The members of the Ondo State House of Assembly seeking re-election in the 2011 general elections under the platform of the Labour Party should go to their various constituencies and campaign, the party's leadership has said.
Olaiya Oni, the Labour Party chairman who dropped the hint when the 13 lawmakers went to the party's secretariat to procure nomination forms.
Mr. Oni noted that the party was ready to conduct transparent primaries adding that there will be no automatic tickets for any political office holders seeking re-election.
The party chief, however, commended the nine LP lawmakers who were declared winners of the election held on April 14, 2007 for their steadfast and rare show of loyalty when the party was struggling to regain its mandate.
"For 21 months that we were battling to reclaim our mandate, the nine LP lawmakers shunned all forms of financial inducement and remained steadfast to our course. They were sending N400, 000 to the party secretariat regularly.
"It is not as if we are endorsing them as a party; we are only commending them for the work they had done in the past. We will also be glad if they are re-elected to continue the quality representation they have been providing for their people."
The lawmakers are: Emiola Dare, Ifedayo Akinsoyinu, Oladejo Adeloye, Akinsiku Afolabi, Abiodun Ogunbi, Omotayo Abidakun, Henry Akinsuroju, Bakita Bello, Ayodele Awodeyi, Samuel Pelemo, Oyebo Aladetan, Olatunji Dairo, Adeniyi Akindele and Dejo Adeloye.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues shortly after submitting the forms the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Ifedayo Akinsoyinu, said, "We decided to come as a team to submit our forms because we believe that together, we can effectively work with the executive to deliver dividends of democracy in the next political dispensation.
"We are seeking re-election because we had many unfinished assignments at the House which we hoped to complete".
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