisi Michael Ntui (PDP) – Financial Secretary
• Effiom Bassey Effiom (APC) – Treasurer
• Victory Okoi Ubangha (ZLP) – Organising Secretary
• Odigha Michael Odigha (APM) – Publicity Secretary
• Odey Anthony Ogboriku (NNPP) – Legal Adviser
The election was monitored by Prof. Gabriel Yomere, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, who was represented by Eldred Davies.
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The Chairman of the Electoral Committee from IPAC National Office in Abuja, Alhaji Saheed Baba Abdullahi, said: “We followed due procedure to dissolve the former exco and come up with another exco. The exco is actually true representatives of the political parties that are here in Cross River State.”
Adding, “As such, we could say that the election was done in peace and there was harmony among themselves. That’s the best thing. The aim and objective of IPAC is to solidify unity among political parties and for the state to live in peace.”
On his part, the newly elected IPAC-CRS, Okon, shortly after taking an oath of office, said: “The role of IPAC is advisory and to have an intermediate relationship between the people, the political parties and the government. There’s so much beauty in continuity. Though we have programmes that would cut across the three senatorial districts in Cross River State, we would build on the successes recorded by the previous exco.”