Kwara State chapter of Labour Party (LP) yesterday inaugurated a caretaker committee at Ilorin, the state capital.
The inauguration of the new executives of LP was supervised by the deputy national secretary of the party, High Chief Kehinde Rotimi.
The event was held at the Labour House inside the secretariat of the state’s chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress( NLC).
The members of the caretaker committee are Hon. Adekunle Ajibade( chairman), Hon. Salihu Kitab(secretary), Comrade Ann-Tosin Oluleye( assistant secretary),Engr Yinka Oladejo( public relations officer),Mr Dele Dare( auditor) Hajia Mutiat Olajumoke( women leader).
Others Odeyemi Funmilayo( youth leader),Hon Hycent Opah(organising secretary),Alh Yahaya Jibrin( deputy chairman, Kwara north), Hon.Zikki Sanni (north senatorial youth leader and Rebecca Ndace (north senatorial women leader.
In his acceptance speech, the chairman of the caretaker committee, Hon. Adekunle Ajibade, said LP has come to stay in Kwara State based on the support it got from the people of the state during the 2023 general elections.
” We are poised to take the party to great levels and committed to ensuring it rules the state by our collective support and God’s help.
” We also want to affirm our support for the leadership of our national chairman, Barr. Julius Abure that we in Kwara State are solidly behind him and we pass a vote of confidence on his leadership of our great party.
” We also extend same confidence and support for the presidential candidate of our party in the last general elections, Mr Peter Obi and we are hopeful that his mandate wrongfully taken from him as given to him by Nigerians will be recovered back soonest,” Ajibade stated.
Ajibade while expressing delight that Kwara is ably represented at the national leadership cadre of the LP with the election of the immediate past chairman of the party in the state, High Chief Kehinde Rotimi as the deputy national secretary, also announced plans to reposition the party in the state.
