Oyo APC Passes Vote Of Confidence On Ajimobi’s Govt

By Abiodun Ogunrinde, Ibadan

Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, has passed a vote of confidence
on Ajimobi-led administration at its expanded
meeting on Monday in Abuja.

The party also urged its members and supporters
to put behind them the last governorship election loss and start working immediately towards
wresting power from the opposition party in 2023
while it said it would challenge the outcome of
the general election in places where it felt there were glaring irregularities.
These were the highlights of the communiqué
issued at the end of the expanded meeting of
APC leaders drawn from the 33 local government
areas of the state, which was presided over by the Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the Government House, Ibadan, on Monday.

At the meeting were the Deputy Governor, Chief
Moses Adeyemo; Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olagunju Ojo; state Chairman of the party, Chief Akin Oke, as well as its governorship candidate in the March 9 election, Chief Adebayo Adelabu.

Also among the 289 attendees were members of the state executive council of the party, zonal leaders from Ibarapa, Oke Ogun, Oyo, Ogbomoso,
Ido, Ibadan, local government chairmen of the
party, secretaries, as well as victorious and defeated candidates of the party in the general election.

Passing a vote of confidence in the Ajimobi-led
administration, the APC said it was impressed by
its unprecedented achievements and impressive
performance in its historic eight-year tenure.

The communiqué by the state Publicity Secretary
of the APC, Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde, urged
members to be happy and take solace in the feat
already recorded by the progressives, having been
opportune to rule the state for eight unbroken
years.

It reads, “Meeting urged members to walk tall and
be cheerful because this is the first time the progressives would be opportune to have eight
unbroken successive years of governance since
the era of the Western Region. The party resolved
to embrace genuine reconciliation and frown upon
SENACO and LAMIST factionalization. The party warns its members to avoid buck passing and
blame game, but rather chart roadmap to 2023 in
earnest. The party decides to challenge election
results where it felt unconvinced with the released
results. Elected party candidates are urged to
embrace regular interface with party members, avoid the temptation of abandoning the party, while more members are assured of Federal
Government’s patronage more than ever before”.
The APC expressed gratitude to the people of the
state for the opportunity given to the party to
serve them from 2011 to date and also for
electing two of its three senatorial candidates,
nine out of its 14 House of Representatives
candidates, as well as five House of Assembly
candidates.

In the communiqué, the APC resolved to offer formidable opposition to the incoming
administration to deepen delivery of democracy
and good governance for the greatest good of the
citizenry of the state.