His Excellency Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi, former deputy governor of Oyo state, has commended the peaceful conduct of the People’s Democratic party local government Congress across the 33 local governments in the state.
Gbolarumi, who participated in the exercise at INEC approved venue, Salvation army Primary School, Opposite Police Station, Yemetu, his local government, Ibadan North local government area, today 5th of October, lauded the party members for their “maturity” during the exercise.
He said the large turn out for the Local government congress shows that the PDP is a “cohesive party.”
“All our great party members in Ibadan North local government, you have done well for turning out in this number to be part of the PDP local government congress. I want to use this medium to thank you all for the orderliness and peaceful way you conducted yourself,” he said.
“We are members of the same family and that is why we are doing it in line with our constitution. I want to use this opportunity to say a big thank you to all our members across the state that performed this electoral process across the 33 local governments in the state.
“We know that the PDP can get stronger if there is always peace and consensus among all our members.”
“I commend all our newly elected officials,” he also said, adding: “We are very lucky to have observers from INEC and Security Agencies who witnessed the process of the local government congress.”