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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The Cross River Southern Senatorial zone chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has endorsed Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo as replacement for late National Woman leader of the party, Professor Stella Effah-Atoe.
Toyo, a former member of the House of Representatives, was endorsed at a meeting of the PDP in Cross River Southern zone, attended by leaders of the PDP in the area.
A resolution, issued at the end of the meeting, and signed by the PDP state vice chairman, in the zone, Asoquo Ekpo, the chairmen of local government chapters in the zone, as well other party officials in senatorial zone.
The resolution, which has been forwarded to the PDP acting national chairman , Umar Damagum, and other relevant officials or the party read in part :”As campaigns intensify in what is purely a matter for appointment and replacement, the people of the Southern Senatorial District, from where the late NWL (Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe) originated, have met in a duly constituted Executive Committee of the South to appoint Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo as the rightful person to occupy the position of NWL.
“CRS South Senatorial District Executive Committee as constituted under Sec 19(1) has resolved that Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo will replace Prof Stella Effah Attoe and provide the leadership needed for the women of the party over the next 2 years.
“This period represents the residue of the unexpired tenure of the late NWL.
By a resolution, leaders from the 7 LGAs in the South spoke about the vacancy, the provisions of the PDP Constitution and the quality of representation needed from the South”.
