APC PRIMARIES: LAGOS LG ASPIRANTS APPLAUD PROCESS AS LASIEC FIXES POLL FOR JULY 12
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APC PRIMARIES: LAGOS LG ASPIRANTS APPLAUD PROCESS AS LASIEC FIXES POLL FOR JULY 12
Lagos LG
Some Local Government chairmanship aspirants in Lagos State have expressed satisfaction with the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries.
Some of the aspirants spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Ikeja party secretariat venue of the primaries on Saturday.
NAN reports that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has fixed July 12 for the council poll in the state.
No fewer 1500 party delegates were present at the present to cast their votes for their respective aspirants.
Speaking, Mr Akeem Dauda, a Chairmanship aspirant for Ikeja LG ,said that the process was commendable.
Dauda said the method adopted by the party leadership to conduct the LG primaries was acceptable to many party stakeholders.
“We appreciate the leadership of our party and the Electoral Committee for ensuring the process of primaries remains transparent,” he said.
Also speaking, another aspirant and present Vice Chairman of Ikorodu LG, Mrs Folashade Olabanji-Oba, described the process as and peaceful.
“Some people might argue this but honestly I give it to the party and I am proud of the party,” Olabanji-Oba said.
Highlighting how diligently she had served the party and the people at the grassroots, the aspirant said that if she emerged as the winner, it would be a call for higher and greater service to the people.
On women inclusion in governance, she said: “I celebrate my great party, simply the best party for women inclusion. What the party has done is awesome by giving women opportunities.
” We have never had so much recognition like we have now.It couldn’t be better,” she added.
She applauded President Bola Tinubu’s belief in women inclusion, saying the APC leader was always a step ahead.
“Women are nation builders and there is no way we can disenfranchise over half of the population. This is a future for women, ” she said.
Also, Mr Larinde Ajibola, another aspirant from Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA), who described the process and smooth, peaceful and transparent, said that party supremacy remained sacrosant.
Ajibola, a 31-year-old aspirant, who described himself as the youngest aspirant, however, urged the party stakeholders to give room for the youth.
He commended President, Bola Tinubu’s manifesto, which included youth development and inclusiveness.
“Asiwaju (Tinubu) has said youth will have a certain percentage in this local government election and we hope the promise will be fulfilled.
“If I am elected, my first agenda is youth empowerment, access to finance and security of life and properties,” Ajibola said.
Another chairmanship aspirant, Mr Tayo Aderinola, from the Ikeja LG ,said he was ready to accept the results of the primary election.
Aderinola, who earlier stepped down for another aspirant, said he would give full support for the party candidate.
NAN reports that the primary election is ongoing at the party secretariat.
(NAN)
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