*says LG congresses very peaceful
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Deputy Governor of Edo state and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Local Government congresses in Oyo state Mr Philips Shuaibu on Tuesday declared that the party’s consensus agreement for its congresses is working.
Mr Shuaibu stated this during a chat with newsmen after monitoring conduct of the local government congresses at Ibadan South East and Ibadan South West local government areas of Oyo state with some members of the committee
According to the Edo state deputy governor, with the consensus agreement, the congresses was peaceful in and across all the 33 local government areas of the state.
The Local Government congresses Committee Chairman stressed that he was impressed with the conduct of the congresses in all the areas he visited with his members, and that reports from other members of the committees monitoring in other zones of the state was that the congresses were peaceful in those areas too.
” With the reports we are getting from other local government and other zones, I am happy that the consensus is working with the results we are getting from the field. I can tell you that apart from the venues of the congresses I personally visited, I have been getting reports from other committee members we sent to other zones and Local governments that it is been very peaceful and coordinated”, he said
Mr Shuaibu added, “we expected that because the main work was at the ward level. What we are seen today is the affirmation of what happened last week and we are to go to fulfil the constitutional provision. Which means even when there is consensus agreement”
The Edo state deputy governor stressed, ” we must go to the field and affirm what we called consensus agreement” .
At Ibadan South East and Ibadan South West local government respectively, Mr Shaibu commended the delegates and PDP members for their peaceful conduct at the venue .
Mr Shuaibu together with other members of the committee supervised the affirmation of the new Local government Executives for Ibadan South East and Ibadan South West to the admiration of the delegates and party leaders at the venue
Oyo state Chairman of the PDP Local Organising Committee for the congresses, Senator Hosea Agboola lauded the peaceful conduct of the exercise , saying it was as a result of efforts put in place by Gov Seyi Makinde.
” We went round together and you can see that the congress was peaceful. We have being to Ibadan Southeast and Ibadan Northwest local government. Other members of the committee have gone to Oke Ogun while other have gone to Ibarapa areas. Everything has been peaceful and no report of violence in any place.” he said.
