By Omeiza Ajayi
The Forum of Local Government Chairmen in the All Progressives Congress APC has declared that governors elected on the platform of the ruling party have nothing against compliance with the Supreme Court judgment granting full autonomy to the nation’s 774 local councils.
Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government Council of Niger State and Chairman of the Progressives Local Government Chairmen Forum, Dr Mustafa Jibril Alheri, made this known while addressing journalists in Abuja shortly after leading members of the Forum to a meeting with the national leadership of the party.
Alheri insisted that governors in APC-controlled states were already complying with the judgment, describing the process as gradual, and maintained that the relationship between council chairmen and their state governors has remained cordial.
He said: “I want to also use this opportunity to assure you that we have the support of our governors. My own governor, the Governor of Niger State, Farmer Mohammed Umar Bago, is a strong supporter of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and one of the greatest leaders we have had regarding the issue of local government autonomy.
