LG Caretaker Committee: Withhold local government fund to Edo Govt--- APC tells FG



By Editor


Jan 8, 2023



The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has urged  the Federal government to immediately withhold all local government funds to the state until  elected executives are put in place in the 18 local government councils in the state.


The state chairman of the party, Colonel David Imuse (Rtd) made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City on Sunday.

Dailymonitorngr reports that the statement signed by Victor Ofure Osehobo, Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the party on behalf of the state chairman described the 
appointment of sole administrators or local government liaison officers for the local governments by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government as illegal and unconstitutional.

Imuse also described the state governor as a liar for awarding himself a clean bill of financial health as one prudent state executive that distances self from local government funds.

He opined that the governor Obaseki's failure to conduct local government council polls for the third year running amounts to a constitutional breach that should attract appropriate sanctions.

“We strongly condemn the perpetual refusal of the government to conduct local government council elections. It is very evident that the factional PDP government in Edo State is terribly afraid of conducting local government council elections because the embarrassing defeat that will befall it shall be monumental.


"The unconstitutionality and illegality of the appointment and inauguration of Sole Administrators who the governor called liaison officers as against democratically elected councils had been settled in section 1(2) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.

"On the local government funds, looking into their activities, it is apparent that the governor lied and made fallacious claims that they incurred a humongous debt of #60billion. This is because throughout their tenure he was their chief accountant to the extent he awarded their contracts and paid their salaries including withholding  the 10 per cent of the state’s internally generated revenue  due them.

"The local government is supposed to be independent and self-sufficient but in Edo state, Mr Obaseki has taken over their responsibility by collecting their revenue; this must stop forthwith as it has become intolerable",he said.

He, however, faulted the many audit reports on the activities of the local governments sponsored by the state government, and argued that they are all attempts by the governor to cover his glaring dirty tracks in mismanagement of Local government funds in the State.

When contacted to react to the allegations, the state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon Chris Nehikhare, simply said,"No. We are dealing with more important matters.

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