Ex-LG Chairmen Lobby To Retain Positions

As Rivers people await the appointment of new local government caretaker committee, the Chairmen of the dissolved committees have started serious lobby to retain their positions while other politicians are doing same to take over the leadership of the grassroots.
The Tide reliably learnt that some of the chairmen are working through their Local Government party chairmen to retain their seats, while others are going through prominent politicians and stakeholders in their various local government areas.
Recently, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward chairman in Ahoada West Local Government called a press conference and requested that the immediate past Chairman of the local government Caretaker Committee,  Ikechukwu Obuzor  be retained due to his achievement in three months. The PDP Ward Chieftains said that the dissolved CTC Chairman was able to deliver to the people dividends of democracy to the Ahoada people within a short period.
Last week, former  caretaker Committee chairmen under the platform of Association of Local Government of Nigerian(ALGON), expressed appreciation to the State governor, Chief Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for giving them the opportunity to serve the people at the local government levels.
The association, who made the commendation on Friday after an emergency meeting of ALGON in Port Harcourt, said the meeting was to gauge and assess their performance for the three months they were in office.
The spokesman  of all the Chairmen, and immediate past Chairman of the Port Harcourt Local Government,  Barrister Clifford Oparaodu, told  newsmen after the meeting  that he and his colleagues tried their best to deliver to the people good governance within the last three months.
According to him,’’ for us, we have tried to the best of our ability. We came at a time to clean up the mess left behind by the immediate past APC government. It has not been easy, but to the best of our knowledge, we did our best.
‘’ It is difficult to satisfy everybody but we believe, we have performed. I want to use this opportunity to thank his Excellency, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, for giving us the opportunity to serve our people at the grassroots’’.
The governor, last Thursday, dissolved all the caretaker committees in 22 local government areas after the expiration of the statutory three months. The caretaker committees were appointed in July, after a High Court had ruled that the former executives of the councils were not properly constituted by law.