OUR POSITION ON THE 2027 UYO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SEAT
During the well-attended meeting of Uyo Liberation Movement (ULM), many critical issues were extensively discussed and prominent among them was the 2027 Uyo State House of Assembly seat. Consequently, the resolutions were made as follows;
1) That Uyo Liberation Movement (ULM) was birthed following the need to have a neutral, independent, and strong voice to advocate the interest of Uyo Local Government and her people ahead of the 2027 election.
2) ULM has observed the deliberate attempt by certain individuals who do not mean well for Uyo, to disrupt the existing zoning formula of Uyo House of Assembly seat which has fostered peace and unity among the people since the return of the current democratic dispensation in 1999.
3) ULM states emphatically that it is the right of Offot Ukwa Clan to produce the next House of Assembly member for Uyo State Constituency in 2027 as Uyo has operated a one-term formula in the House of Assembly.
4) ULM strongly kicks against the plan to short-change Uyo by rewarding a non-performing representative with a second-term thereby dragging the local government backward as well as disrupting the political arrangement that has unified the people for so many years.
5) ULM further states that it will amount to a total waste of another four years to give a second-term to a representative whom the powers that be do not consider him qualified to occupy a key principal office in the State Assembly, except they want to embarrass Uyo.
6) It is an established fact that other local government areas in Uyo Senatorial District (Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District) have so far produced either a Speaker or Deputy Speaker in the State House Assembly except Uyo, and with the Speaker likely to be retained in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in 2027, Uyo does not deserve anything less than a Deputy Speaker in 2027.
7) ULM foresees a lose-lose scenario for Uyo should a non-performing representative be given a second-term to continue his poor performance while also failing to secure at least the position of a Deputy Speaker in the next Assembly.
8) ULM is non-partisan but will be ready to work across board with any political party or parties that are willing to support justice and fairness by presenting a House of Assembly candidate from Offot Ukwa Clan.
9) We call on all sons and daughters of Offot Ukwa Clan who are eminently qualified to contest for House of Assembly to be bold to do so in any political party and never to be intimidated.
10) ULM wants to remind the ruling party that Uyo people are not new to opposition politics and will make that bold statement at the polls in 2027 the same way they spoke in 2011.
11) Uyo Local Government Area is the seat of power, and we deserve better.
12) God bless you all.
13) Yes, We Can!
Signed:
Barr. Udeme Ekott
President, ULM
Elder (Prince) Emmanuel Sam, mmi
Secretary General, ULM
For and on behalf of Uyo Liberation Movement (ULM)
