{"id":82600,"date":"2021-06-22T10:39:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T09:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82600"},"modified":"2021-06-22T10:39:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T09:39:47","slug":"defection-broom-scarcity-hits-criver-as-state-apc-orders-3m-bunches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/defection-broom-scarcity-hits-criver-as-state-apc-orders-3m-bunches\/","title":{"rendered":"Defection: Broom scarcity hits C\u2019River as state APC orders 3m bunches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cross River chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has placed order for three million bunches of brooms from local broom makers for the new entrants into the party.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s official total population is put at 3.7 people by the National Population Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s Publicity Secretary, Mr Bassey Ita, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on Monday.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIta stated that it was observed that the commodity, which is APC\u2019s symbol, had suddenly become scarce in the state, following the influx of new members, in the wake of Governor Ben Ayade\u2019s defection into the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dTo address the challenge, the party ordered for three million bunches of brooms from local suppliers to meet the growing demand.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIt is no longer news that the broom revolution has since hit our dear state, following the defection of our amiable governor to our party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cBut what is now news is that broom scarcity has hit Cross River as millions of our people continue to identify with the party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cLast weekend, local government chairmen, councillors, federal and state lawmakers, alongside 100,000 of their supporters in Bekwarra, Ikom and Etung council areas joined the party,\u201d the statement added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe party paid tribute to \u201cthe tenacity of purpose and single-mindedness of the people of the state for aligning with the governor in his drive to socket Cross River to the centre\u201d.<\/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>The Cross River chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has placed order for three million bunches of brooms from local broom makers for the new entrants into the party.&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":82601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82600","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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