Mohammed Shosanya
Ondo State Governor,Lucky Aiyedatiwa has declared that there’s no vacancy in the governor’s office in the state.
He spoke on Monday at stakeholders meeting of the party held at The Dome at Alagbaka, Akure.
Addressing members of party, Aiyedatiwa advocated the need for unity among members of the party in order for the party to win the coming gubernatorial election in the state.
He said: “We must all come together as one family to work together for the progress of our party, knowing for sure this is an election here for us.An election to the office of the governor of ondo state, even though the seat is not vacant currently.
“Let us work together In oneness and in peace so that our party, APC will continue to govern this state.It is important for me to tell you that as leaders of our party, we must put behind us the events of the last few months and come together as one big family for the progress of the APC and the development of our dear state.
“To me, what happened in the past was just politics. It was not a fight; it was not a battle; it was mere politics and I can say that I did not take any offence from that. The most important thing for us is to remain as one big family. There should be no division in our party.
“There is the need to make our party stronger and that necessitated the idea of this enlarged stakeholders meeting to bring everybody on board. Our party leaders and members are critical stakeholders that we cannot afford to neglect.
“There have been complaints from many of our party officers at local levels of not being carried along in the scheme of things. That must now be a thing of the past. All our party officers from ward to local government to state levels will be given the recognition they deserve.”