Okpolupm Etteh

Okpolupm Ikpong Etteh (born 19 September 1970) is a Nigerian politician. He currently serves as the Federal Representative for the Eket/Onna/Esit Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency in Akwa Ibom State in the Federal House of Representatives. Quotes It is the impunity that made people to revolt against the party, but today, with the amendment of the party’s constitution, which now accommodates former political office holders in the scheme of things, the party has bounced back to take its pride of place in Nigeria. The PDP must stop impunity and imposition of candidates. PDP must ensure political inclusiveness through zoning and rotation of political offices. And for those that dumped the party because of losing the presidential election, it is unfortunate. They forgot that there are states, especially in the South West, like Lagos, which never belonged to a ruling party at the centre then and still fared well. I am very happy for the restoration after a long tormenting period. What I don’t understand is why we had to go through all that in the first place. It is unfortunate that the PDP had to wait for the Supreme Court to recover from the trauma. I knew that the PDP would lose power at the centre when they dislodged the owners of the party at the grassroots. Interview response the question 'The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be back on track. Do you agree that the 2015 election contributed to the party’s problem? The government is doing very well in terms of industrialisation; they are doing what they ought to do. But there is something people don’t understand, when it comes to industrialisation, government business is to set up a team, send them out to lure investors with different incentives. Government then provides very conducive environment for the investors and their investment to thrive. The issue Certificate of Occupancy to the investors is under the purview of the governor. But the license to operate certain types of industries is in the hands of the Federal Government. The Quantom Petrochemical industry cited in my own locality for years now is still struggling to get license from Abuja. Interview response the question 'What is your opinion on the industrialisation policy in Akwa Ibom? The Udom Emmanuel administration had done a lot in terms of bringing investors but they find it very frustrating waiting for over one year to get license to operate and their funds are tied down. The PDP government has done everything to ensure its industrialization thrives through creating conducive environment, quick issuance of Certificate of Occupancy, increase in power generation and interface with the communities. If people think industries are not erupting the way they expected, then they should blame the Federal Government agencies and their bureaucratic bottlenecks coupled with the fact that Akwa Ibom is now in opposition being a PDP-controlled state. It is the antics of the APC for 2019 campaign, but it will not work because the people are aware of this. Interview response the question 'Are you alleging that the Federal Government is frustrating the state?' Why not, we are presently in recession and how do we get out of recession if an investor had stayed here for two years without getting license to operate and bring in more funds into the country. The issue of restructuring is just to unbundle the centre and give more powers to the states to handle. If a company is coming to Akwa Ibom State to invest for instance, the state should have an agency to issue them licenses and pay tax to Federal Government. If the state should give land, provide Certificate of Occupancy, ensures security, why go to Abuja to get license? They should allow states do things like this. When people hear restructuring they think it is about division of the country. No! It is to further share the powers to the states to enable them manage well and then pay tax to the centre. Interview response the question 'Do you agree with those clamouring for restructuring?' External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:1970 births Category:Living people