BREAKING NEWS: SDP governorship candidate,omisore, collides with APC for osun state re-run election
The governorship candidate of the Social
Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Iyiola
Omisore, has said he is set to form an
alliance with the All Progressives Congress
(APC) for the Osun rerun election.
According to a report by Channels Television,
Omisore said hs decision comes after the
National Chairman of the APC, Adams
Oshiomhole, led a delegation comprised of
governors and top chieftains of the party, to
visit him.
He said this while addressing journalists at
his residence in Ile Ife on Wednesday.
He said, “We have accepted to support the APC
for victory in the rerun election tomorrow and
thereafter form a coalition government.”
Omisore told journalists in Ile Ife that the
decision to work with the APC was based on
the condition he gave earlier for his support.
The SDP candidate had said he would only
support any party (between PDP and APC)
that is ready to uphold SDP’s core values.
He said informed both the APC and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of his
conditions.
The conditions include a pledge to ensure
motivation of workers in the state, payment
of salary arrears in the first three months in
office, equity in infrastructure provision
across the state, the adoption of a local
content policy for all projects in the state.
He also wants traditional rulers to be made
more relevant.
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According to the SDP candidate, only the
APC has accepted his conditions and that is
why the SDP is going to form an alliance
with the APC.
Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Iyiola
Omisore, has said he is set to form an
alliance with the All Progressives Congress
(APC) for the Osun rerun election.
According to a report by Channels Television,
Omisore said hs decision comes after the
National Chairman of the APC, Adams
Oshiomhole, led a delegation comprised of
governors and top chieftains of the party, to
visit him.
He said this while addressing journalists at
his residence in Ile Ife on Wednesday.
He said, “We have accepted to support the APC
for victory in the rerun election tomorrow and
thereafter form a coalition government.”
Omisore told journalists in Ile Ife that the
decision to work with the APC was based on
the condition he gave earlier for his support.
The SDP candidate had said he would only
support any party (between PDP and APC)
that is ready to uphold SDP’s core values.
He said informed both the APC and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of his
conditions.
The conditions include a pledge to ensure
motivation of workers in the state, payment
of salary arrears in the first three months in
office, equity in infrastructure provision
across the state, the adoption of a local
content policy for all projects in the state.
He also wants traditional rulers to be made
more relevant.
a
According to the SDP candidate, only the
APC has accepted his conditions and that is
why the SDP is going to form an alliance
with the APC.
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