CREDIBLE PRIMARIES IN OYO APC; AVOIDING PATH OF SOLDIER ANTS 🐜
Mr Idris Ismail of Idris Ismail E8/58 ,Ile Ajeja Oje, Ibadan in one of his posts opined that the leadership of the party must avoid slip ups to avoid treading the path of failure. This is coming at a crucial time when the Gubernatorial race is on.
The APC of Oyo state will be going to the field today to conduct her primaries and as a condition for having the eventual candidates that will represent the party in the forthcoming elections in 2023 into various offices . It is imperative that one pen down some things that will assist the party not to tread the part of failure or taking a regrettable decisions as we move ahead believing one need saying this for posterity to note.
The first thing I want to say is that the leadership of the party must quickly learn from the needless mistakes of the past that cost the party to be in opposition for the last three years. The worst of students are those who never learnt from history and the most foolish of men are those stung in same hole twice. 2019 mistakes of greed, selfishness , dismissing genuine grievances and other negatives should be strongly avoided.
The party leadership must first of all learn to be neutral as an umpire. They must not be seen to be biased, prejudiced and partial towards any of the contending aspirants. It is equally important that the party leadership should detach themselves from any individuals or having a predetermined results for this all important primary. This must be spiritedly followed to avoid doom for the party in this coming election. It will be too bad they are named as the people who presided over failure.
Following that is , the party leadership must be aware of internal wranglings and try to mitigate it as much as possible at this moment and time in history. It is important that the leadership treat all aspirants with equity, fairness and justice.The leadership of the party must come as leader of all and not leader of some in the course of conducting the primaries. This is the only thing that can vindicate them, facilitate agreeable process during the primaries and give acceptable results after the entire process as the case may be .
It is important that the party leadership should not turn the contest to a commercial activity such that the highest bidder will carry the day. It is a good recipe for crisis and we must avoid at all cost. it is important that every member of the party felt carried along in the course of this. The leadership should understand the concept of awodi oke. The leadership must be reminded they are dealing with oyo , a people who are philosophers by nature. They read lips, body, dictions and unsaid words , oyo mesiogo. They are addicted to history. ( Oba to je ti ilu roju.....). Please do not take history for granted.
The party leadership should understand that the ruling regime is not interested in tranquility of the party and they should avoid anything that can lead to splinting , divisions and or dissention. The leadership should be sensitive of the spanners deliberately sponsored to ensure the party never know peace nor experience united front as we face election. Vigilance is the word because it is the price of liberty. The party leadership must make huge investment in peace and unity. The turn over is always marvelous and heartwarming
Definitely there will be individuals not comfortable with certain steps or actions which must not be deliberately targeted at denying any a level playing ground. The aggrieved individuals should be immediately and sincerely placated. The party leadership should initiate or activate arbitration and reconciliatory panel that will be ready to take grievances of the aggrieved.
It is important we never allowed grievances snowballed into a bigger crisis so as not to create a bigger gulf in the party.
I wish the party, the leadership and all membership the very success as we move out to conclude the primaries today 27th of May,2022 and make our children proud of us celebrating children day.
He submitted