Senator Teslim Folarin over the weekend said the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) membership and revitalisation exercise will strengthen and prepare it fully for victory in the 2023 general elections .
Senator Folarin stated this during a chat with newsmen after he revalidated his APC membership at PU 002, Ward 5, Idi Ose, Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo state.
The Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District of Oyo state maintained that the exercise will also boost the party’s chances in the coming general elections, adding that the exercise has increased his confidence in the party that come 2023, all the candidates of APC would win their elections with ease.
“ In Oyo state, APC is obviously the leading party. It is the party to beat. We lost the last gubernatorial election in the state because of the fragmentation in our party. And now with the large number of people enthusiastically joining our party , it is obvious even to the blind that APC is the party to belong to for victory”, he said
Folarin stressed that the exercise has been very successful and that he was impressed with the large turnout, particularly youths and women who according to him now daily throng the polling units across the 351 wards of Oyo state for registration.
Speaking further, Senator Folarin maintained that the exercise was well thought out and has achieved a lot in terms of reconciliation, reengineering and solidifying the party preparatory to 2023, adding, that it “has turned out to be the tonic, the boost needed by our party to get stronger, greater, bigger and I am glad about this.”
On his 2023 governorship ambition ,Senator Folarin disclosed what was paramount to him now was building the party and making sure that Oyo State benefits maximally from all the good programmes of the federal government especially on infrastructure and human capital development.
He promised that as an experienced politician and a victim of fragmented political party, he would spare no efforts in unifying the party and attract the best of politicians to the APC
