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Gov Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Wednesday described Labour Party as the only genuine progressive party in the country.
Mimiko said this at the inauguration of the party’s executives at its Oyo State secretariat in Ibadan.
“The difference between our party and others is that we practice progressivism while some are progressives by name.
“ Our party is the only party that cares so much for the masses and has been doing so,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor was accompanied by the party’s National Chairman, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu.
Addressing party supporters, the governor said that it was only in Ondo State controlled by the party that university students were paying N25,000 as tuition fee.
“If a public university could charge its students N250,000, then how much do they expect private universities to charge? These people don’t care for the masses.
“Our own government took the records of street traders in Ondo State and built new markets before the traders were evacuated from the roads.
“They said I am building markets but l told them that I will continue to build markets,’’ Mimiko said.
Mimiko, who described the health facilities in his state as excellent, noted that 30 per cent of the patients at the state’s hospitals were from Osun and Oyo States.
The governor urged other state governments to emulate the state’s health programme for pregnant women.
He also urged the party’s supporters to be loyal to the government at the centre, saying President Goodluck Jonathan was improving the nation’s economy.
Also speaking, Nwanyanwu said that the party had given waivers to all new members and urged them to register with the party in their various wards.
He inaugurated Mr Bashiru Apampa and Mr Gbenga Olayemi as Co-Chairmen of the party in the state.
NAN reports that the inauguration was attended by Alhaji Srafadeen Alli, a former Chairman of Odu’a Investment Limited .
Others were Lowo Obisesan, Peter Odetomi, Kazeem Adedeji and Bayo Adegbenro, all former commissioners in the Abiola Ajimobi administration in Oyo State
this is a true democratic party the party that put peoples condition into consideration
Yea not like other political parties that forgot that it was the poor mekunnu that voted for them during the election period and increased their children school fee from 20,000 to 200,000 and above and the foolish governor is still saying we are practicing democracy
kudos to labour party