Sentences with phrase «local government chairmen»

Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, he also accused local government chairmen in the country of embezzling the remaining council funds after Governors would have diverted a sizable portion.

The statement said: «We, the undersigned Local Government Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa State Chapter categorically state as follows;

A former Local Government Chairman, Chikordi Dike was appointed to replace Okocha who was said to have also lost touch with youths of the area.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Monday inaugurated the newly elected local government Chairmen elected during the state's local government election held on Saturday.

That is the basic fact why all these things are playing out, because in that committee he retained three past Local Government chairmen.

The letter was copied to the National Chairman of the APC, Vice-Chairman, North - West Zone of the party, INEC Headquarters, Abuja, INEC Kaduna, the State Independent Electoral Commission, all the APC Local Government Chairmen, Kaduna State Command's Police Commissioner, DSS, Kaduna Command and all media houses in Kaduna State.

Also speaking, Aretola, who had served as local government chairman, said the Speaker remained the most formidable to succeed Amosun considering his political experience and unflinching loyalty.

Those who signed the communique are; Hon Anifowose Mustapha, for Councillors, Alhaji Amuda Sunmonu, for Ward Chairmen; Hon Femi Bamisile, for Local Government Party Chairmen; Hon Dapo Olagunju, for Local Government Chairmen (ALGON); Senator Bode Ola, for Chairmen of Board and Parastatals; Dr Modupe Alade (Secretary to the State Government), for State Executive Council; Rt..

She appealed for the government support, saying the association will be working with the various Local Government chairmen in the state and their wives in carrying out this education and sensitisation in the grass root area.

Others members would come from the Federal Ministries of Education and that of Science and Technology, the World Bank, SUBEB, DFID - Education Data Research and Evaluation and three local government chairmen representing senatorial districts.

Others were the State Party chairman and his deputy, the 25 local government chairmen of the party in the state.

Sixteen local government chairmen in Ekiti State have sued the Attorney General of the Federation and governors of the 36 states over the approval of $ 1billion from the Excess Crude Account of the federation for the fight against insurgency.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Nkombe, made this known to our correspondent while reacting to online reports that the two men had been arrested at the home of a former local government chairman, Folorusho Akerejola, whom they had allegedly trailed last Friday.

It is either the local government chairmen are getting these monies and are not doing anything with it or the monies do not get into the local governments.

The presidential aide, therefore, enjoined Nigerians, at the state and local government levels, to always demand for transparency and accountability in the management of ecological funds by their Governors and Local Government Chairmen.

The campaign train has in attendance, members Federal House of Representatives, Speaker Osun House of Assembly who is also Chairman of the campaign committee, Hon. Najeem Salam, members Osun House of Assembly, members State Executive Council, Local Government Chairmen.

Apart from God, the next factor he considers in anything he is doing is the people and anything that will be contrary to that he will not be part of it, so I believe the local government chairmen ought to toe that line.

Dogara will come but first invite your local government chairman and your state governor that has collected Paris Club money without any meaningful impact on your community,

Reacting to the demolition, Kashamu said he was shocked by the state government's action, «under the direct supervision of the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye; and the local government chairman, Mr. Bayo Adekoya.»

He said: «After the unfortunate suicide bomb blast, immediately I summon all my council chiefs and the local government chairman.

«We have equally withdrawn all the policemen attached to political appointees, Local Government Chairmen and others in Anambra till after the election,» he said.

All is set for the grassroots election in Lagos state as its residents will today go to the ballot to exercise their franchise as to who become their local government chairmen.

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday condemned the sacking of Commissioners and Local Government chairmen in the 27 council areas of Imo State by the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, alleging that the action was because of the success of the sit - at - home order in the state.

She said that empowering the National Assembly to remove governors and, by extension, local government chairmen, would make the legislators «omnipotent.»

«To the best of my knowledge, no local government chairman has been blamed for the violence in their areas.

Egunjobi was supported by 11 out of the party's 16 local government chairmen in the takeover of the secretariat.

The party added that it had information that all local government chairmen in Osun state had travelled abroad to attend a seminar in Russia.

Those who signed the communique are Anifowose Mustapha for councillors; Alhaji Amuda Sunmonu for Ward chairmen; Mr. Femi Bamisile for Local Government Party Chairmen; Dapo Olagunju for Association of Local Government Chairmen; Senator Bode Ola for Chairmen of Boards and Parastatals; Dr. Modupe Alade (Secretary to the State Government) for State Executive Council; Speaker Kolawole Oluwawole for EKHA and the State Chairman of the party, Chief Gboyega Oguntuase.

Local government Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State have said the embattled Chairman of the party, Mr. Isaac Kekemeke was sacked in...

An Ijaw leader claimed that security officials arrested an aide to a local government chairman in the state, last Thursday, in Warri, as soon as he came back from a trip to Port - Harcourt and whisked to an unknown destination, while the Navy picked up another suspect the previous day, Wednesday.

The delegation was received by the Local Government Chairman, Mohammed Ali Gana who conducted the Governor and his team round the IDP Camp, Clinic and kitchen among other places.

Now, subsection 1 (2b) says land in the rural areas shall be vested on the local government chairman of that area.»

He explained that the Land Use Act gave powers to only state governors and local government chairmen to control land within the states.

The Local Government chairmen will head the committees in their LGAs.

«I'm assuring you that with the experience I have in public office, I have been a deputy speaker of Abia Assembly, a commissioner, local government Chairman and member federal House of Representatives, I will ensure dividends of democracy gets to the doors steps of the people of Abia south».

Recall Justice Akanbi was acussed of receiving N100m from Gov Nyesom Wike upon which he sacked about 22 Local Government Chairmen and councilors for allegedly being elected on an illegal premise.

Such a character surely does not qualify to be a Local Government Chairman, not to talk of being a Governor of a State like Rivers, which he has turned to Rivers of Blood.»

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has quizzed two former local government chairmen and a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State over an alleged N85.75 m election fraud.

'' The local government chairman actually told us that he was misled to give that figure, and he has apologised,» General Irabor said.

Today, most of these 64 hatchet men are members of the Senate, House of Representatives, state House of Assembly, commissioners, local government chairmen, special advisers and the rest.»

The zonal Chairman, Mr. Luka Shemang, who led 8 local government Chairmen and other party stakeholders on a courtesy call on the Assembly members said the visit was basically to discuss how to find lasting solution to frequent attacks and killings in Southern Kaduna.

«Security measures are in place; we just concluded a meeting with all the local government chairmen and the security chiefs in the state.

Macdon said a meeting of local government chairmen and security chiefs in the area had been convened to address the security challenges.