LG congress: Ondo APC elects excos through consensus

The local government congress of the All Progressives Congress was held across the 18 local government areas of Ondo State on Saturday.

During the monitoring of the exercise in some of the local government areas, it was observed that members of the executive of the party at the local governments were elected through consensus arrangements.

In spite of the consensus arrangement, it was also observed that members of the party who participated in the congress passed through all electoral procedures.

Speaking on the exercise, the Acting Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Ade Adetimehin, commended the party members for playing the game according to the rules. He said the exercise was an improvement on the last ward congresses saying the LG congress was peaceful because party members were well organised.

He said, “The local government congress went on peacefully in Ondo State and it was conducted as required by the law. Ondo State is a state to be proud of under APC. Members were well organised. They comported themselves in line with the rules and regulations.

“We held a stakeholders meeting and it was unanimously agreed that we are going to select our executive through consensus. Our ward congress is the best across the country and we are going to build on it. All the leaders agreed on consensus.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the Ondo State Local Government Congress Committee, Mr Gbenga Isiaka, described the process as wonderful.

He said issues arising from the Ward Congresses had been resolved and all necessary materials were distributed as planned.