{"id":102478,"date":"2023-01-14T11:12:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T10:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102478"},"modified":"2023-01-14T11:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T10:12:03","slug":"2023-abia-group-moves-to-stop-abaribes-re-election-for-5th-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-abia-group-moves-to-stop-abaribes-re-election-for-5th-tenure\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Abia Group moves to stop Abaribe\u2019s re-election for 5th tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1754982452243403457\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A socio political group in Abia State under the auspices of Forum for the Restoration of Abia South, (FRAS), says it has begun moves to stop the re-election of the Senator representing the Abia South senatorial district, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, for a fifth term at the senate in the 2023 election.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt also asked the Senator to withdraw his re-election bid for the Senate because he failed to record any achievement throughout the sixteen years he has been at the National Assembly as Senator.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum who stated this at the end of their meeting at Obehie in Ukwa West Local Government Area, demanded Abaribe to withdraw from the contest and support a younger candidate who has the capacity to bring dividends of democracy to the district.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by its Chairman, Ebere Nwagbara and Secretary, Chinkata Benson, the Forum further stated that it has concluded plans to convene town hall meetings across the six local government Areas by the last week of January 2023, to sensitize people on why Abaribe should not be re-elected.<\/p>\n<p>Describing Abaribe as a failed senator, the group insisted that it would be a great disservice to the people of Abia South to endure another four years of lack of federal presence in the zone if Abaribe is allowed to return to the senate for the fifth time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the six local government areas of Abia South senatorial zone, there is no evidence of the delivery of dividends of democracy by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who is spending his fourth term at the Senate. There is a total lack of federal presence across the Abia South zone. The Aba \u2013Ikot Ekpene; Aba \u2013 Port Harcourt and Opobo \u2013Azumini federal roads that link Abia with neighbouring states are not passable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even the roads to Abaribe\u2019s country home in Ohuru community in Obingwa LGA are still yet to be done. But Abaribe has been in the senate for sixteen years.\u00a0 All the senator has done in eight years is to attack President Muhammadu Buhari instead of liaising with his administration to attract dividends of democracy to his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did not elect him to the senate to fight the President but to attract projects, appointments and employment opportunities to the people of the zone. There is no doubt that Abaribe has nothing to offer and should make way for a younger candidate who has the contacts to attract dividends of democracy to the zone. We are set to commence town hall meetings across the six LGAs to sensitize the electorate on why Abaribe should be re-elected. It will be a great disservice to the people of Abia south to allow Abaribe waste another four years at the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group whose membership is spread across the 66 political wards of Abia South zone disclosed that it has started mobilizing the electorate against Abaribe to ensure that a capable and non cantankerous personality is elected to represent the zone in 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A socio political group in Abia State under the auspices of Forum for the Restoration of Abia South, (FRAS), says it has begun moves to stop the re-election of the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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