We willingly withdrew our lawsuit, says Kwara ALGON

Date: 2019-07-19

The 16 suspended local government chairmen in Kwara said they willingly withdrew their legal suit challenging their suspension by the state government.

The chairmen, under the aegis of All Local Governments in Nigeria (ALGON), refuted the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that they were forced to withdraw the suit.

They made this known in Ilorin on Friday through a statement jointly signed by Mr Joshua Omokanye and Malam Abubakar Abdullahi Bata, ALGON Chairman and Secretary, respectively.

"We, the Local Government Council Chairmen in Kwara State dissociate ourselves from the statement that emanated from the Office of the State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that we were pressurized to sign off our legal case with Kwara State Government.

"We state categorically that we were not forced and not under any parochial sentiment to step down the legal suit against the state governor and others," the statement said.

According to the statement, the suspended local government chairmen withdrew the case willingly to enable them clear their names by honouring the invitation of the Kwara State House of Assembly.

"It must also be noted that Kwara State House of Assembly is the arm of government that has the constitutional responsibility to invite Local Government Council Chairmen for questioning.

"We cannot afford to decline the invitation because it is not advisable to throw away the baby with the bathwater, " the statement said.

The chairmen said the action was taken on their own volition to find solution to the suspension and for the overall benefit of the people of the state.

"It is also important to state without mincing words that our case is premised on opportunity offered to clear our names which will subsequently promote speedy socio-economic progress of the state.

"It will be good for anyone to desist from linking the development with betrayal of political leader because no one influences our decision to use legal means in the first instance," the statement said.

According to the statement, a similar incident happened in Ekiti State where the elected local government chairmen were suspended by Gov.Kayode Fayemi.

"There were opportunities created by the state legislative arm during the impasse and a resolution was reached for the good of the state," it said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Face Masks     Yahaya Dumoye     Toyin Abdullahi     Radio Kwara     Mustapha Akanbi     Idiagbon     Fulani     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Clara Nwachukwu     Kehinde Baale     Tunde Yusuf     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Javed Khan     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Young Progressives Party     Okin Biscuit     Lola Ashiru     Sadiq Buhari     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Kayode Ishola     Ilorin Like-Minds     Tunde Kazeem     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Olusegun Adeniyi     Awili Pedro     Idowu Aremu     Ijagbo     Sulyman Tejidini     Kwara Central     Public Holiday     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Ahmed Dankaya     Kwha.gov.ng     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Halidu Danbaba     Marufat Oladosu     Agboola Abdulraheem     Mahee Abdulkadir     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Harafat E. Mukadam     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Summit University     Noah Yusuf     Aso Ofi     Otuka     Cassava Growers\' Association     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Ramat Oganija     March 18     George Funsho Adebayo     Memunat Monsuma     Issa Baba     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Ishaq Salman     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Ladi Hassan     Students Union Government     Tunde Saad     Emir Of Kano     Biliaminu Aliu     Playing Host     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ilesha-Baruba     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Alikinla     Egbejila     Seed Technologies     Micheal Imoudu     Ayobami Seriki     Toyin Falola     Olatunde Oyeyiola     AbdulRauf Keji     Musa Aibinu     James Kolo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Idowu Laro     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Elese Of Igbaja     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Quran     Bamidele Aluko     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     AGF Abdulrazaq     Jumoke Gafar     T And K FOODS     NIPOGA     TETFUND     Adebara     Ado Bayero     Niyi Osundare     Halimah Perogi     International Vocational Centre     Ilorin     Ayo Adeyemi     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Yahaya Seriki     CKNG     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Charles Ibitoye     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Umar Ayinla Saro     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Hamid Bobboyi     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Sun Qing Rong     Odolaye Aremu     National Information Technology Development Agency     Alaiye     BIR     Apaokagi     Ariyo     Gbenga Adebayo     Harrison Osauwagboe     Offorjama     Dorcas Afeniforo     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     CBT     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Obuh     Madawaki     Mubarak Oladosu     Funmi Salau     Kwasu     Gbemi Saraki     Taiwo Joseph     Jide Oyinloye     Umaru Saro     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Akeem Lawal     Yashikira     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Fola Consultant     Curfew     Shehu Adaramaja     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Saheed Alakoso     LEAH Charity Foundation     Bayo Lawal     Alliance For Democracy     Reuben Paraje     Ilesha-Baruba     Olatunji Moronfoye     NSCIA     Folaranmi Aro     David Oyedepo     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     NIRSAL     Okanlawon Musa     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji