*YOU MUST HAVE INTEREST IN WHO REPRESENTS YOU, EKONG SAMPSON TELLS OFCOMPRO*

_By Sampson Enyongekere_

A front line Senatorial Aspirant in Eket (Akwa Ibom South) Senatorial District, Dr. Ekong Sampson, has urged members of Oron Federal Constituency Media Professionals (OFCOMPRO) to be deeply interested in who represents the district from 2023 in the Senate.

Dr. Sampson dropped the charge on Sunday, March 27, while addressing members of Oron Federal Constituency Media Professionals, OFCOMPRO, in Uyo .

Barr. Ekong Sampson who said he invited members of OFCOMPRO to intimate them of his policy thrust and formally seek their support towards his Senatorial ambition described the media as a very critical partner in nation building, urging members of the group to not remain aloof but to see his ambition as theirs.

He informed the group of his massive experience on the workings of the Senate having served Senator Udoma Udo Udoma as a Legislative Aide when he was in the Senate, promising to utilise his wealth of experience in the development of the district if elected.

The legal luminary explained that election to the Senate was a very serious business and the Senate a serious institution and charged members of OFCOMPRO to kindle their interests in the district's Senatorial representation, describing the Red Chambers as the epicentre of the power game.

The former Commissioner for Environment stressed that the district was peculiar in her diversity and plurality in that its constitutes the Oro, Ekid, Obolo and Ibibio unlike districts like Uyo Senatorial District solely made up of just the Ibibio and harped on political zoning which he said was the ready response that guarantees power sharing to the various segments of a diverse and plural district.

The Senatorial Aspirant said the district Senatorial office has been zoned to Ikot Abasi Federal Constituency where his own local government area Mkpat Enin belongs, hence, his aspiration.

He promised to employ his whooping capacity to address the myriads of issues confronting Oron Federal Constituency and other parts of the Senatorial district if elected.

He described himself as a bridge builder who has built bridges of friendship through enormous human capital development across the Senatorial district, he tasks members of OFCOMPRO to be proactive in their quest to screen aspirants towards a better Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District.

The aspirant who holds a PhD in law endorsed the upcoming Election Debate planned by OFCOMPRO, promising to make himself available when needed.

Responding, the Chairman of Oron Federal Constituency Media Professionals, Comrade Marshal Abia, on behalf of the group expressed profound appreciation to the Senate hopeful for deeming it necessary to seek the support of OFCOMPRO, thanking him for giving audience to the team.

Mr. Abia said the fundamental objective of the group was to assess, scrutinise, evaluate and promote aspirants with good intentions towards the Senatorial district, stressing that every aspirant will be given a fair opportunity at OFCOMPRO upcoming debate to sell his or her blueprint and policy thrust. He maintained that through OFCOMPRO, Eket Senatorial District will present the very best not just to Oron Federal Constituency but the entire Senatorial district.

Also speaking, Director General of Dr Ekong Sampson Campaign Organisation, Sir Micheal Essang thanked members of the group for choosing to recognise Dr. Ekong Sampson. He described him as an experienced and reliable aspirant whose representation will galvanise the development of the entire district.

Sir Essang informed that the Senatel hopeful was a friend of the Oro people who will not disappoint the Federal Constituency and the entire Senatorial district. He called on OFCOMPRO to embrace his aspiration.

Sampson Eyongekere sits on the political desk of the Ink Newspaper.