From Kabir Dankatsina
The Leadership of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Kebbi State Chapter has rejected the recent appointment of the 21 local government sole administrators by the State government.
IPAC Chairman, Ibrahim Muhammed announced the rejection yesterday when he led advisory council members on advocacy visit to the state House of Assembly demanded explanation from the law makers as to why instead of conducting local governments elections at the expiration of two years tenure of elected chairmen but the state appointed sole administrators.
Mohammed said, such actions are injurious to democratic settings and a flagrant denials of the opposition parties existing in the state to participate in elections at the end of every two year tenure of elected chairmen.
While, describing political parties as ingredients of democracy he chided the the government over her refusal to conduct local councils polls as required by the law which according to him was vehemently rejected by IPAC.
The IPAC boss expressed dissatisfaction with the law which permits the state governors to appoint local governments sole administrators, however described it as anti people and morally improper for governors to rely on the law to refuse to conduct elections saying elongated political tenure may trigger chaos as seen in one African country recently.
Kebbi State House of Assembly Speaker
Muhammadu Usman Zuru, said the state government acted within the ambit of the law citing 2018 law which permits the state governors to appoint sole administrators in the event where the state electoral body is not prepared for elections.
