The governor, after the collation of the party congresses results in the 332 Wards in the state scored 269,631 votes out of 355,729 registered members of APC in state.
Announcing the result at the state collation centre, Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, APC National Assistant Secretary and Chairman of the Congress Committee, Mallam Nasir Elrufai, last Saturday, said the congress was peaceful across the state and urged people to protect their votes in August 9.
He assured that the APC would not relent in giving the best to Nigerians if given another opportunity by people of the state come August 2014.
Aregbesola Picks APC Ticket
He said: “The National Working Committee of the party is proud of Aregbesola and have resolved that as soon as the APC takes over leadership at the federal level, three out of the many good programmes of the governor would be adopted. The OYES scheme will be introduced
in 36 states of the federation as well as the school feeding programme and the “Tablet of Knowledge (Opon Imo).
“A political party gave its ticket to someone they believe can rig election but the people of the state must protect their votes. I urge the people of Osun not to allow any form of rigging; you should be prepared to vote wisely and at the same time protect your vote jealously.
“We are going to be here to protect our mandate; they can not rig South West. Those who rigged the South-West in 1964 knew what happened” El-Rufai said. The former minister later presented the Certificate of Return to Governor Aregbesola.
Obviously elated on his emergence, Governor Aregbesola commended members of the APC for presenting him for another term, saying the APC would not let the people down, considering its achievements in the last three and a half years.He said the task before the people of Nigeria is to wrestle power from the PDP at the federal level, saying it is not the destiny of Nigerians to be in penury.
Aregbesola said: “Since 1999, a party has been at the helm of affairs in Nigeria and that party has done nothing but wrecked the nation, from North to South and in every part of this country, there is chaos, instability and violence everywhere and it is caused by the same bunch of destroyers,
“They failed us in education, health, security and many others. The APC will guarantee security and stability throughout the country if voted into power.
“For seven and a half years, that party of destroyers reigned in Osun; they virtually crippled and destroyed our state, the APC is ready to restore the glory of our dear state and rescue it from backwardness. We must all do everything within our power to ensure that the destroyers don’t return to power in this state”
The governor assured the gathering that the development which the state has witnessed within the last three and a half years will continue as his government is ready to create wealth and ensure that there is enough food for all.
“With what you have seen that we achieved in the last three and a half years, it shows that we are not just a government that dwells on empty promises, we don’t just promise and talk, we work out our promises. Before we came into power, the task before us was to do everything humanly possible to move the state forward and we shall continue with that trend.
“The APC will ensure that there is food security, the APC will guarantee liberty and justice. Our party will make happiness possible again, peace will reign in our land through the APC, progress will come and we shall restore human dignity. These are the promises of our party.
“We should all begin to tell ourselves that it is only the APC that can deliver good governance in the country; we should not leave the campaign to politicians alone,” he noted.
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