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   APC Local Council Chairmen Accuse Benue Governor, Alia Of Running ‘One-Man Show’, Mismanagement Of Funds This was stated in a communique at the end of their meeting on Thursday, 30th November, 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen in the 23 local government areas of Benue State have accused the state governor, Hyacinth Alia of mismanaging funds meant for local councils in the state. This was stated in a communique at the end of their meeting on Thursday, 30th November, 2023. The council chairmen mentioned further that the governor had neglected the party and ran the government like a one-man show, while berating Governor Alia’s decision to select local government caretaker committees without consulting the party's leadership. The party chairmen publicly distanced themselves from the governor's actions and decisions, and decried what they termed his tendency to be inaccessible and refusal to answer phone calls or even consult with other leaders of the party. The...

  T he lawmakers also asked the federal government to halt statutory allocations to local government areas that are without democratically elected councils  The Senate has condemned the dissolution of democratically elected local government councils in Benue and other states of the federation. This is as it also urged the Federal Government to withhold statutory allocations to local councils that are not democratically elected across the nation. This resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion on the “urgent need to halt the erosion of democracy and dissolution of elected councils in Benue State,” sponsored by Senator  Abba Moro , (PDP. Benue South) during Friday’s plenary. In his lead debate, Sen. Moro stated that using  caretaker committees to replace elected councils  is an aberration and alien to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). He noted that it is the constitutional responsibility of every state to ensure the exis...