As the All Progressives Congress flags off its nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise this week, the Oyo state chapter of the party has summoned an all-inclusive stakeholders meeting to ensure a hitch-free and successful exercise in the state.
According to a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday and signed by the State Caretaker Chairman, Chief Akin Oke, Oyo APC has resolved to work with the National Secretariat and all stakeholders to deliver on the exercise "which is expected to showcase to the world that all progressive politicians are one indivisible family determined to make the APC more virile and cohesive.
"The stakeholders meeting slated for this Monday at 11am at the new Party Secretariat in Oke-Ado, Ibadan, is aimed at mobilizing all relevant leaders and chieftains of the APC in Oyo state who in turn would sensitize and encourage members and supporters of the Party at the grassroots to participate fully in the exercise without any rancour or misgivings.
"Specifically, stakeholders expected at the meeting include; all members of the Elders' Advisory Council, all former and serving members of the National Assembly, all former and serving Principal Officers of the Oyo State House of Assembly, all serving Federal Government appointees, all former commissioners and members of the State Executive Committee, all former gubernatorial aspirants, all former and serving members of the State Working Committee as well as National and Zonal Executive Committee Members from Oyo state.
"The meeting would be an attestation to the mileage already reached in bringing all party faithful together for the task ahead. Therefore, it is imperative for all concerned to attach much importance to the meeting as admission to the venue and conduct would be strictly in accordance to laid down covid-19 protocols." Oke added.