A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon Bola Ilori, has explained why the party will not participate in the council election.
He stated there is a case in the Supreme Court that has not been resolved.
Besides, the APC chieftain noted that Governor Olusegun Mimiko set up a committee on the creation of new local governments, which has not submitted its report.
Ilori said: “We are ready for the local government election with quality candidates. We however, are not ready to legitimise the planned local government selection by the Mimiko government when we know it’s an effort in futility with the pendency of Ondo State Local Government administration matters with the Supreme Court.”
“Why all these waste in Ondo State that is owing the highest number of months in outstanding salaries in South West Nigeria?
“How does a government that announced the commencement of the process of creating new Local Government Areas with fun-fair now suddenly go mute after dissipating millions of naira on the process only to turn round to be touting election into the existing councils, this is a fraud? One wonders if he plans to dissolve the elected Councils after creating his new local government within the few months left in his administration. We don’t suffer such amnesia, our party will stand up to him on this” Ilori stated.
The former Special Adviser to Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Enviroment and Sanitation Matters stated government resources were being expended without any visible human development.
The Nation