Cross River: Association Of Beauty Pageant and Fashion Exhibition Organizers Of Nigeria Disclaims Purported Parallel Government

 ASSOCIATION OF BEAUTY PAGEANT AND FASHION EXHIBITION ORGANIZERS OF NIGERIA (ABPFEON), CROSS RIVER STATE CHAPTER DISCLAIMS PURPORTED PARRAREL GOVERNMENT.

The ASSOCIATION OF BEAUTY PAGEANT AND FASHION EXHIBITION ORGANIZERS OF NIGERIA(ABPFEON), Cross River State Chapter has reacted to PURPORTED claims of a PARRAREL GOVERNMENT by some break out members who were not only indicted with fraudulent activities but fingered with scam and repeated assault to the female gender which is against the purpose to which the association is incorporated.

The Chairman of the association Mr. Ago, Raymond while speaking with newsmen said in a bid to clamp down on pageantry events which do not meet up with ethics and standards of ABPFEON, as well as restrict some pageantry events that breed violence, sexual molestation and encourage cultism related activities among Pageant Organizers, and an attend to initiate contestants into such evil act as well as not allowing a free and fair exercise, the affected pageant organizers went ahead to establish a proxy unregistered Association to continue with their evil acts.

The Chairman of ABPFEON frowns at such development and calls on the government, Cross River  State Tourism Bureau, Cross River State Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria(FTAN), the Nigerian Police Force, DSS, SSS, Security Agencies, the general public, and well meaning Nigerians as well as all State Chairmen of ABPFEON across the country, pageant lovers to disregard and desist from doing business or engaging in activities with any such proposed Organization which is not ABPFEON or do so at their own peril.

While also speaking, the Vice Chairman of Cross River State Chapter of ABPFEON Miss Ogban, Comfort said that the issue has been reported to the National body and a release of statement to that effect will be made with a total Ban on unregistered and unapproved pageant organizers parading themselves in Cross river State.

This has generated mixed reactions among entertainment, fashion and pageantry lovers.