It is becoming more clearer than ever that the Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde is not ready to conduct elections into the local governmenta in the state in any moment now even despite the constitution of an electoral umpire for the purpose.
Makinde has requested for an extension of the tenure of the sixty-eight Local Government and Local Council Development Areas Caretaker Chairmen and their members, according to a request a letter forwarded to the Oyo State House of Assembly by the Governor.
The tenure of the Caretaker Chairmen whose appointments will expire on the 19th of December, 2020 are been requested for an elongation by the governor.
Makinde's letter wants the House of Assembly to approve the extension of tenure of the Caretaker Chairmen for another three months.
The letter read in part:
" It is my wish that the House of Assembly gives this request accelerated hearing to avoid creating a vacuum in the governance of the Local Government Councils.
The Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin who read the plenary said the House will work inline with the report generated by its Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters.
Hon Ogundoyin assured that the request will be attended to by the House on Friday during its plenary.
The local government administration in Nigeria since the advent of this current democratic dispensation in 1999 has been practically ineffective as State Governors rendered useless and a channel to reward their good/loyal boys and not the people at the grassroots.
Makinde will soon existed his good will if he has not already exuasted it.
ReplyDeleteIs there different between 6 and half a dozen? All of them are the same PDP/APC. They crippled the local government administrations in the country. Where ever they conducted the elections, they rigged in their cronies.
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