The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), has engaged the leadership of political parties in the state as part of efforts to achieve an all inclusive local government council elections scheduled for May 15, 2021.
The meeting held on Tuesday at the conference room of the Commission, Agodi Quarters, Ibadan , provided opportunity for representatives of political parties that have its presence in Oyo state including the main opposition party, APC at the meeting to discuss how to ensure the electoral empire becomes model for others through the conduct of free, fair, transparent and credible elections.
The Chairman, Inter Party Advisory Committee , Oyo State , Otunba Adegbenro Fagbemi and Chairman, All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA , Alhaji Suraji Owolabi, while speaking with journalists shortly after the meeting , pledged to give the commission necessary support for the polls to go as planned .
The duo , who expressed the readiness of their parties to participate in the forth coming local government council elections, emphasised the need for political parties to fill credible candidates for the polls .
Adegbenro said further that it was imperative for all and sundry to give room for political re – engineering and peaceful co-existence among political parties for democracy to thrive as expected .
