Osun guber: Uzodimma gives deadline to sub-committees

By Jude Opara

Ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun state, the the Chairman of the National Campaign Council for the election, Sen. Hope Uzodimma has given all the sub-committees a 72 hours deadline to meet and submit their ideas and proposals on how to achieve victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Secretary of the council.

Uzodimma who spoke in Abuja while declaring open a meeting of all the sub-committees said everything necessary under the law must be put in place to ensure that the party and its candidate, Biodun Oyebamiji emerge victorious at the polls.

“Our plan is to go and support our brothers and sisters in Osun State to win the forthcoming election. This meeting is not for merrymaking. It’s not for any jamboree.

“It is for people to come and offer service. The third is to officially, like you must have known, that all of us here belong to one subcommittee or the other.

“To officially mandate all the sub-committees to meet as soon as possible, between now and Thursday, and bring up ideas and services they think they can render to ensure that our task is made easier.

“And what is their task? To win the governorship election in Osun State. Any other thing will be left till after the elections. But the most important thing are things that will make us win the election properly.

“So I therefore urge all the chairmen of all the subcommittees to submit to the National Secretary of this committee all their resolutions and proposals that will enable them to work, and where they think the Central Working Committee will help them to be able to actualize their mission”.

Uzodimma who is also the governor of Imo state and Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) equally urged the Finance sub-committees to collect all contributions from willing members and non-members who want to make contributions to the Osun governorship election.

Also at the meeting was the Secretary to the National Campaign Council and Deputy Senate President, Jubril Barau and members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC, amongst many others.