The Cross River State Executive Council of the Nigeria Democratic Congress has passed a vote of no confidence on its State Chairman, Mr Goddie Akpama, accusing him of continuing to receive salaries from the Cross River State Government months after claiming to have resigned his appointment.
The executives described the alleged continued salary payments as a possible conflict of interest and part of a series of actions they said had undermined the party’s growth in the state.
The decision was contained in a communiqué issued on Friday and signed by the party’s Deputy State Chairman, Sir Mark Ujor; State Publicity Secretary, Comrade Cletus Albert Amawu; State Women Leader, Lady Adim Henshaw; State Legal Adviser, Hon. Ebaye Akonjom; and State Financial Secretary, Ettan Aidam Mark.
According to the communiqué, Akpama continued to receive government salaries until May 2026 despite maintaining that he had resigned from the state government’s employment.
The executives also accused him of anti-party activities, financial irregularities, abuse of office, altering the State Executive Council list after the state congress without consulting stakeholders, imposing party structures and officials, and sidelining key officers.
They further alleged that the chairman failed to harmonise and publish ward and local government structures, managed delegates’ funds and party resources without transparency, constituted screening committees without constitutional authority, admitted persons of questionable loyalty into the party structure, and failed to convene a meeting of the State Executive Council since the state congress.
The aggrieved executives called on the party’s National Working Committee to investigate the allegations and determine whether constitutional procedures were breached, party funds were properly managed, and the chairman abused his office.
