Osun APC members protest, call for party restructuring and president's removal
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Tuesday called for the removal of party chairman Prince Gboyega Famoodu for alleged mismanagement of party resources.
Members who gathered in large numbers in the streets of Osogbo, the state capital, in the early hours of the day, also called for the restructuring of the Party saying: Famoodu does not have everything what it takes to deliver the state to the party in the next few hours. general elections scheduled for 2023.
Armed with signs with different inscriptions reading: "Osun APC Needs Restructuring", Famodun Must Go, Save Osun APC From Total Collapse", Sack Famodun, Aregbesola Is The Soul Of APC/Progressive Politics In Osun", There Is No Life In Osun APC Again!", 2023: Asiwaju May Lose Osun With Famodun As APC Chairman", among others.
They stormed, Osogbo from all 30 local government areas in the state and sang different songs as they formed a formidable and orderly group to register their grievances against the party chairman for always administering party affairs in the state.
They did, however, march to the state House of Assembly complex where they delivered a letter demanding his removal to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, the Hon. Timothy Owoeye with the claim that the party under Famodun could not achieve victory in the 2023 general election.
Addressing the members, a leader of the party, Comrade Abosede Oluwaseun, said that "the party needs to be restructured at unit, ward, local government and state level so that it be united and formidable before the next general election.
"With a conscious, sincere and objective analysis of the gubernatorial election outcome, we have discovered that electoral loss is not only self-induced by party administrators, it also reflects the problems of the party that had been raised by concerned minds in the recent past.
"The party's problems, which are ignored so far, unfortunately cost our party the election victory and as concerned progressives we felt the need to inform you that it is not safe to to approach the 2023 general election with the same Paper Tiger Party under the leadership of Prince Gboyega Famodun, APC State Chairman in Osun State.
“The problems, to sum it up, boil down to gross mismanagement of the party by Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the party president, Gboyega Famodun. The president has totally demonstrated a lack of ability to manage the party and this is reflected in the outcome of the July 16 gubernatorial election."
He maintained, however, that in order to deal with this emerging, clear and present danger, "we unequivocally make the following demands: the dissolution of all party structures, state-level unity .
"The establishment of an independent interim committee to oversee the restructuring of the party and make it once again an election-winning machine.
“Composition of an inclusive party executive structure, from districts to state level, within 90 days; and
"Redistribution of state and federal legislative tickets globally to reflect true membership structure and tendencies.
"This, in our humble opinion, is the way forward after the stalemate we have found ourselves in the APC and unless we take these steps urgently, we run the grave risk to suffer worse consequences in the next election."
Addressing the protesters, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye assured party members of the steps needed to make the party united and formidable.
Owoeye said, "I want to assure you of one fact that all necessary steps to be taken to ensure that our party is united and formidable to continue to govern and win future elections will be taken."
In his own reaction, party chairman Prince Famodu condemned the protest which he attributed to the work of Interior Minister Mr Rauf Aregbesola and called it shameful and mean.
In a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Kola Olabisi, the President said that "one would have thought that the appropriate place to seek the restructuring of any party was the country house of Ede du Senator Ademola Adeleke for whom they ostentatiously voted. pride."
"If I may ask, when did it occur to you that the political party you had abandoned for about three years and worked against needed to be restructured?
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Tuesday called for the removal of party chairman Prince Gboyega Famoodu for alleged mismanagement of party resources.
Members who gathered in large numbers in the streets of Osogbo, the state capital, in the early hours of the day, also called for the restructuring of the Party saying: Famoodu does not have everything what it takes to deliver the state to the party in the next few hours. general elections scheduled for 2023.
Armed with signs with different inscriptions reading: "Osun APC Needs Restructuring", Famodun Must Go, Save Osun APC From Total Collapse", Sack Famodun, Aregbesola Is The Soul Of APC/Progressive Politics In Osun", There Is No Life In Osun APC Again!", 2023: Asiwaju May Lose Osun With Famodun As APC Chairman", among others.
They stormed, Osogbo from all 30 local government areas in the state and sang different songs as they formed a formidable and orderly group to register their grievances against the party chairman for always administering party affairs in the state.
They did, however, march to the state House of Assembly complex where they delivered a letter demanding his removal to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, the Hon. Timothy Owoeye with the claim that the party under Famodun could not achieve victory in the 2023 general election.
Addressing the members, a leader of the party, Comrade Abosede Oluwaseun, said that "the party needs to be restructured at unit, ward, local government and state level so that it be united and formidable before the next general election.
"With a conscious, sincere and objective analysis of the gubernatorial election outcome, we have discovered that electoral loss is not only self-induced by party administrators, it also reflects the problems of the party that had been raised by concerned minds in the recent past.
"The party's problems, which are ignored so far, unfortunately cost our party the election victory and as concerned progressives we felt the need to inform you that it is not safe to to approach the 2023 general election with the same Paper Tiger Party under the leadership of Prince Gboyega Famodun, APC State Chairman in Osun State.
“The problems, to sum it up, boil down to gross mismanagement of the party by Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the party president, Gboyega Famodun. The president has totally demonstrated a lack of ability to manage the party and this is reflected in the outcome of the July 16 gubernatorial election."
He maintained, however, that in order to deal with this emerging, clear and present danger, "we unequivocally make the following demands: the dissolution of all party structures, state-level unity .
"The establishment of an independent interim committee to oversee the restructuring of the party and make it once again an election-winning machine.
“Composition of an inclusive party executive structure, from districts to state level, within 90 days; and
"Redistribution of state and federal legislative tickets globally to reflect true membership structure and tendencies.
"This, in our humble opinion, is the way forward after the stalemate we have found ourselves in the APC and unless we take these steps urgently, we run the grave risk to suffer worse consequences in the next election."
Addressing the protesters, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye assured party members of the steps needed to make the party united and formidable.
Owoeye said, "I want to assure you of one fact that all necessary steps to be taken to ensure that our party is united and formidable to continue to govern and win future elections will be taken."
In his own reaction, party chairman Prince Famodu condemned the protest which he attributed to the work of Interior Minister Mr Rauf Aregbesola and called it shameful and mean.
In a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Kola Olabisi, the President said that "one would have thought that the appropriate place to seek the restructuring of any party was the country house of Ede du Senator Ademola Adeleke for whom they ostentatiously voted. pride."
"If I may ask, when did it occur to you that the political party you had abandoned for about three years and worked against needed to be restructured?
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