Communique From Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio 43rd General Assembly

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A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 43RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MBOHO MKPARAWA IBIBIO HELD ON SATURDAY, 9TH DECEMBER 2017 AT THE MBOHO MKPARAWA IBIBIO INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT/COMMUNITY CENTRE, UDO UDOMA AVENUE, UYO- AKWA IBOM STATE

The 43rd General Assembly was presided over by the International President of Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio Akparawa (Elder) Monday Etokakpan FCIL, JP. In attendance were Founding members, Past Presidents, members of the Board of Trustees, Advisory and International Executive Councils, Central Working Committee and members of Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio across Nigeria and the Diaspora.

Issues and matters affecting Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, Ibibio race, Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria were deliberated upon and resolutions adopted as follows:

  1. That Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio viewed with deep concern the issue of Ibibio Unity and the lingering question of the Ibibio traditional leadership and called on all concerned to work without further delay to ensure the emergence of a consensus candidate as Oku Ibom Ibibio for the Ifim Ibom  Ibibio as the apex traditional institution in Ibibio land.
  2. The General Assembly lauded the prudent management of resources in the  State by the State Government and encouraged her to do more to fulfil her covenant with the people to build, unite and industrialize Akwa Ibom state.
  3. The General Assembly noted with delight the peaceful and smooth conduct of the last Local Government elections in the State which were remarkably violent-free and appealed to citizens, the electoral umpire and the government to make this the new minimum standard in the State in all future elections.
  4. That Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio should continue to collaborate with Exxon Mobil to enable it to comply with the executive order issued by the then Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to relocate their administrative headquarters from Lagos to Akwa Ibom for the benefit of the State and her people.
  5. That the Akwa Ibom State Government should urgently and seriously move to raise, train, equip and deploy a back-up security apparatus in the configuration of community policing to complement the regular Police Force to combat the seeming upsurge in armed robbery, money and phone snatching, burglary and other common crimes in the State.
  6. The General Assembly of the Mboho viewed with serious concern the impunity with which organized crimes are committed such as the smooth dismantling of street lightings along some roads including Airport Road which were constructed with solar panels as green energy power solution.
  7. The General Assembly condoled with the families of eight of our members who passed on in recent weeks across the globe this includes one of the 12    founding members, Akparawa (Otuekong) Idongesit Godwin Udokpo, a one-time Commissioner for Special Duties and Chieftaincy Affairs in the State
  8. The General Assembly has noted with delight the performance of the State Governor, Akparawa Udom Emmanuel within the period of his administration and has called on all the people of Akwa Ibom State to support him and his administration beyond 2019.

 

DATED THIS 9TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2017

Akparawa (Eld) Monday Etokakpan, JP, FCIL       Akparawa (Engr) Anthony Udoekong

International President                               International Public Relations Officer