Stop Threatening Council Chairmen With Impeachment, PDP Warns Rivers Councillors

The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers State, Ambassador Desmond Akawor, has charged members of Local Government Legislative Assembly to stop issuing impeachment threats to their chairmen at the slightest provocation, but follow due process in handling grievances.
Addressing leaders of 23 local government legislative assemblies during a congratulatory visit in his office in Port Harcourt, Ambassador Akawor said such threat was a distraction which often ended in futility as other avenues of dialogue were not explored.
The PDP Chairman who advised them to always think of other channels of exhausting their grievances such as involving leaders of their local government areas and the party caucuses at the zones, observed that not following due process amounted to putting the cart before the horse and a source of embarrassment to the state government and the party.
Ambassador Akawor also told them that rushing to the media, especially the social media, whenever there was an issue between them and their chairmen was not the best option, urging them to build strong and cordial relationship with their council chairmen to facilitate development at the grassroots.
“Discuss your problems with the appropriate people in your local government areas and not take them to social media. Social media is like carrying your family matter to the market,” he stated, warning that the press cannot solve their problems.
“Let us consider ourselves as members of one family, always consult before you take any action,” Akawor added.
He also informed them that their position is strategic as they are the closest to the people at the grassroots, hence, they must relate well with their council chairmen and also do something for which they would be remembered after they would have left office.