{"id":132070,"date":"2024-09-25T23:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T22:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/its-shameful-kwara-now-has-illegitimate-lg-chairmen-councillors-saraki"},"modified":"2024-09-26T00:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T23:29:36","slug":"its-shameful-kwara-now-has-illegitimate-lg-chairmen-councillors-saraki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-shameful-kwara-now-has-illegitimate-lg-chairmen-councillors-saraki","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s shameful Kwara now has illegitimate LG chairmen, councillors \u2013 Saraki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former President of the Senate Bukola Saraki said it is a shame that the 16 local government areas in Kwara State now have chairmen and councillors who would be in office without legitimacy and people\u2019s mandate.<\/p>\n

The statement comes after the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, had declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winners of the local government elections held yesterday in the state.<\/p>\n

The chairman of the KWSIEC, Baba Okanla, who announced the results, said APC won all 16 local government area chairmanship positions and secured all 193 councillorship seats.<\/p>\n

However, in a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Saraki stated that the people have sent a clear signal to the state government that it has not made any significant, positive impact on their lives after 64 months in office.<\/p>\n

The ex-governor maintained that the people mobilised themselves to the polling units for Saturday\u2019s local government election but met the absence of electoral officials and shoddy preparations by the electoral body.<\/p>\n

He, therefore, hailed the people for standing firm against what he described as deliberately concocted frustrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast Saturday, in a manner that went beyond partisan consideration and gave expression to the protection of community interests, people from Kwara mobilised themselves to the polling units and met the absence of electoral officials and shoddy preparations by the electoral body.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever results the electoral body eventually declared, our people have sent a clear signal to a government that has not made any significant, positive impact on their lives after 64 months in office. It is a shame that the 16 local government areas now have chairmen and councillors who would be in office without legitimacy and people\u2019s mandate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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