Gov. Makinde in dilemma over Oyo council debacle

The collapse of out-of-court settlement of the logjam over the sack of local government councils in Oyo State may have created a slippery path for Governor Seyi Makinde in local government administration and ultimately, the journey to 2023, writes Southwest Bureau Chief BISI OLADELE

But the sacked chairmen, under the aegis of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria , have fought tooth and nail through legal means to reclaim their mandate. Their efforts have prevented proper governance at the 33 local governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas of the state as their positions were vacant till November last year when the governor appointed caretaker chairmen to the local governments and sole administrators to the LCDAs.

In a letter dated January 23, 2020 and addressed to the Oyo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress , Chief Akin Oke, Adamu asked him to liaise with Olukolu to facilitate the implementation of the legal opinion of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation . The elected chairmen under the aegis of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria dragged the governor to court for contempt. The appeal is being heard. The appellate court has fixed February 19 for adoption of addresses by parties in the case.

Alternatively he may accept ALGON’s offer to allow them complete their term in peace while appointing his own men to work with them. If the governor takes this route, his losses will be minimized though it will mean admission of a grievous mistake.In response to the nomination of caretaker chairmen, ALGON kicked by declaring the action illegal. It said Makinde’s administration was building illegality upon illegality because it was illegal to have sacked elected councils in the first place.

While addressing reporters at a gathering last month, Abass-Aleshinloye said: “You will recall that shortly after the inauguration of Engr. Seyi Makinde as the governor of Oyo State on the 29 May, 2019, he announced through his then yet to be sworn-in Chief of Staff, Chief Bisi Ilaka, the dissolution of the democratically elected local government councils and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs.

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