MKPAT ENIN, NOT AGAIN.

It is very laughable the criteria our dear party used in clearing some candidate while others were not cleared at the just concluded screening exercise conducted by the party for chairmen and councillors in the build up to the 2020 local government elections.

In Mkpat Enin LGA, it is rather humourous and ridiculous at the same manner in which of all the candidates that purchased nomination forms, went for screening, only a name was published as the only candidate for the position of the chairmanship elections in Mkpat Enin LGA.

We are fond of this mistake we do, thinking that we are playing politics.

Who ever did this do not mean well for our dear LGA, and for the party to buy to this idea, it means there are some elements of ill will in the party who are anti democratic.

The most blurring thing about the screening exercise is the criteria which the candidates were screened. Till date, after the screening exercise, there are many questions that is begging for answers.

Some of such are:

1. What were the criteria for affirming that candidate A was cleared while candidate B,C and D was not cleared?

2. What will happen to local government where one candidate was imposed (found worthy) to stand elections at the expense of other candidates who are better off in delivering good governance to the grassroots?

3. What did other candidates do that they were not cleared?

4. What will be the fate of the grassroot governance when an imposed candidate is bought form for, manoeuvre through the screening process, and subsequently install as chairman of these LGA?

Lots more....

As much as I welcome the idea of that party screening exercise, I challenge the party to brought to the fore the issues they used in terming some candidates NOT CLEARED, else I will conclude that the screening process was bought over, which saw the names of certain individuals pop up on social media as sole candidate for chairmanship elections.

We can't grow as a party and as local government if issues like this are not addressed.

Let's not forget too soon the challenges we have been facing as a result pf avoidable mistakes individuals, group made in the selection process of who will run our grassroot governance.

Mkpat Enin LGA is suffering from this blurred and myopic displayed of foolishness by individuals and groups.

I stand for the right thing and I demand the right thing to be done.

Enough of this rubbish!

✍️ Patrick Ekong

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