Kwara APC chair: we’ll be fair
All Progressives Congress (APC) is a family, Kwara State Chairman, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, said yesterday. He cautioned aspirants for positions in the 2027 elections not to do anything that will
- From Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin
All Progressives Congress (APC) is a family, Kwara State Chairman, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, said yesterday.
He cautioned aspirants for positions in the 2027 elections not to do anything that will tear the party apart.
“We don’t want any situation that will tear us apart. You can see that from the ward, local government, senatorial, states and geopolitical zones, we did our congresses, and finally we did well at the national convention,” he said.
Fagbemi said this during the visit of an aspirant for the House of Representatives seat for Oke Ero/Isin/Ifelodun Federal Constituency, Mrs. Florence Oyeyemi.
The APC chairman said the party would streamline the number of aspirants for positions to have a united family.
He hinted that the party might employ consensus arrangements to produce its candidates for the 2027 general election.
He said the party leadership would remove hurdles that could cause ripples before, during and after the elections.
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He promised that the party would be fair to all concerned during the process, irrespective of age, gender or religion, noting that the process would be made easy by the time it was concluded.
“I pray we are not going to go through rancorous primaries, but the party will come up with a guideline in due course. So, we will be able to streamline and choose among the contestants. I want you to realise one thing. You should not make this a do-or-die affair.
“This is the spirit I want everyone to carry along. So that by the time we choose, it will be easy for us. One thing I want you to know is that we will be fair to all, irrespective of gender, religion or age,” he said.
The APC chairman also advised the aspirant to have continuous personal engagements with members of the constituency in order to sell herself to the people.
“I want to enjoin you to go back to the grassroots and endear yourself to the people. Let them see you as the best among all, for the people to vote for you.”
Oyeyemi said the impressive performance of the APC government at the state and national levels informed her decision to join the National Assembly race.
“APC has been a party of strength, change and progressive. You can see how we’ve grown over a period of time in the state and Nigeria at large. You can see the work Governor AbdulRazaq has been doing, where I served as commissioner for Finance and Planning between 2019 and 2023.
Coming back home, I can see direct development that has impacted lives of the people.
“At the national level, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s policies have improved macroeconomic indices. These are the reasons I have decided to jointly collaborate with the governor of the state and President Tinubu to see what I can contribute massively at the National Assembly level”, she said.
