LG Elections: Kwara South APC Stakeholders Discuss Winning Strategies, Opt For Issue-Based Campaign During ‘Important’ Meeting In Oko

Ahead of the local government elections scheduled to hold in Kwara state on September 21, 2024, stakeholders in the ruling APC in Kwara South met during the weekend to discuss winning strategies and how to ensure total victory for the party in the senatorial district.

A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that the party leaders vowed to approach the election with all the seriousness it deserves during a strategic meeting that was held  in Oko, Irepodun Local government . 

The meeting  which was convened by the Chancellor of Kwara state University, Malete and Founder of the Kwara State Development Initiative (KSDI), Dr. Johnson Adewumi, was attended by all the APC  Chairmanship and Vice chairmanship candidates in the seven local governments in the Kwara South Senatorial district ; the Director Generals of the Campaign Councils,  the party chairmen in the seven local governments and some elders from the Senatorial district. 

‘At the heart of the discussions and decisions by the stakeholders was the desire to undertake issue-based campaign and ensure compliance with the campaign promises when elected. 

Dr Adewumi , who is also the Asiwaju of Oko Irese land, set the tone for the strategy session by enumerating the landmark achievements of Kwara state governor, HE AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq , CON in Kwara South ,urging the prospective council chairmen to domesticate and localize the governor’s Infrastructure development’ the statement said.

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‘We can all see what the governor is doing in Kwara South, the road projects he is doing are so strategic to our development, the Odofin bridge, the Oro- Ago bridge, the Omuaran -Oko road project which he is determined to expand to Oro -Ago; the Ajase -Okeya- Igbaja road; the Oro-Esie-Agbonda- Arandun road which cuts  across four wards in Irepodun local government , in addition  to  the road projects earlier done in Ekiti axis, Offa, Erinle and ibolo corridors. . The governor has done well for us, we must continue to support him and the best way to do this is for our local governments to perform well so that as state leader and as the ruling party leader , Mallam AbdulRazaq will be fulfilled seeing real  development in the rural communities’ the statement quoted Dr Adewumi to have also submitted.

The Deputy Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ojo Olayiwola commended Dr. Adewumi not only for convening the strategic meeting but for also showcasing Oko as a reference point when it comes to community development citing top class educational institutions, and hospitals with the state of the art facilities and 3 resident doctors, thriving cooperative societies, et extra.

‘ You are a pride to us in Kwara South sir and we thank you for being a friend of our performing governor, who is bringing joy to us in Kwara state’ Ojo added

A former commissioner in the state, who is an APC chieftain, Oloriewe Raheem Adedoyin, corroborated Dr Adewumi’s testimonials on Gov. AbdulRazaq  urging   the council chairmen to when elected ‘make the people’s welfare and rural development the cornerstone of their administrations’.

The governor’s Special Adviser  on Political Affairs, Alh. Femi Whyte canvassed for house- to- house campaigns, adding that the 21st September, 2024, local government elections in Kwara state  ‘must be approached like a general election’.

Spokesperson for the seven party chairmen, and Acting Chairman of Irepodun local government APC, Hajia Rashidat Kazeem noted that as the party   leads the campaign for the forthcoming elections, APC must also be reckoned with  after the election as the vehicle for the fulfillment of the electoral promises. 

The Deputy Director General of the Ekiti local government APC Campaign council , Mr. Oladotun, said the campaign councils are taking notes of the needs of the people as they move around the communities. 

Responding to the various contributions, the chairmanship candidates; Hon. Wale Awelewa, Ekiti, James Fadipe Abiodun, Oke Ero, Hon. Femi Yusuf, Ifelodun, Alh.  Jamar Olanrewaju, Oyun Alhamdullahi. Olatunji Sulaiman ( Omituntun), Offa, Hon. Benjamin Jolayemi, Offa and Hon. Yakubu Azeez, Irepodun ) pledged to implement pro- people policies with a firm promise to follow in the footsteps of Governor AbdulRazaq with respect to infrastructure development .

The Vice Chairmanship candidates in attendance were : Mrs Latifat Bakare, Oke Ero;  Mrs Rebecca Funmilayo Abolude, Irepodun;   Mrs Ganiyat Sanni, Isin; Mrs Nike Ajibola, Ifelodun;  Mrs Modupe Ajibade ( nee Olawoyin), Offa ; Alhaja Jemilat Funmilayo Abioye, Oyun.

Also present at the meeting were   Hon. Rasak Omotosho ( Belumi), member, Kwara state House of Assembly and DG, Isin Campaign;  Rt. Hon CT Ayeni, former Deputy Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Barr. Kayode Towoju, former Executive Chairman, Oke Ero Local Government and former commissioner for Agriculture,  Kwara state, Alhaji. Murtala Olanrewaju, former Commissioner for  Communication,  Kwara state and DDG, Oyun campaign ; Prof. Bashir Ibahim, DG, Irepodun campaign, Arch. Fatai Olatinwo , Offa;  Alh. Fatai Garba Labaka, DG, Ifelodun campaign, Barr.  Rachael Ashaolu, DG Oke Ero; Arch. DG, Offa campaign, Kunle Awolola, DG2, Isin.

Others were the chairmen of the party in the 7 local governments in Kwara South;  Hon. Segun Awobagbade ( Obaway),  Isin;  Mr. Bamidele James Kayode, Oke Ero; Mr. Kayode Adewoye, Oyun,;  Hajia Rashidat Kazeem, Irepodun;  Arch. Lukman Abubakar, Ifelodun; Mr. Kunle Adegboye, Offa-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you