Gov Amosun, Council Chairmen Fall Further Apart

The silent conflict between Governor Ibikunle Amosun and council chairmen – Local Government and Local Council Development Areas heads – has escalated.

Sources disclose the two sides are further pushed aside.

Most of the council chairmen are currently grumbling hard against the administrative style of the governor.

They allege he has tied their hands and expects them to perform.

The governor at a recent meeting in strongly worded terms charged the council heads to ‘’think up’’ ways to generate revenues and not rely on allocations barely able to pay salaries – after deductions to cover debts.

The tensed meeting reportedly saw the state chief executive officer speak in a no – holds- back manner, in an attempt to spur the council chairmen to action.

He accused them of portraying his administration as in active at the grass root with their non-performance.

Insiders however disclose rather than gear them towards proving selves, the development reportedly further alienated the governor from many of the chairmen already accused of having sympathy for political opponents.

Societynow gathered the chairmen are currently grumbling the Governor ordering them to work without any form of support and after the state has hijacked the bulk of their source of Internally Generated Revenues.
They claim sources of revenues such as permits for garages, slaughter lab, motorcycles and others such as street naming and marriage ceremonies are virtually out of the hands of the councils.

And that even with this, the governor accusing them of non-performance has refused to provide funds to help them kick start operations.

Insiders, however, disclose accusations governor amosun did not provide any fund to the chairmen since the assumed office may be very untrue.

Societynow gathered the state head man at a point provided N2million to each of the 57 councils and has promised another round of payments.

Societynow gathered that, though grumbling mightily against the administrative style of the Governor, the council chairmen are back in their secretariats thinks hard about what next.

Insiders disclose there are strong indications many of them will deploy agents in a frenzy of ticketing moves to cash in on dues the councils are empowered to collect from business owners and private citizens.

‘’from what I can piece together, the electorate may end up at the receiving end and that may translate the undoing of this government as election draws nearer’’ a source stated.

Checks revealed oppositions working hard to bounce back to reckoning in the state are working hard to corner the support of the disgruntled chairmen to their side – especially the duo of People’s Democratic Party’s Ladi Adebutu and All Progressives Congress Solomon Adeola ‘’Yayi’’ who are on hyper mobilization drives to actualise their gubernatorial ambition.