Osun 2018: Forum Of SSA Applauds Direct Primary Election
The Forum of Senior Special Assistants to Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has described the recently concluded direct primary election adopted to pick the governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress in Osun as a pacesetting initiative.
A statement signed and made available to newsmen in Osogbo by the Chairman of the forum Engr. Bashir Lawal and Secretary Mr. Tope Mustapha Adeyemi noted that Osun has been so innovative in setting national and global policies and projects.
According to them, the successful conduct of the direct primary election is commendable and should be a thought provoking political exercise that should be embraced in all the states controlled by the APC to demonstrate to the whole world, that the APC led federal government, is moving away from the shackles of political brigandage and corruption that characterizes the indirect delegate system of choosing candidates.
“If all hands are on deck to check the political criminality of short changing the people’s will through the manipulative delegate system, then Nigeria as a nation would have sincerely gone half way in tackling and wagging a serious war against corruption”.
While wishing Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the All Progressive Congress (APC) flag bearer, success in all his endeavors they urged him to embrace his fellow contestants and build a solid front to tackle oppositions.
“Our expectations from the flag bearer is, instilling confidence into the rest co-contenders to building the party and bringing it back into a big and one strong united family, through careful, honest and peace driven reconciliation efforts, that is grounded in forgiveness, love, unity and happiness of all the party members, especially those that are aggrieved in one way and another.
“We congratulate first and foremost Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola for standing firm in his believe of enthroning an enduring good governance; the people of Osun for coming out en mass to support the exercise by voting for their choice massively; the other contestants for their spirit of political sportsmanship and to the winner of the exercise Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola who has worked seriously and tirelessly for this feat.
