Youths urge state legislatures to abolish pensions for govs, deputies

level of poverty and lack of social amenities is those states, it is advisable for the Houses of Assembly in all the concerned states to abolish the jumbo pension laws for ex-governors and their deputies. They should work towards implementation of the new minimum wage instead,” the group stated.

In another vein, the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State chapter, yesterday decried the planned appointment of caretaker chairmen for the 33 councils in the state by Governor Seyi Makinde.

A statement by the chairman, Ayodeji AbassAleshinloye, described the plan as tales by moonlight on grassroots democratic governance.

According to him, the governor’s plan is a tale better told to the uninformed and co-deceptive wreckers of the democratic culture.

He drew the governor’s attention to the subsisting court judgements, even from the the Supreme Court, that declared dissolution of elected council officials as illegal.

“The governor is fully aware of this and the specific judgement of the Oyo State High Court, which reemphasised same and restrained the governor and House of Assembly from dissolving local governments.”

LAGOS State governorship candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the 2019 election, Chief Owolabi Salis, has expressed belief in the judicial system, adding that the truth cannot be suppressed.

He reiterated that the last governorship election was marked by many irregularities, hence he was denied victory where he won.

Salis told The Guardian in Lagos yesterday, “I believe in Nigeria’s judicial system and I have strong faith that the truth cannot be suppressed.”

He asserted that he played fair during the election and would not hesitate to contest any form of irregularity at the law court.

Ifako Ijaiye is an area where AD has numerous strong party loyalists, he said, alleging that the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) collaborated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to commit a blatant error of allotting the party zero votes in the area.

His words, “We will not stop in our bid to seek justice for Lagosians and liberate them from the APC. We are coming to take what rightfully belongs to us and (Governor Babajide) Sanwo-olu should be prepared to vacate that seat because it was never rightfully his.”