Govs Hiding Under Lack of Funds To Evade Polls: Plateau LG Boss

The embattled Local Government Chairman in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, Hon. David Racha, has said that Governors who have not conducted Local Government elections in their states are only hiding under the guise of lack of funds to pressure the Federal Government to soft pedal on the matter.

Racha stated this in response to the earlier statement made by the Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Plateau State, Alh. Dayyabu Yusuf Garga,that Governor Lalong’s inability to conduct LG elections is due to lack of funds.

According to the LG boss, “there has been talk recently to the effect that in the near future, only Local Government Councils with elected LG Chairmen, will receive Allocations from the Federation Account and this has put a lot of pressure on State Governors which do not have elected Councils in place. The lack of funds as an excuse, is in part, to pressure the Federal Government to soft-pedal on the matter, to win sympathy from the All Progressive Congress apologists and to buy time for the State Governors and most importantly to forestall any attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to challenge the legitimacy of the so-called Management Committees in Court. The case against the Lagos State Government, in 2015, outlawing Management Committees, or by whatever names they’re called,is a thorn in the flesh of APC”, Racha said.

Also, the Senator representing Plateau Southern Zone in the Federal House of Assembly, Jeremiah Useni popularly known as ‘Jerry Boy’ in an interaction with our correspondent stated that if LG elections are conducted,PDP will reclaim the Local Government Councils. He stated that the only reason PDP lost out at the governorship elections is because of the mistake of imposition of candidate from the former
governor. Sen. Jonah David Jang.

His words,”the APC and the state Governor knows that anytime LG
elections are conducted, the PDP will prove their supremacy and
reclaim their dominance”, he said.