Progressives ‘ll rule Oyo for 50 years - Ajimobi Governor - TopicsExpress



          

Progressives ‘ll rule Oyo for 50 years - Ajimobi Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State said at the week-end that the progressives would rule the state for the next 50 years and thus finally seal the fate of those he called reactionary elements. The governor stated this while receiving hundreds of decampees from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Accord Party from Ibadan North Local Government Area of the state into the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ibadan. The decampees, who were mostly political office holders during the Senator Rashidi Ladoja and Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala administrations, hinged their decisions to join ACN on what they termed the brilliant performance of Governor Ajimobi in the last two years. Governor Ajimobi, while speaking at the ceremony held at Awolowo Avenue, Bodija in Ibadan and witnessed by members of the state Executive Council, the state party executives and party stalwarts, congratulated the decampees for deciding to join the ruling party. While welcoming them into their new party, he urged them to see themselves as part and parcel of ACN, promising that they would be treated equally as the party belonged to all. The governor advised that rather than forming their own group, they should fully integrate into the party, even as he called for unity which he said would put the party in a good stead for the forthcoming election. Governor Ajimobi congratulated the people of the state for enthroning a progressive party during the 2011 general elections, expressing happiness that the performance of his administration in the last two years had justified the confidence reposed in the progressives. ``With this brilliant performance and the turning around of Oyo State, the reactionary elements have finally been sacked in the state. By the grace of God, the progressives will rule this state for the next 50 years,’’ he said. The ACN State Chairman, Chief Akin Oke, in his remarks, promised that the new members would not be discriminated against but rather, would be fully integrated into the party and made to enjoy equal benefits like other members. The decampees, who spoke on behalf of others, pledged to work assiduously with other members for the success of the party in future elections.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:38:38 +0000

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