About 72 hours after the public hearing in respect to the Property Charge Bill which is presently at the committee stage in the House of Assembly, the social media space has been infiltrated with some sort of trivial commentaries and opinions from unscrupulous and faceless persons base on hatred and bias mind.
My response to my brother -Eneh John is triggered by unprofessional usage of words and name calling of the Governor, Speaking speaker and my very pragmatic House member Rt. Hon. (Dr) Usoro Akpanusoh as stooges without considering their well nurtured characteristics which is endeared to many.
It is obvious that a general public announcement was placed to give room to all Akwa Ibomites, Stakeholders, professionals and the business class to present / tender their opinions in respect to the aforementioned subject, yet, instead of such privilege of open democracy to have been embraced either by proxies or otherwise; as agent of propagandas and retrogression, they resolved to deliberate act of calumny and flagrant aspersions to drag the executive and the legislature into muddy waters became their alternative medium of expressing their ill thought fabricated script.
The bill which tend to replace the tenement rate law is subject to professional review to either accommodate or enable expunction of certain provisions which might not be suitable.
It's obvious that Churches are at the moment excluded, this bill will help us as a host state (landlords) to negotiate on our Royalty / payment charges per property.
This bill when passed into law will enable legal backing of charges on every properties like vessels that comes into our shore to lift oil / whatever which duration in our water ways might have exceeded one month.
Though, I as a true believer, I will not advocate for churches to be charged whosoever the pastor might be knowing the ecclesiastical foundations and blessings its exemption could be to our developmental strides.
On the accusation of the speaking speaker and co-supporters to have been bribed by His Excellency Governor Udom Emmanuel as well as our progressive youths supporting this bill said to be on the payroll of government is a brazen degeneracy of Eneh Johns acclaim professional stand point and in buttressing this; I challenge anyone to present open a comprehensive lists of those youths under government payroll and receipt of transactions.
Let me enlighten you that Properties outlined in this bill includes: Tank Farms, aircrafts, high brow buildings, Industries, Hotels etc.
However, the Property Charge Bill is neither Udom, PDP or State House members bill. The bill is paramountly aimed at generating internally revenues to the state. It is is preposterous to undermine the ratio of positive impacts / effects envisaged in posterity.
The bill categorically states that a landlord with a property of (3Bedroom Bungalow ) in an areas like Ewet Housing Estate, Shelter Afrique, Osongoma will not be charged same as those in Ekpri Nsukara, Ifatai-Etoi, Eket etc. this, symbolically shows that the bill is targeted at the elites and not the poor.
What stoped you to have gathered or hired your acclaimed proficient consultants to represent your ill brain at the public hearing if you are truly representing the voiceless?
The likes of Hon. mark Esset, Aniekan Uko, Aniekan Bassey, Nse Essien are my very beloveth brothers whose antecedent speaks volumes and I will not for any reason cast aspersions on their credibility and representation just because they are not in support of this bill.
How do you as an acclaimed social crusader expect development in a corporate establishment to grow above standard when personnel deliberately refuse to adhere to established code or regulated guidelines?
How do you expect comprehensive data collection of properties owned by the elites and businesses operating within the State if we should allow the bill to be buried as you so wished?
QUESTIONS WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES:
Can we be resident in the US,France, Canada,UK etc, without paying our bills as stipulated by the law?
* Are we getting revenue from the Tank farms stationed in our lands by the multinational oil companies?
* Do fishermen pay tickets or revenue fees on landing or arrival at the sea bank before discharging or offloading their goods?
* Are we losing revenue from vessels that comes into our shores to lift oil?
* Does Keke Operators, motorcyclists, wheel barrow pushers in the market pay for commercial emblems, daily tickets and parking permits in areas they operates?
The passage of this bill into law will help you as a veritable guide to answer the above questions.
Nevertheless, the idea of increment on failure to pay in a stipulated time frame is to ensure defaulters are discipline, it will rather enable such a person to begin to abide to established rules in other to safe His/herself from undue health stress.
The relocation of ExxonMobil to Akwa Ibom is not a fresh calling, the Hon. House member Representing the good people of a Esit Eket / Ibeno State Constituency is so vested with leadership charisma, his impeccable attributes is second to none so he cannot be caged or cajoled into supporting a course which is not of prime interest to his constituents and society ( Akwa Ibom); Yes, politics is all about leadership devoid of showmanship as your sponsors might have assumed, but The character of His Excellency Deacon Udom Emmanuel is highly purposeful which everyone strive to emulate and so calculations / assumptions is classified absurdity should you by any reason of bias and greed label the duo of Udom Emmanuel and Rt. Hon. Usoro Akpanusoh as political gamblers and men of no repute.
The political attainment, global exposure and intellectual capacity in building a future capable of competing with 21st century contemporaries is worth more than an asset for anyone to preempt as lacking in foresight and ideas. He has been on the frontline advocating for equity by demanding the relocation of ExxonMobil to Akwa Ibom State before now.
As holy and moral as you might be, If I should ask you, how many times have you led a protest to Mobil in Lagos and in QIT on this same course of relocation? How many times have you communicated to the headquarters of ExxonMobil on the relocation matter? If Akpanusoh should move a motion for the rehabilitation of IBB road; Is IBB under Esit Eket constituency? How many times have you attended plenary from the inception of the 6th Assembly before now?
I beseech you to refrain from being hoisted rather, I will advise you to align with men of valor and purpose to ensure that the bill is passed into law for a multi dimensional positive effects to help build our state as envisaged.
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