Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state today, 10th February 2021 received in his office members of the APC, South West Zonal Monitoring Committee. The seven-man Committee constituted by the Party is saddled with the responsibility to monitor performance and compliance with the on-going Party Membership Registration and Revalidation exercise in the South-West geo-political zone.
The South-West Zonal Committee has Senator Lawan Shuaibu as Chairman and Arc. Tunde Imolehin as Secretary. The Committee arrived Ekiti mid-day from Ibadan, Oyo state where they also visited to monitored the registration exercise in that state.
Welcoming the visitors to Ekiti state, the State Party Chairman, Barr. Paul Omotosho thanked God for journey mercy. He assured the Zonal Committee of the utmost cooperation of the state chapter to make the exercise a huge success.
Responding, the Chairman, S/W Zonal Committee, Senator Lawan Shuaibu commented thus; “Your Excellency, we are here in Ekiti state to monitor activities of the Party’s membership registration and revalidation exercise. Our interest is to confirm performance and compliance with the guidelines issued by the Party. We appreciate the reports and commendation we have been receiving from the Committee in Ekiti state. Ekiti is a very enlightened political environment. You have highly capable and experienced politicians from Ekiti state. We therefore have nothing to worry about in Ekiti rather we expect the best result from Ekiti state. I am sure that the State Committee has notified you that this exercise is to ensure that the Party has a reliable and verifiable data base of its members; from the units to wards etc. Each ward should have a verifiable record of its members. The Leadership of APC intends to take the Party back to the people. By so doing, the Ward Chairman shall be the Chair Officer of the Party in the Ward. He shall be the one who admits members into the Party and exercises authority to discipline erring members. Power in the Party shall now be restructured from bottom to top. Recall that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the erstwhile National Chairman discountenanced the suspension order of his Ward Chairman and that was used to nail him in Court. Everyone now has the opportunity to go back to his village (Unit) and register as a member of the Party. That is the desire and position of the Leader of the Party, President Muhammadu Buhari for APC. We wish that this position is clearly and vigorously advocated to the people. We went to Osun state and I found out that Chief Bisi Akande’s Ward Chairman is an illiterate. He neither speaks nor write a word of English language but he is a Party mobilizer greatly loved by his people. The people must be given the opportunity to elect/chose whom they want as their leader. HE, I assure you that this exercise in not about 2023 as misconstrued by many. Nobody is going to hijack this exercise. It is a continuous exercise entrenched in the Party Constitution.
In his response, HE, Governor Kayode Fayemi welcomed the Chairman, S/W Zonal Committee, Senator Lawan Shuaibu and his Team to Ekiti state. He thanked Senator Shuaibu and commended him for his contribution to building the Party. He expressed satisfaction with the decisions and actions of the Party to embark upon the membership registration exercise. He applauded the Party for its choice of the various Committee members saying they comprised of persons with the capacity to deliver on their assignment while the Party goes to sleep. Governor Fayemi confirmed to the Zonal Committee that the exercise was flagged-off in Ekiti state at his polling unit 1, Ward 11 of Oye LGA last Tuesday, 9th February 2021. He declared that the exercise was going-on successfully in the state. For your information, APC Governors are anxious to see this exercise succeed in our respective states. Mr. President wants it to succeed even in non-APC states. In Ekiti state, no one is excluded; it is all about inclusion regardless of the individual’s tendency.
The Chairman, Ekiti State Membership Registration and Revalidation Committee, Alhaji (Dr) Yusuf Shittu Galambi responding on behalf of the Committee gave brief account of activities of his Committee since arrival in Ekiti state. He informed the visiting Zonal Committee that his committee has religiously followed the membership registration guidelines and adhered strictly to the time schedule provided by the party. So far, he adjudged the on-going registration exercise in Ekiti successful and hitch free. He acknowledged that his Committee would not have accomplished good success without the support and cooperation of the state chapter of the Party and HE, Governor Fayemi whom he thanked profusely for their contributions.
Bassey is a member of the APC States Membership Registration and Revalidation Committee assigned to Ekiti state.