Oyo State New Nigerian People (NNPP) on Wednesday has rectified its Chairmanship and Councillorship candidates across 33 local government areas of Oyo state.
The party finally decided the fate of close to 62 chairmanship, 641 councillorship aspirants who have been lobbying to get the party’s priced ticket to be candidates in the state local government election, scheduled for April next year.
NNPP candidate’s ratification exercise was held simultaneously at the three scheduled venues by the party, which included, I D G S Secondary School, Barack Area, Iseyin for local government areas from Oyo North, Ebenezer Anglican Primary School, Akingbile, Moniya, Ibadan for Oyo Central local government’s aspirants and NNPP party office at Mokola, Ibadan for Oyo South chairmanship and councillorship aspirants.
Briefing newsmen at the end of the exercise from Oyo North, the state chairman of the party, Hon. Sesan Adegbola the party agreed to the ratification of candidates to resolve any crisis that might have surfaced during a consensus process in various local governments and wards.
” The party leaders had made the effort to reach an agreement on consensus in all the local government and wards, but we decided to meet today again in 3 centers, to do ratification, what we had done today had told everyone that, there was a hitch-free process when the leaders were selecting consensus candidates.
Adegbola said the process was monitored by the representatives of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission.
According to Chief Kunmi Agboola representative of OYSIEC during his remark at the NNPP party secretariat, Ibadan, he commend the organized activities of the party towards the local government election, and said, aside from PDP, the only political party with a serious process for the election is NNPP.
Aside the ruling party, NNPP is the only party that notified OYSIEC officially about the process of picking their various candidates for election.
” Prince Ridwan Afolabi, Oyo central senatorial party leader said, coordinated the exercise in Oyo central, said, the party is doing everything possible involved in the forthcoming local government election.
Mr. Sunday Adeosun, NNPP Oyo North senatorial party chairman confirmed that the party in Oyo North had produced consensus candidates and had been ratified, said NNPP in Oyo is fully ready to participate in the coming local government election.
While speaking, after the exercise in Ibadan, Mr. Akeem Olasunkanmi, one of the party leaders said, the ratification was necessary in order to keep the party in unity, said the party earlier decided to
to participate in the local government election without political party after much deliberations within the stakeholder.
” We resolved that the party should fully participate in the exercise so as not to jeopardize the ambition of young party members willing to test their popularity at the said elections at both Councillorship and Chairmanship levels,” he said
