• Dissolves Anambra chapter exco over intra-party squabbles
• Oyebanji’s administration setting Ekiti on path of greatness, says aide
Ahead of the October 27 governorship primary in Ekiti State, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared Governor Abiodun Oyebanji, and Atinuke Oluremi Omolayo to contest both the party’s primary and the governorship election.
However, the party has disqualified Kayode Ojo and Abimbola Olajumoke Olawunmi for failing to comply with the provisions of the APC’s constitution and the extant provisions of the Electoral Act.
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Duro Meseko, announced the decision yesterday, following deliberations by the Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda-led National Working Committee (NWC) on the outcome of the screening exercise.
Meseko also disclosed that a reconciliation committee headed by former APC National Chairman, Bisi Akande, would soon be inaugurated to address any grievances arising from the Ekiti governorship process.
In a related development, the APC has announced the dissolution of the Anambra State Working Committee over what it described as “unending intra-party squabbles” among key stakeholders in the state chapter.
The NWC consequently appointed a seven-member caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the party in Anambra. Meseko, however, dismissed speculations that the dissolution was aimed at paving the way for the alleged defection of Governor Peter Mbah to the APC, but noted that the party is indeed expecting “more and more governors to join the APC soon.”
Meanwhile, the huge investment of the administration of Oyebanji in aviation, agriculture, healthcare and infrastructure in the last three years has succeeded in ramping up public facilities and setting the state firmly on the path of economic greatness.
This was disclosed in Ado-Ekiti during a media briefing to mark the third anniversary of the administration. Chairman of the anniversary planning committee, Oyeniyi Adebayo, who is also the Chief of Staff to the Governor, saluted the citizens for their commitment and support in the execution of government policies, describing this as a veritable impetus to deliver the best for the Ekiti populace.
Adebayo said the administration had made a tremendous impact in the areas of road infrastructure, agriculture, youth employment, rural development and other thematic sectors of the economy, thereby making Ekiti a destination of choice for investors and tourists.
