New Abaji Council Chairman Faults Moves by Outgoing FCT Councils Chairmen to Extend Tenure


The newly elected Chairman of Abaji Area Council popularly know as Farar Aniyan", Hon. Abubakar Umar Abdullahi has faulted moves by the outgoing area council chairmen in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to extend their tenure in office by one year.

In a Press Statement personally signed ,the new Abaji Council Chair stressed that it is the new administration that stands to benefit from the additional one year, explaining that they are trying to educate Nigerians that the law of Nigeria does not go backward, but forward.

Hon. Abdullahi explained that the 2010 Electoral Act was used to conduct the general election and the certificate of return that was issued to the outgoing chairmen was for them to spend just three years in the office and not four years.

According to him, it is an anomaly that the Electoral Act for the extension of an additional one year for the FCT Area Council is not for this outgoing administration.

He however queried: “We need to understand that it is not for this particular administration and I want to say that the INEC as an independent body is well informed.

While stating speaking on the needed to clear the air now over the issue, he said there wouldn't have been need to conduct the last concluded elections of the Area Council in the FCT.

He noted, " On the contrary, they conducted an election in the FCT, and a certificate of return was issued to them."