{"id":31376,"date":"2014-09-21T13:16:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T12:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31376"},"modified":"2014-09-21T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T12:16:13","slug":"ikanya-rivers-apc-chairman-emerges-ipac-chair-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ikanya-rivers-apc-chairman-emerges-ipac-chair-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikanya, Rivers APC Chairman, Emerges IPAC Chair in Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chapter, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya [JP] has emerged as Chairman of<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the Inter-Party Advisory Council [IPAC] in Rivers State.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chief Ikanya emerged as Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">umbrella body of all registered political parties in Nigeria in a<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">keenly-contested election that took place at the Independent National<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Electoral Commission [INEC] headquarters in Port Harcourt last Friday.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While declaring Chief Ikanya and other elected officers winners, the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">electoral committee chairman, Hon. Agbo Major who is the National<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Secretary of the NNPP, charged the newly-elected IPAC Exco in Rivers State<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to create an enabling environment for a smooth and cordial relationship<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">among political parties in the state and, by extension, across the nation.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In an interview immediately after being sworn in, Chief Ikanya promised<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">that his leadership of the body will strive to serve the interests of the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">various political parties, Rivers State and Nigeria at all times.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI promise that the APC as the ruling party in Rivers State will always<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">carry everybody along,\u201d Chief Ikanya declared.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Chairman promised that IPAC in Rivers State will work with INEC and<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">all relevant organs to ensure peaceful, credible, free and fair elections<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in Rivers State come 2015.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Also elected were Deacon Princewill Enyi of the NNPP as Deputy Chairman;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ibiba Walter of the PDP as Secretary; Hon. Precious Baridoo of the Accord<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Party as Deputy Secretary; Mrs Tepikor Anastesia of NCP was elected as<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Treasurer; Gift Macheyinda was elected as the Financial Secretary while<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prince Favour Felix Reuben emerged as the body\u2019s PRO.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><\/p>\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>The State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers StateChapter, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya [JP] has emerged as Chairman ofthe Inter-Party Advisory Council [IPAC] in Rivers State.Chief Ikanya&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":31377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31376","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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