Akwa Ibom Youth League Urges Politicians To Prioritise Lives

The Akwa Ibom Youth League, AYL has charged legislators from Akwa Ibom State in Abuja to project the best image of the state in accordance with the peaceful inclinations of the Udom Emmanuel administration in the state.

The group spoke in reaction to Tuesday’s shouting match in the Senate during a motion presented by Senator Albert Akpan on the alleged plot by some politicians to foist mayhem on the state in the days leading to the 2019 General Election.

The group in a statement on Thursday expressed concern over what it claimed as the move by some senators to suppress what it claimed as the purposeful motion to bring to the centre stage the increasing efforts by some political actors to disrupt the atmosphere of peace that the Udom Emmanuel administration has ushered.

“For three years, Governor Udom Emmanuel projected a template of peace that has made Akwa Ibom one of the top destinations for Foreign Direct Investments, FDIs as seen by the increasing number of industries in the state in the last three years.

“This was notably absent in the past when insecurity drove investors away from the state. In fact as one of the leading APC chieftains, Senator John Akpan Udoedehe reported during a radio programme not too long ago, the peaceful atmosphere in the state is far better than what was obtainable three years ago.

“It is in this light that we welcome the initiative of Senator Akpan to draw attention to the growing sense of unease as some political actors who are not happy with the Governor Emmanuel administration plot to distabilise the state as a way of pursuing their election agenda.

“Such plots we dare say are against the collective interest of the people of Akwa Ibom and urge those who want to turn the state into a killing field to have a rethink. The death of any one person in Akwa Ibom is a reduction in the population of the state and by that reduces the collective esteem of the state.

“We applaud the Senate leadership for receiving the motion and we dare say, the lives of Akwa Ibom people should not be subjected to political considerations as some senators from the state and their allies sought to do last Tuesday.”

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