Scores of councillors from the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Ogun on Thursday protested their suspension by the resolution recently passed by the State House of Assembly.

The protesters, carrying placards with different inscriptions in front of the Assembly complex, also prevented some of the assembly members from entering the premises with their cars, thereby forcing them to walk through.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was heavy presence of security personnel within and around the assembly complex to prevent breakdown of law and order.

The Assembly had on May 31 passed a resolution urging the state government to immediately dissolve all chairmen and members of statutory boards and parastatals, having been paid their severance allowance by the immediate past administration.

The lawmakers, through a resolution, equally suspended political functionaries in all LGAs and LCDAs in the State.

Consequently, it directed all political office holders to hand over to the Head of Local Government Administration in their respective councils and LCDAs.

Speaking with newsmen, the spokesperson of the aggrieved councillors, Mr Azeez Oyedele, described the suspension of the lawmakers as unnecessary; particularly at the beginning of a new administration in the state.

Oyedele, who noted that the tenure of the political office holders of the council areas would expire in December 2019, urged the lawmakers to urgently pass another resolution to reverse their decision in order to promote healthy democratic rule in the state.

“We were able to see the Speaker, Mr Suraj Adekunbi, but we are not pleased with the way he addressed us.

“They did not have the power to suspend us.

“If the National Assembly cannot dissolve the state assembly, how can the state assembly suspend the local government legislative arms and the chairmen?

“This 8th legislature tenure will be over in another 24 or 48 hours, why are they passing this kind of resolutions at this late hour? We want them to reverse the purported resolution,” he said.



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ogun state don enter one chance. I swear dapo las las na scam

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Deal with the idiots... They were selected by Amosun not by the people, So they should follow Amosun.

Dapo should jail them.

Fake news. I was in my office throughout. Didn't see any protest.

It is still an aberration for the state assemblies to sack the democratically elected local government chairmen and councilors under any guise. Those involved themselves knew the actions are illegal but still went ahead to enforce it.

The plot is simple, by the time the affected people will get judgement from court, their tenure wpuld have lapsed.

Methinks the new government should have let them be. Even though they were installed by the previous administration, most of them will naturally switch allegiance to the new government in a matter of months.

Foolish people !

issorite

ok

We know Amosun played politics with all the LCDA creation that he did. So they should go and rest.

My office is not far from Assembly building and didn't even hear this today. That must be a peaceful protest

hyperflex:
We know Amosun played politics with all the LCDA creation that he did. So they should go and rest.

So what did Tinubu, Aregbesola and Ajimobi play with the creation of LCDAs? Anything Amosun must be criticised sha

Let's see where Dapo will lead u all to...una go learn by fire by force.

eDoctorr:
Deal with the idiots... They were selected by Amosun not by the people, So they should follow Amosun.

Dapo should jail them.

We all know that LG elections are selections across Nigeria, and far as States electoral bodies still conduct their elections, it will never change.

If I may ask, why should they be jailed, because Amosun appointed them?

Funny enough, Dapo will still do d same thing. Electorates has no input whatsoever in who becomes their chairman-their votes doesn't count...that's why d ruling party always clear it all, even in opposition stronghold.

yomi96:
ogun state don enter one chance. I swear dapo las las na scam

Dapo na house of Assembly abii?

blazer2018:


So what did Tinubu, Aregbesola and Ajimobi play with the creation of LCDAs? Anything Amosun must be criticised sha

Let's see where Dapo will lead u all to...una go learn by fire by force.

You are loyal to ur thieving boss. Man who used unnecessary projects to siphon money so he cld use the money to become a godfather. We are glad that despite his rigging plans he failed. If you’re waiting for Dapo to fail you will sleep there.