The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
chided the state House of Assembly for going ahead to approve the
creation of 19 new local governments in the state, and described the
action as “disrespectful to law and illegal.”
The PDP in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti on
Thursday and signed by its Publicity Secretary, Kola Oluwawole, said “it
is height of illegality for the Assembly to increase the number of
proposed local governments from 18 to 19 when referendum was conducted
for 18 local governments.”
He said: “We are still in court challenging the legality of the
Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) and the body went
ahead to organise an illegal referendum.
‘‘The Assembly added more illegality to an illegal act by increasing
the number of the councils. We are restating the fact that both SIEC
and Assembly are into illegal acts.
“You cannot build something on nothing and we are law-abiding party
and are calling on the people of the state to take note of what the
outgoing government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is doing.”
The House of Assembly had approved the creation of 19 additional
councils in the state following the adoption of the report of its ad-hoc
committee set up to work on an executive bill seeking the creation of
the new councils.
The committee, according to one of its members, Ayodeji Odu,
representing Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency 11, justified the increase
of the local councils saying it was “based on the consideration of a
petition submitted by the people Kajola/Oreniwa in Ikole Local
Government Area.”
The Majority Leader of the House, Mr Churchill Adedipe, had moved
the motion for the approval of the report and the result of the
referendum conducted by EKSIEC last Saturday, saying “the result of the
referendum conducted was a clear indication that Ekiti people were in
full support of the exercise.”
The House had also approved that the new councils be known as “Local
Councils Development Areas” pending the final approval by the National
Assembly.
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