Following the dissolution of the elected local government chairmen in Ondo State, on Friday, by a high court in Akure, the state capital, the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday, inaugurated the caretaker chairmen for the 18 local government areas in the state.
The new council chairmen are Aworetan Fayowole , Odimayo Gbadebo, Mrs Morenike Alaska, George Adenikinju, Temidayo Akinsuroju, Rafiu Akinkuolie, Ebenezer Akinsulie , Biyi Ayinnuola and Mrs Margret Atere.
Others are Segun Oluyede, Dipo Ajibola Gani Omoluka, Agboola Ajike, Adeyemi Akinniyi, Augustine Oloruntoge, Rafiu Eniayewu and Moradeyo Ajayi .
At the event held at the International Dome Centre, Akure, Akeredolu, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Agboola Ajayi, tasked the council chairmen on legitimate revenue drive.
The governor noted that they are coming on board at a time the state and the local governments are faced with plummeting financial resources on account of the falling prices of oil globally.
He stated that it was one of the reasons the council chairmen must intensify more efforts to generate revenue for the government to complement allocation from the federation account and which would also enable them to implement developmental projects.
Meanwhile, the Peoples’ Democratic. Party (PDP) in the state, on Monday, kicked against the judgment of Justice Adesola Sadiq over the dissolution of the elected local government chairmen in state,
The party described the judgment as most unfortunate, saying the judge “compromised the law, rules and order of the court to perpetrate illegality”
The elders of the party, while addressing a press conference, condemned the hasty dissolution of the local government chairmen because the current administration in the state needed legitimacy to persecute an illegal action.
Speaking on behalf of the elders, Chief Segun Adegoke, described the manner in which Justice Sadiq handled the matter as unprofessional
.“He also contrived with those who initiated this action to shop for a counsel to prosecute a case he did not initiate and when finally the lawyer who initiated the case appeared before him to claim owners of the case he shut him out”
Adegoke said further that “it is important to state that Justice Sadiq refused blatantly to avail us an opportunity to be heard in this matter, he did not allow our lawyer access to certified true copies of court papers.”
The party also expressed disappointment in the government of Akeredolu, saying despite being a one-time President of Nigerian Bar Association and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, contrived to the abuse of the judicial system by committing institutional rape in the expediency of political machination.
The party however vowed to contest the development at the Court of Appeal to ensure that the perfidious contraption that the judgement of Justice Sadiq represent and the action of the state government is reversed.
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