The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state, Pharm. Olayide Abas has expressed his optimism that the seeming intractable crisis would soon be a thing of the past “as all indications point to the fact that stakeholders would work together henceforth and build a formidable progressive party in the state.”
Abas stated this on Thursday while reacting to questions from a team of journalists who visited him in his office at the APC’s Secretariat in Oke-Ado, Ibadan.
According to him; “Crisis have always been part of human existence and it is not expected that any political gathering would always be without crisis borne out of interactions, competition and projection. Therefore, the ability of the leadership of a political group or party to manage such an inevitable crisis effectively would define its growth, expansion and electoral success.
“In Oyo APC today, we have gone through a lot in the last seven or eight years and the beautiful thing now is that we have got to a point where virtually everyone is saying ‘enough is enough’. We had a Leadership Summit on Tuesday and its outcome reflected a bright future of hope, unity and progress for our great Party in the state. The Summit was well attended by invited dignitaries from across the state and it signalled a new beginning with a promise of huge success.
“I must appreciate Party leaders such as; His Excellency Chief Iyiola Oladokun, Chief Akin Oke, Senator Ayo Adeseun, Sen. Brimo Yusuf, Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle among other stakeholders as well as all the members of the Peace Advocates (a group of eminent APC leaders in the state) for their contributions to the success of the Summit which rekindled the spirit of togetherness, love and service in our people as evident in the feedback generated during and after the programme.
“We have carried out series of reconciliation efforts since I assumed office as the state chairman late last year and the results are manifesting. Even the Summit which we organized successfully on Tuesday was sponsored by eminent party members who wanted the best for the APC in the state and the next thing is for us to set up an Implementation Committee for the resolutions reached at the summit to see the light of the day while efforts are being put in place to organize an expanded Stakeholder Meeting as soon as possible with a view to bringing everyone on board.” Abas added.
