INTER-PARTY ADVISORY COUNCIL (LPAC) NIGERIA
IPAC CHAIRMAN CRS ADVICES PDP AND OTHER 18 POLITICAL PARTIES FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE PLANNED PROTEST
The Inter-Party Advisory Council Chairman in Cross River State Engr. Effiom Edet Okon has called on Political Parties of the State to stay off the nation-wide protest billed to commence on the 1st of August, 2024. Pointing out some reports from security that political parties have written for a peaceful protest IPAC warns political parties strictly to shun all forms of protests they’re planning to hold on the 31st of July, 2024.
The IPAC Chairman made this known in Calabar at the office of the SA Inter-Party Affairs when the meet on the 26th of July, 2024.
Engr Effiom expressed empathy towards the State of our nation’s economy, and noted that protest ordinarily should not be viewed as a problem but that the biggest issue will be hijacking the whole process tracing antecedence to records of what we experienced in Calabar in the previous ENDSARS protest.
Effiom Edet analyzed the ENDSARS protest which culminated into destruction of properties, theft, lost of lives and numerous ill-fated behaviors from most protesters, appealed to all Political Parties Leaders to send warnings to all their structures across the State to desist from joining the protest.
He further cited another instance where the popular State owned newspaper corporation which he doesn’t want to mention name is yet to be revitalized, the then State library currently undergoing serious revamp and millions of naira already being sunk in to ensure it is fully revitalized to commence operation. He opined that such expenditure would go a long way to address needs in other grey areas such as human capital development, empowerment, etc.
Finally, he advised all Political Parties in a general spectrum to shun irrational, uncalculated and evil driven form of protest and reassured them the readiness of the current administration to continually deliver dividends of democracy as a benchmark for THE SEASON OF SWEETNESS.
Ce: Commissioner of Police
Cc: State Director, Department of State Service.
Cross River State.
Engr. Ethom Okon
IPAC Chairman CRS