Aregbesola
Governors Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State are on course for a fresh mandate.
The two of them were yesterday picked unopposed at the APC congresses
in their states to fly the party’s flag in the governorship elections
scheduled for June 21 in Ekiti and August 9 in Osun.
The Ekiti congress which took place at the Trade Fair Complex, Ado-Ekiti, capital of the state, was attended by the Governor , his deputy, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, wife of the state governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Speaker of the State Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin; the Interim State Chairman of the APC, Chief Jide Awe and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu.
It was conducted by a team of National officers of APC led by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso
Other members of the team were Alhaji Abubakar Suleja (Secretary), Isah Maduto, Capt Bala Jubril (rtd), Alhaji Yemi Sanusi, and Steve Asimoke.
Also in attendance were the representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission and men of the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service.
Senator Izunaso, before presenting the certificate of return said that only Governor Fayemi obtained the nomination form at the headquarters of the party in Abuja.
He said that the party held the primaries “based on the enormous respect the party has for the constitution and internal democracy within it” and urged the people of the State to cast their votes for Fayemi.
According to him, Fayemi emerged candidate after polling 192,767 votes of delegates across the 16 councils and 177 wards in the state.
He described the APC as not just a party but “a movement that will change our country from poverty to affluence, from corruption to cleanliness and liberate the people from the misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party”.
In his acceptance comments, Fayemi described APC as a democratic party founded on the credo of internal democracy.
According to him, his emergence as the flag bearer of the APC showed him as having the supports of the party members and the people of the state.
He added: “If what we got today is what we get on the day of election, then the victory is sealed and delivered. But we have to do more than that. We have to go out and propagate the APC to Nigerians as the best party for our people.
In the Osun State primary, Gov Aregbesola got the backing of 269, 631 out of the 355,729 eligible party members to seek reelection.
The congress was conducted by party officials led by former minister of the FCT, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai.
He described the nomination of Gov. Aregbesola as a testimony to his yeoman performances in the last three and a half years.
He said Nigerian and African leaders should borrow a leaf from the governor’s people’s oriented leadership trait.
Speaking on Aregbesola’s legacies, the former Minister said; “By the special grace of God after APC form the government at the federal level by 2015, we are going to adopt O-Meal, OYES and Opon-Imo across the nation to give better living condition to Nigerians as Aregbesola has done for the people of Osun.”
Aregbesola, in his acceptance speech, thanked party members for their support and pledged that his second term would be the beginning of a new era for the state and the people.
Responding to a statement credited to the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ahmadu Mua’zu, that ‘it is difficult but not impossible to unseat Aregbesola in Osun’, the governor said; “it is difficult and impossible to unseat Aregbesola in Osun.”
Present at the event were the state’s Deputy Governor, Mrs. Grace Titilayo Laoye-Tomori, members of the state’s House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Najeem Salam, APC National Assembly member from Osun, members of APC National Working Committee, APC State Working Committee led by the Interim Chairman of the party in the state, Elder Adebiyi Adelowo, members of the state Executive Council and members of the APC Osun Governorship Primary State Collation Officers led by its Chairman, Professor Siyan Oyeweso
The Ekiti congress which took place at the Trade Fair Complex, Ado-Ekiti, capital of the state, was attended by the Governor , his deputy, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, wife of the state governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Speaker of the State Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin; the Interim State Chairman of the APC, Chief Jide Awe and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu.
It was conducted by a team of National officers of APC led by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso
Other members of the team were Alhaji Abubakar Suleja (Secretary), Isah Maduto, Capt Bala Jubril (rtd), Alhaji Yemi Sanusi, and Steve Asimoke.
Also in attendance were the representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission and men of the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service.
Senator Izunaso, before presenting the certificate of return said that only Governor Fayemi obtained the nomination form at the headquarters of the party in Abuja.
He said that the party held the primaries “based on the enormous respect the party has for the constitution and internal democracy within it” and urged the people of the State to cast their votes for Fayemi.
According to him, Fayemi emerged candidate after polling 192,767 votes of delegates across the 16 councils and 177 wards in the state.
He described the APC as not just a party but “a movement that will change our country from poverty to affluence, from corruption to cleanliness and liberate the people from the misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party”.
In his acceptance comments, Fayemi described APC as a democratic party founded on the credo of internal democracy.
According to him, his emergence as the flag bearer of the APC showed him as having the supports of the party members and the people of the state.
He added: “If what we got today is what we get on the day of election, then the victory is sealed and delivered. But we have to do more than that. We have to go out and propagate the APC to Nigerians as the best party for our people.
In the Osun State primary, Gov Aregbesola got the backing of 269, 631 out of the 355,729 eligible party members to seek reelection.
The congress was conducted by party officials led by former minister of the FCT, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai.
He described the nomination of Gov. Aregbesola as a testimony to his yeoman performances in the last three and a half years.
He said Nigerian and African leaders should borrow a leaf from the governor’s people’s oriented leadership trait.
Speaking on Aregbesola’s legacies, the former Minister said; “By the special grace of God after APC form the government at the federal level by 2015, we are going to adopt O-Meal, OYES and Opon-Imo across the nation to give better living condition to Nigerians as Aregbesola has done for the people of Osun.”
Aregbesola, in his acceptance speech, thanked party members for their support and pledged that his second term would be the beginning of a new era for the state and the people.
Responding to a statement credited to the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ahmadu Mua’zu, that ‘it is difficult but not impossible to unseat Aregbesola in Osun’, the governor said; “it is difficult and impossible to unseat Aregbesola in Osun.”
Present at the event were the state’s Deputy Governor, Mrs. Grace Titilayo Laoye-Tomori, members of the state’s House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Najeem Salam, APC National Assembly member from Osun, members of APC National Working Committee, APC State Working Committee led by the Interim Chairman of the party in the state, Elder Adebiyi Adelowo, members of the state Executive Council and members of the APC Osun Governorship Primary State Collation Officers led by its Chairman, Professor Siyan Oyeweso
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