The National body of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has promised to meet with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on the dissolution of council chairmen.
It’s National President, Kolade David Alabi stated this at a meeting with the state’s chapter of the association in Ibadan.
Alabi, who noted that the dissolution of elected council chairmen by new governors was unhealthy, urged members to unite in their quest for justice.
“We need to make our institution work and eschew politics of bitterness. The dissolution of Oyo State local government chairmen by the governor of the state speaks no good of our democratic system.
“We ought to have moved our democracy beyond partisan pettiness. The occupiers of the seats at the council level are citizens of the state, irrespective of the party they belong to.
“It is time we make democracy more working in Nigeria. Democracy is endangered when the local government chairmen are dissolved illegally because the chairmen do not belong to the party of the state governor.
“We will critically look into the local government administration law and come up with our stand on it, which will be equally presented to the Presidency and the National Assembly,”the Nation Newspaper quoted him as saying.
The ALGON president advised the leadership to be more constructive and peaceful in its approach and presentation towards actualising victory in and outside the court of law.
