The former governor of Oyo State and leader of AllĀ progressives Congress, APC, Adebayo Alao-Akala has declared an end to the era of impunity and disrespect for party supremacy in the Oyo state chapter of the party.
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The Chairman of Elders Advisory Council of the APC, made this declaration while addressing party faithful and supporters who thronged his Awosika, Bodija residence today to demand for a fair and just process during the forthcoming state congress of the party scheduled to hold on the 16th of October, 2021.
FRESHPAGE gathered that the upcoming congress will lead to the formation of new party executives that will lead Oyo APC in the forthcoming 2023 general elections in Oyo state.
āAnybody that calls him or herself a politician can never be a recognised Politician without first belonging to a Political party.
āThat political party will serve as your identity.Ā It is on the platform of that political party that you will ply your political trade.
āYou can never use your surname to contest and win an election, so why canāt we abide by the rules guiding the party,ā he queried
āTreating that platform that gave you a political leverage with disdain and disrespect will no longer be tolerated.
āThe era of members of the party going on radio, granting newspaper interviews or going on social media to tarnish the hard earned image of the party has come to an end.
āAnybody caught in this web of impunity will be sanctioned appropriately as prescribed by the constitution of the party.Ā There are rules of engagement and it will henceforth be followed to the latter.
āThis coming state congress, you members of the party will decide who you want as your leads.Ā They should know they cannot be the aspirant and at the same time be the one in charge of the party structure.
āYou cannot eat your cake and have it.Ā Anybody clamouring for the party structure is wasting his or her time.Ā The party has returned to the people who are the members of the party.
āThe people own the party not any leader or stakeholder.Ā Without you followers, we cannot exist as the leaders you call us.
āThis coming state congress will be an open affair and nobodyās ambition can supercede the interest of the party.
āI want to assure you that every local government will have a representative on the state executive.
āWe have 36 positions in the state executive and we have 33 local government areas in Oyo state.
āIt is a simple arithmetic, each local government will have a slot in the spirit of fairness and equity unlike in the past where some local governments had up to three representatives in the state Excos while some had none.
āThe era of some local governments being disenfranchised in the scheme of things is over.
āIn the formation of this outgoing state executives, Oluyole local government for example has three representatives on the Excos āĀ Deputy state chairman, State legal Adviser and
Organizing secretary while Surulere local government has nothing. Where is the fairness in that.
āSame thing for Ibadan south east, they have the state secretary, P.R.O and welfare officer
and Itesiwaju local government has nothing.Ā Same thing in Ibadan North East local government with special leader and youth leader.
āThese are the abnormalities we are out to correct in the formation of the new executives of the party and I can assure you we will achieve that. Each local government will have at least a representative.
According to the former governor, Oyo state APC parades a conglomeration of the finest brains you can ever think of.
āOur membership is populated by an arrays of cerebral minds that are very capable of steering the ship of the party for us.
āWe will not recycle old hands, rather, we will ensure that we bring on board a new set of team to steer the ship of the party for the next four yearsā.
āEven the party primaries coming up next year, itĀ will be an open contest by the grace of God.Ā It will be thrown open to all.Ā Those carrying rumors of zoning the governorship ticket are wasting their time.Ā They will be in for a great shocker.
āI have said it often times and I will repeat it again, it will be an open contest, whoever the party chooses, we will support and we will win the election.
āIt can be anybody from any zone of the state, whoever is interested in contesting for the governorship ticket of APC in Oyo state should be ready to work for it.Ā It will not be tossed on anybodyās laps.Ā That is where the practical aspect of Politicking will come to play.
āPolitical theory is far different from practical politicking.Ā A practical politician will always be in the field canvassing and mobilizing for support not making noise on the pages of newspapers and social media. APCĀ as a party is a progressive-minded institution hence Oyo state will tow that line firmly.
āIf the delegates at the party primaries decide to vote for an aspirant from Ibarapa North as governorship candidate of the part, so be it, that is who we will work with and ensure we win the election he declared,ā he added.