Gaul appreciates Opponents, delegates for election victory, as Prince7 cries foul

| 6th October 2018 | Ukorebi Esien 

Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly and the PDP's candidate for the forthcoming Abi/Yakurr House of Representatives elections Rt. Hon. John Gaul Lebohas expressed his appreciation towards the delegates who overwhelmingly voted for him in the just concluded party primary election and his fellow contenders in the race. 

The speaker had said that the victory was not for him alone but for the entire constituency while pledging to work with all his fellow aspirants to ensure their relevance and interest remain protected in the constituency. 

"..even though I Won, it is Victory for and on behalf of you all.

Politics is teamwork, you are viable and fully relevant statesmen. 

I will work with all of you and ensure that your relevance and interest remain protected in our constituency".

Earlier, John Gaul had thanked delegates,  and constituents for what he described as 'massive support and endorsement' towards him aspirations.  

Speaking to his constituents via his facebook account,  the honorable speaker promised to remain focused ,loyal and dedicated to deliver on what he termed Newdirection mandate. He went on to tell his constituents that a new constituency Governance  model is possible and service delivery  will be at the centre of his passion.

His statement to his fellow contenders reads in full: 

SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO 

HON EKO ATU 

PRINCE HENRY ENYONG 

PRINCE GODSWILL OSIM 

LEBO EDU 

AND

GENEVIEVE EDU

ALL FELLOW ASPIRANTS IN LAST THURSDAY PDP PRIMARIES FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TICKET FOR ABI AND YAKKUR FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY..

I wish to appreciate all of you in no particular order,it was a fair contest and even though I Won, it is Victory for and on behalf of you all.

Politics is teamwork, you are viable and fully relevant statesmen. 

I will work with all of you and ensure that your relevance and interest remain protected in our constituency. 

God bless you all.

In a related development,  one of the contenders for the Abi/Yakurr ticket,  Prince God's will Edward has taken to his Facebook page to discredit the process of the election.

While crying foul, he appreciated his supporters for standing by him as he also used the medium to call on Nigerians to rise up against impunity and corrupt electoral process.

His words reads in full:

My dear supporters and well wishers I give God all the glory for the success of my life and supporters, because I have been on severe shock based on my experience in the primaries that is part of history of a failed system and leadership. 

I served the Cross River State Government with all my heart despite the numerous attacks over my life, spent my little resources based on due diligence in my consultations, yet was betrayed by the same Youth friendly government with serious intimidation, security forces compromising in favour of the speaker, with gun men who are not certified Security agency parating guns in front of government securities.

 Sporadic shooting from beginning to end, in fact I was disappointed at the institution and the government I worked for. I thank all the delegates and my supporters in Bahumono and Abi in general who despite the intimidation gave me their vote in an undemocratic environment, the Yakurr people also who refused to adhere to the directives of the government and its appointees and still gave their vote to defend their integrity.

The only crime I committed was that I was too young to represent Abi/Yakurr federal constituency in the green chambers, I will continue to be an advocate of good leadership, practice and youth inclusion in governance. I have decided to allow God almighty to be the true judge in this act of oppression and mismanagement of power against the will of the people. God bless my federal constituency and the youths in general as time and providence will speak in due time and the truth will never be hidden for ever.

#P7dynasty 

#Abi/Yakurrfederalconstituency

#enoughofinpunityandbadleadership

John Gaul flags off Free Medical Treatment in Abi

medical personnel attending to traditional rulers at the event

| 12 April 2018 | Ukorebi Esien 

The speaker cross river state house of assembly Rt. Hon. John Gaul Lebo in a bid to bring succor and medical relief to his constituents has flagged off a free medical care campaign in his immediate constituency of Abi Local government Area of Cross River state, ThedailynesNg can report.

The free medical care which is a health insurance scheme in partnership with the AyadeCare project was flagged on Wednesday 11^th April 2018 at the famous Dr. Eja memorial Hospital Itigidi, Abi LGA.

According to the Lawmaker, the free health insurance scheme covers treatment of several illnesses which has been fully paid for and it is expected to span to 11^th April 2019. He, therefore, pleaded with Primary health care workers in the various wards to be effective in mobilizing people from the 10 wards of Abi LGA to come for the free treatment, he also used the opportunity to advise the constituents to avail themselves of this opportunity to be treated, and that co0mplicated cases will be referred to the Dr. Eja Memorial hospital or The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Calabar.

While speaking to newsmen briefly after the event, the number three Citizen in the state revealed that to make the scheme accessible to the people, primary health care coordinators have been selected for each of the 10 wards in Abi whose primary responsibility is to sensitize and mobilize their people to access the free Health Care treatment.

He further disclosed that although the scheme is a subset of the AyadeCare Insurance scheme which will be launched in May 2018. But due to the exigency of the need to bring health care relieve to his people and at such a time as this where the economic situation in the country is unfriendly and with the consent of his Excellency the Governor,  the project as facilitated by him has first taken off in Abi.

Speaking Earlier, the Commissioner of health, Dr. Mrs. Inyang Asibong had said that the scheme in Abi is going to act as a pilot, while the ministry of health will be watching to see how the project fairs.

Ovai Edward Osim, village head of Usumutong and Paramount Ruler of Abi LGA, thanked the Speaker for such timely and needful gesticulation and promised that information about the free medical outreach will be properly disseminated to the people of the area.