The Labour Party (LP) has stated that it will work hard to win the Edo gubernatorial election in 2024.
Barr. Julius Abure, the embattled Chairman of the Party, stated this in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Obiorah Ifoh, and released to the media on Wednesday.
The chairman, who has visited some wards and local governments in Edo, has urged all party supporters and stakeholders to form a united front ahead of the 2024 governorship election in order to repeat the feat achieved in the 2023 presidential election when the party received approximately 75% of the votes and won convincingly.
The statement reads:
The national chairman embarked on a sensitisation tour a week ago starting from his ward and his unit in Esan North East Local Government Area, Edo Central senatorial district to the state level.
He appreciated the state working committee for their solidarity support, hard work and its resilience in the 2023 general election which saw the Labour Party scoring 75 percent in the presidential election, and in so doing deprived all other political parties from getting 25 percent in the election.
The national chairman then appealed to the state executive council to build on this foundation and maintain the tempo in order to be able to participate effectively with the view to winning the governorship election in Edo.
He equally cautioned the executive over some units executives across the state that are not in existence.
Barrister Abure has also set up several committees to reconcile the aggrieved members even as he charged the state leadership of the party to open its doors to accommodate new entrants and cooperate with all other leaders and stakeholders to ensure a strong, united and formidable party that will be able to win the governorship election.
He, therefore, charged the Local Government Chairmen as well as the Ward Chairmen to appraise their Unit Executives and substitute the same within the next two weeks.
They were also mandated to report to the House on the 18th of July 2023. The House further set up a committee to reconcile all the aggrieved members within the State.
The National Chairman equally educated the State Executives on the need to open their doors to accommodate new entrants. He emphasized that the executives alone won’t be able to win elections as they need the support from all members. He consequently appealed to them to be open minded and accept those who are joining the party across all states.
He charged them to always cooperate with leaders of the party who are not necessarily the executives of the party but who have contributed in one way or the other in enhancing the growth and development of the party.
He admonishes that there must be cooperation between leaders and the executives. The House further agrees to engage on an aggressive membership drive across the state in order to strengthen the party and make it the party to beat in the Edo 2024 governorship election, Obiora said.