Honourable Tunde Oladunjoye, Senior Media Consultant to Governor Dapo Abiodun, has assured the newly inaugurated executive officers of the Ogun State chapter of the Inter – Party Advisory Council (IPAC) that Dapo Abiodun – led administration will continue to provide a level playing field for all political parties and individuals to thrive in the state.
Oladunjoye also assured that Governor Abiodun’s administration will continue to keep its doors open to IPAC as a body and even to individual members/political parties for collaboration and cooperation in the overall best interest of the state.
The Governor’s Senior Consultant who gave the assurance while making his brief remarks during the IPAC exco inauguration in Abeokuta, the state capital, commended the peaceful election which brought the new officers into office, describing it as free and fair.
He hailed the spirit of sportsmanship of the winners and losers of the election which, he said, made reconciliation possible.
Describing IPAC as a platform for the promotion and sustenance of a free, fair, credible, transparent, acceptable, inclusive and peaceful electoral environment, Oladunjoye urged IPAC to be a partner in progress with the government and not constitutes itself into an opposition party.
According to him, IPAC is not expected to be an opposition political party or platform.
He said, “We want to assure you that the government shall continue to provide a level playing ground as already demonstrated so far.
“The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) is the umbrella body of all the registered Political Parties in Nigeria. A platform for the promotion and sustenance of a free, fair, credible, transparent, acceptable, inclusive and peaceful electoral environment in Nigeria. It promotes the conduct of political contests devoid of rancour and emphasizes the values of tolerance, sound conduct, a spirit of accommodation and teamwork in planning or organizing political competition with a view to strengthening and deepening the nation’s emerging democracy
“The above description of IPAC tallies totally with the political belief and style of administration of the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who is well known for his inclusiveness style of politics, the politics of Omoluabi, that has reduced the political heat in Ogun State almost to a near zero.
“We state categorically that IPAC is not an opposition body. It is not expected to be. However, while the individually parties can criticise or oppose the party or government in power, IPAC cannot and should not be seen as an opposition. The body should be seen as a partner in progress, who must exhaust all possible internal measures to interact with the government of the day.”
