22/12/2025
Highlights of Today Press Conference by the Leadership of ECDA Worldwide
(1) The purported endorsement of any political aspirant (Hon Solomon Yakubu Akwashiki) by the ECDA Southern Senatorial Zone is hereby rescinded and declared invalid.
(2) This purported endorsement is null, void and of no effect, it is totally and unequivocally rejected by the ECDA National leadership.
(3) Endorsement of Hon Solomon Yakubu Akwashiki by ECDA Southern Senatorial Zone has actively sown division and contravened this first principle of ECDA existence. ECDA is, and must always remain, non-partisan
(4) Endorsing Hon Solomon Yakubu Akwashiki over other qualified sons and daughters of Eggon who may be vying for the same position across different political parties, violate ECDA Constitution.
(5)The decision by the Southern Zone Leadership represents an egregious violation of the ECDA constitution and a dangerous departure from ECDA core mandate.
(6)) ECDA Southern Senatorial Zone ill-advised action is capable of projecting the entire Eggon Nation as engaging in narrow and divisive ethnic politics.
(7) ECDA constitution in Section 4, Subsection 1 is unambiguous. It charges ECDA to promote the spirit of unity, peace, understanding, and a sense of belonging among the Eggon people regardless of status, ideology, s*x, religion, or place of origin.
(8)The selection of a candidate is the Sole prerogative of political parties, based on their own constitutions and internal democratic processes. It is not the business of ECDA.
(9) ECDA is the Umbrella and unifying platform for all Eggon people irrespective of their differences .
(10) ECDA called on all chapters, both at home and in the Diaspora , to refrain from any activity that seeks to use the association's platform for partisan political endorsement.
(11) ECDA reaffirm its position on neutrality and commitment to providing a level playing field for all Eggon sons and daughters ,irrespective of their political affiliations.
